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 Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Jul 16 12.15pm |
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Originally posted by dp
Our "Board" has been criticised but virtually the rest of the PL clubs have found it somewhat challenging to get new players on board for a variety of reasons. You talk to the likes of Swansea,Burnley,W.Ham and they will all confirm what I am asserting.The only PL club who have secured a number of targets is Middlesbrough - believe they have signed more than any other PL club. Lower down the spectrum it is much easier with a substantial number of "Frees" on offer.Crawley Town have bought loads.It's at the top end it is much more difficult to get players "Over the line". Edited by Willo (29 Jul 2016 12.16pm)
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| Part Time James 29 Jul 16 12.15pm |
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Originally posted by dynamicdick
Not often I agree with you on the performance of SP and his gang but yes, I would have thought so. In their defence, Pogba has taken an age and I suppose no news is good news. Knowing Palace we will secure either 3 or 0. Jim'll Fix It
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 29 Jul 16 12.17pm |
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Originally posted by dp
Love it. I think the board have probably been working hard to bring in possible prospects already. I am sure I heard somewhere that we are after some bloke called Christian Benteke and someone else called Saido Berahino. If the board hasn't been doing that, who has? The Transfer fairies? Have they? I've really no idea, but I thought the announcement of a 10 day interregnum whilst they were on a jolly in the US was perhaps unwise.
Bexley Dave Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing! "The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum) |
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black eagle.  south croydon. 29 Jul 16 12.33pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Our "Board" has been criticised but virtually the rest of the PL clubs have found it somewhat challenging to get new players on board for a variety of reasons. You talk to the likes of Swansea,Burnley,W.Ham and they will all confirm what I am asserting.The only PL club who have secured a number of targets is Middlesbrough - believe they have signed more than any other PL club. Lower down the spectrum it is much easier with a substantial number of "Frees" on offer.Crawley Town have bought loads.It's at the top end it is much more difficult to get players "Over the line". Edited by Willo (29 Jul 2016 12.16pm)
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| kev64 Cambs 29 Jul 16 1.29pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Our "Board" has been criticised but virtually the rest of the PL clubs have found it somewhat challenging to get new players on board for a variety of reasons. You talk to the likes of Swansea,Burnley,W.Ham and they will all confirm what I am asserting.The only PL club who have secured a number of targets is Middlesbrough - believe they have signed more than any other PL club. Lower down the spectrum it is much easier with a substantial number of "Frees" on offer.Crawley Town have bought loads.It's at the top end it is much more difficult to get players "Over the line". Edited by Willo (29 Jul 2016 12.16pm) Complete unsubstantiated drive Willo. We have made 3 excellent purchases so far, one of which was from West Ham.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Jul 16 1.42pm |
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Originally posted by kev64
Complete unsubstantiated drive Willo. We have made 3 excellent purchases so far, one of which was from West Ham. Where have I said we haven't made any purchases ? I was responding to posts which indicated frustration with our "Board" and all I was trying to say is that clubs across the PL have found it challenging to snare targets and find it frustrating as a result.Not easy at all ! Sometimes deals DO take some time to "Get over the line" for various reasons.There must be a lot of frustrated supporters across the country out there ! Edited by Willo (29 Jul 2016 1.43pm)
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| dp Tunbridge Wells 29 Jul 16 1.46pm |
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Originally posted by bexleydave
Have they? I've really no idea, but I thought the announcement of a 10 day interregnum whilst they were on a jolly in the US was perhaps unwise. Three cracking signings over the line, £10 million for Gayle and offers on Benteke and Berahino feels like they have been busy enough to me.
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| dp Tunbridge Wells 29 Jul 16 1.48pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
The only PL club who have secured a number of targets is Middlesbrough - believe they have signed more than any other PL club. Edited by Willo (29 Jul 2016 12.16pm) This has similarities with Holloway's Palace a few years ago. I guess it is easier to bring people in for a last hurrah or a first crack at the Premiership when you are newly promoted. Not so easy to bring in established Premiership names when you are in the stage between Relegation Fodder and Mid-Table.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Jul 16 1.51pm |
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Originally posted by dp
This has similarities with Holloway's Palace a few years ago. I guess it is easier to bring people in for a last hurrah or a first crack at the Premiership when you are newly promoted. Not so easy to bring in established Premiership names when you are in the stage between Relegation Fodder and Mid-Table. Middlesbrough have made 8 signings : Guzan,Valdes,Barragan,Espinosa,De Roon,Fischer,McGhee (Loan),Negredo (Loan). Not sure what competition they had for a lot of these players. Edited by Willo (29 Jul 2016 1.52pm)
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| dannyh wherever I lay my hat....... 29 Jul 16 2.15pm |
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For all those saying its to hard to buy players etc , I'll just leave this here.
"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'" |
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Attachment: | Part Time James 29 Jul 16 2.18pm |
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Originally posted by dannyh
For all those saying its to hard to buy players etc , I'll just leave this here. If our board wanted to pay over the odds for players or bring in any old dross that they could well lose money on, I reckon we'd be on that chart too. Glad we aren't.
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| ItsCPFCforme 29 Jul 16 2.47pm |
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The problem last season was our squad wasn't good enough in depth. You can only name 25 players in a squad so make DAMN sure they're all bloody good and not piss about with 5 mediocre strikers or centre backs. Yes, we could currently be a bit stuffed with injuries in the Striker department but that's the area we're working on the most. We have done well so far! If you can't see that you're a damn pessimist. An analogy: if I want a new roof on my house, I have to take part of it down first. Sure, it will look a bit s*** half way through (i.e. us only having Wickham fit) but, while you're seeing the builders working hard on it, and can see that the half they've done is in good nick, you're right to feel confident it'll be good when it's complete. A lot of you on here are looking at this incomplete roof and saying 'what a load of s***'. We are Palace. We can't afford to keep 5 strikers while we wait to land a big one. We had to get rid of those players whose contracts have ended. Are you lot seriously saying we should have kept Adebayor and Chamakh and offered them new contracts? Yes, maybe we could have kept Gayle, but we got £10 million for him (!) and he was clearly surplus to requirements once we bag our new striker(s). At that time, too, it seemed that Benteke was just round the corner.
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