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Even if they decided not to buy a 'top striker' they could have kept their mouths shut rather than alienating Sakho.fmgod wrote: Like who? Who could've we actually signed
The end of the 2016 season with Payet in the squad and moving to the new stadium (with all the BS hype around the move), we were an attractive prospect for most players and to think we weren't is to forget how things looked then. Everyone (pundits, bookies etc.) were expecting WHU to do well in the Europa and to be challenging for the European places in the league, don't forget Leicester had just won it and Chelsea had a terrible season, dipped close to the relegation places and eventually finished mid table.fmgod wrote: Because Lyon are a far far bigger club with title aspirations and Europe. so we'll turn into QPR then and other teams just lob as much money as possible at players, who are just here for the pay check, I mean everybody wants paying but we don't want them just here for the money. People are in dreamland if they think Lacazette would've joined, I mean I love the club but we are a level or two away from that
It's a no brainer for a player, Chelsea or West Ham, he has been there one year and already got a league winners medal.
Also while I am a fan of both of them, neither have set the world alight since they arrived.
Lacazette wanted to move and money talks - we are only saying this re Laca because DS told the world we would go big on a striker. So I assume we had the money. Again, not saying he would have joined but we didnt even get past the bid stage.fmgod wrote:
Because Lyon are a far far bigger club with title aspirations and Europe. so we'll turn into QPR then and other teams just lob as much money as possible at players, who are just here for the pay check, I mean everybody wants paying but we don't want them just here for the money. People are in dreamland if they think Lacazette would've joined, I mean I love the club but we are a level or two away from that
It's a no brainer for a player, Chelsea or West Ham, he has been there one year and already got a league winners medal.
Also while I am a fan of both of them, neither have set the world alight since they arrived.
Mate, IMHO you were right first time and to assume that Batshuayi definitely wouldn't have chosen us over Chelsea is doing us down. We finished higher than Chelsea, had Payet in the squad and just needed to show real ambition, intent and a genuine honest, straight forward bid. Which of course we didn't and I guess the players agents would have definitely picked up on this.mooro_19841 wrote:
Batshuayi wouldn't have had to chose between WHU and CFC if we had made a decent offer early, rather than faffing and haggling, thats the point. I am not saying in a million years anyone would chose WHU over CFCl.
Agree re the bid. If we have put our b*llocks on the line and just gone to Marseilles with a decent, honest bid it would more than likely have ended up with him being a West Ham player.Harry Hound wrote:
Mate, IMHO you were right first time and to assume that Batshuayi definitely wouldn't have chosen us over Chelsea is doing us down. We finished higher than Chelsea, had Payet in the squad and just needed to show real ambition, intent and a genuine honest, straight forward bid. Which of course we didn't and I guess the players agents would have definitely picked up on this.
A little reminder of Mickey's musings from back in '09:
"Blues fan here,omg cant believe you will have them two chancers,barrowboys,muppets,twats,in charge of you lot soon god help yous...welcome to the world of very very average players being signed from the fizzy pop leagues,sully loves a gamble on some mickey mouse no mark player that he thinks hes going to sell for £20 million in a few years,all i can is before every transfer window he will promise you the world and deliver you jackshite,the man is a cock of the highest order and you are about to find that out in the next year.k.r.o"
"blues fan here chaps....had a right laugh at this,if yous lot think dux is bad with the spin,just wait till sully start coming out with the ***** he will defo surpass duxbury,now i dont want to burst your bubbble this morning but in 2/3 years time you will defo be doing this"
Good luck chaps......but sully as got to be the biggest "tw@t" in great britian.....sully will run that club from top to bottom as gold is just his bitch....they found a great formula at blues for making money out of yo yoing.......im just waiting now for sully to say you have got 20 deals on the go before the window shuts,and really you will end up with jackshite,then before you know it upson will have been sold for £10 million in this window or the next.....i know you dont want to believe this,this morning, but sully is a 24 caret tw@t.....end of rant.....
"To find out what approach Sullivan, Gold and Brady will take towards West Ham just look back in the archives for their time at Birmingham - the initial comments already create an overwhelming sense of deja vu... Firstly, tell the fans an amount that you are in debt (their figures, not necessarily substantiated)- the fear created justifies the inevitable increase in ticket prices in the summer (Birmingham were more expensive to watch than Man Utd)
Secondly, blame high wages for the club's problems, but then make out that you will spend a huge sum of money on a 'star' player's wages (conveniently unnamed) - there was never any realistic chance that the player would sign, but gives the supporters the false impression that these guys are prepared to back big transfers
Thirdly, avoid spending any money on facilities by trying to move the club to a new ground that someone else has paid for - ie the 2012 Olympic Stadium - witness the failed campaign aimed at getting the City Council to pay for a new stadium in Birmingham which the club would move to but not contribute towards
Is it coincidence that Birmingham's fortunes have turned up since the point when this group departed? The increased harmony at the club is reflected on the pitch and the reduction in pressure from the Board has allowed the manager to make his own decisions, most of which now seem to be delivering results, and actually look like he is enjoying himself!
Birmingham's fans, like those of any club, can certainly be accused of periods of unrealistic expectation - but then as he has already done at West Ham it was Sullivan himself that made comments about Champions League qualification, not the supporters...
Ungrateful? On occasions for sure, but being regularly reminded for 15 years of how our club was 'saved' eventually wears a little thin... and if the chauffeured Rolls Royce journey caused Sullivan 'fatigue', then don't be shocked that a working class fan base doesn't show you the adoration you crave...keep right on..and up the blues...."
I'd have Jacqueline and Vanessa Gold involved in the Club any day over Brady. Not the Sullivan brats though.Coops wrote: they don't want to sell their golden egg, they want to pass it on to their self entitled brattish offspring.
Sadly the Sullivan Brats will be the major shareholders.Wembley1966 wrote: I'd have Jacqueline and Vanessa Gold involved in the Club any day over Brady. Not the Sullivan brats though.
Junior works harder than everyone else he knows, and is on his way to amassing a £5B fortune.Coops wrote:they want to pass it on to their self entitled brattish offspring.
There is something very "Trumpesque" about young junior, isn't there?DasNutNock wrote:
Junior works harder than everyone else he knows, and is on his way to amassing a £5B fortune.
He is a complete dick. I read his featured article in the paper and its clear he is a disillusioned, jumped up little ****. Talks about how he works harder than anyone else he knows, yet clearly a guy that has been brought up well with a luxury style and is a complete twat because if it. His social media pages are filled to the brim with him out on the piss with his mates, must be extremely hard work.Harry Hound wrote:
There is something very "Trumpesque" about young junior, isn't there?
This! this is what i was trying to get at in my post, we totally blew it that window, we were such a attractive club then and in the summer and we all know how it worked out, we ended up losing our home, best player we've had in years, got embarrassed again in the europa and had the worst 2 transfer windows in recent memorychigwells finest wrote:lacazette only wanted arsenal , the only chance we ever had wouldve been jan window 2016 , when we were on fire , we got emenike .!!!!!
