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Swindon accept Baggies' Cox offer

Swindon Town accept an offer from West Bromwich Albion for striker Simon Cox.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/8124817.stm

Boo.

You sir are a cock.  Now fuck off back to thisis.

It was the board that paid for him, if they don't want to let us know the exact amount West Brom paid so what? They've pumped quite a few quid into the club already, a club that is still operating at a loss, that loss being countered by the boards own money.

Have a look at the other clubs in our league and, with a few obvious exceptions, they are all in the same boat as us. The only difference being we just got a cash windfall.

Cox was awesome, but he wanted to go.

Last season was pretty poor, but look at the results towards the end, once DW had made his mark. The players performed for him and will again this season, with a few new faces thrown in. I'm still optimistic we'll have a decent season, but to me that means a top half finish.

I'll stay optimistic.

Hi Looneyboy. Talk about going OTT. I'm sure you're frustrated at the lack of signings like we all are. I for one am also concerned that we could end up with similar players to ones we had last year and struggle. But that doesn't mean to say we will. At least we have a better management/coaching team. We've shown enough ambition in the transfer market with offers but sadly other teams who have more financial clout than us have also been chasing the players we want or at least wanted.

I'd imagine Fitton will give us a bit more info when the deal is actually done. Besides I still don't see where you are coming from there as we already know it's between 2-2.5 million.

complete load of bollocks, most clubs have made the same number or fewer signings.

League 1 transfers always have to wait for money to be spent in the Championship and Prem in order for the clubs at those higher levels to identify players they can allow to move on.

We had to let Cox go, you can act like a spoiled kid and throw those toys about regarding this all you like but the whole point of signing a player of cox's calibre and potential is so that we can make money selling him - we were told this from day one.

The board have been quoted today in the adver that they are awaiting news on bids they have made for players but this just doesn't register with some people.

There are people moaning about Robson going to Carlisle but when Wilson first mentioned him he said that he wasn't his first choice anyway and wasn't sure he could progress beyond his current level - if that's the kind of player Carlisle want then let them, they'll be sitting below us in the table all of next season I think.

Southampton are deep in the shit, and with a point penalty to start with, they can't sighn players because they can't even pay there own at the moment.

Why do you people bother following football?  The percentage of fans that actually get to taste success is really quite low so why put yourself through it if you aren't prepared to be patient?

 
That's what i enjoy most about pre-season, all that positive energy in excitement for the coming season. You can't beat it i tell ya.

To be honest, a bit of pressure to sign a few players isnt a bad thing right now.

We do need to get on with it, unearth some gems.

Squad as it stands (with Cox gone) is relegation material.

Because we used to do that and it fucked us up financially. I love our board. Sadly some idiots can't grasp the fact the club is in the best health it's been for years. I think you'll also find we matched both Norwich's and Hudderfield's offers for Robinson and OTJ. It's not as if we're going for freebies. Those 2 clubs gets 5 figure crowds. We don't. So we can't afford them sort of wages. It's reality.

You're either on a wind up or you really are one from the special This Is breed. In any event congratulations. You must be proud.

May i ask who you would sign.

I've heard Michael Owen is on his way.

What's wrong with prawn salad ? it's yum with thousand island dressing,oh and by the way chill out there's plenty of time to sign the right player's,you dont know whats going on behind the scenes nobody does so just chill,we still have plenty of time to bring the right player's in.

The Board are making a massive profit on a player they signed for £200k 18 months ago. They've only given permission for WBA to speak to Cox and have stated it'll have to wait for a new manager. Sound to me like they're talking it up and inviting others to join the race.
They've tried to land players for reasonable fees but they've lost out. Its still early days and we aren't so desperate we need to sepnd silly money. Be patient.
We've got Adidas doing our kit and 442 and EA Sports as sponsors.
After the shit we've had on and off the pitch for years, I'm optimistic this season. My expectation is mid table, possibly a Cup run but putting the building blocks in place for 10/11.
The owners made it clear from Day 1 that we would get the club we can afford - thats what we're getting. No problems for me on that score.  

Again,who would you sign

He wouldn't. It's like bart. Light the fire and walk away. It's called unreasonable expectations and pessimism. There's never a winner in that battle.

Could you name any though.

Steve Lomas?

So you would have turned Cox away and that Parkin lad a few years ago, both having unspectacular to unknown to us previous records.

I'm pretty sure we've just offered to pay, and had the bids accepted, for 2 players totalling £525kish.  Right or wrong?

On the basis you are not a complete retard, I'll assume you answer correctly and then state that this amount of cash being offered would have been the highest amount in at least 8 years (since Todd's little flurry into the bizarre world of players - strangely the one we spent most on got slated, left us and went on to do pretty well at this level).  That time we couldn't afford it, this time it's calculated it could have been 2 players more than worthy of playing in the top of this league (hence why they went to bigger clubs than us - for now).

The current board signed Cox, with their own cash as it was, so yes.

Hmm, insightful. I'd never thought of that and doubt many others had either. Perhaps you could tell Wilson and our board this?


What are you? A twelve year old rival fan?

id say the players we have been in for OTJ and Robinson etc shows the ambition and money they are willing to pump in as long as its on the right player, no point throwing money at Robinson to get him to sign because we will undo all the good work thats happened off the pitch over the last year. Im confident that should another Cox come along our board wouldnt hesitate to splash out £200,000-£300,000

looney boy for manager

What JPC said.

Ok, we haven't signed them, but £250k for OTJ and £270k for Robinson proves the board will give Wilson money for the right player.

I'm indifferent to it. You win some you lose some. We're not a big club, we're not stupid with our money, and I enjoy my Football and knowing our club is on a stable footing.

And if i'm honest, all signings excite me, because I know that I know less than anyone who manages us. Well, i say all signings excite me, but that's normally until some miserable cunt infects my happy sheltered little world of optimism.

Good post btw JPC. (That's the first time i've called you that!)

I wouldn't bother, you cant argue with the blinkered, which of the nobbers is he then? Got to be the one who thinks tight fitt is a pun.

Would you like the pfa available list lunny

Have you picked up your Season Ticket yet LB?

Do you want that list

it concerns me how some people manage to get out of bed without killing themselves in the morning.

WOW thats the first time any1 has ever said good post JPC, im all emotional, love u guys x

Haha, ace.

Is it me, or does the summer bring out more window lickers?

Maybe Darwin was wrong after all

So your not going to any matches?  :cry:

seriously.lets not go down the season ticket superiority route here.
it doesn't make someone a better fan if they have one

Got yours Arriba?

no

 I don't think his lack of a season ticket is of much concern, not compared to his other "issues".  I don't mind people being of a negative frame of mind if that floats their boat, but show some intelligence.

Piss off you racist, imbecilic fucktard.

You know me then, aside for preferring Calamari to Prawns if I'm honest.

Do we need to start a protest or something?  I can rustle up a "Offering £270k is being a cheapskate" banner if you like.

unnnngggg.

You could see if there are any Steward positions going!

I think you have to be able to do up Velcro shoes to get the job though.

Get a life you boring cunt.

Get lost before Ben starts grooming you.

lunny fuck off, im the resident spakker round here, this place aint big enough for the both of us!

He's making you look like Einstein.  Can we keep him in a cupboard for a bit?

I know of someone else who likes to use a lot of  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'s = KNUCKLES  :doh:

Well if it saves me doing it thanks. She was talking about some young lad she met on the internet who could talk the talk but couldn't walk the walk.

Or a glass tank to take around schools to show what comes of sleeping with your cousin?

I think even that is probably a push  :)

I think it highlights a bit of a catch 22 with the club at the moment, some fans will still not get a season because they don't think what they're paying for is good enough, but without additional fans the club will continue to be a league one club. Of course there will be fans who cannot go through circumstance either and in any case I'm not making this point to prove anyone superior to anyone else.

Without going into the stats our average attendance has been very steady in the last three years. Before I realised this I didn't think we'd really see any improvement until we had another promotion season but when you consider the following:

* In League One there is more potential for bigger away team followings coming to the county ground.
* Our season ticket sales have helped to keep the attendances up, despite struggling down the bottom/under Malpas.

I'm unconvinced any signings, unless a very well known name (unlikely), would boost [season] ticket sales. Performances on the pitch are going to do that. I know it was only league two but we didn't have big names then, we just had the right players to get out of the division. More of the same is needed here, but we just need to play better first and build up from there.

You're probably quite right. What the lunnyboy tool forgot to say was that he had oral sex with my wife. He talked about it while my wife slept. I bet his keyboard gets real messy.  

Lets make a deal, we'll not moan if we are bottom - which I imagine will be fairly impossible given Southampton's plight - but that means that you're not allowed to be cheerful and positive if we're in the top 6 by october.  Deal?

Lunnyboy, please die.

That is all.

Thankyou xx

Harsh Tans.

But fair.

On hindsight John, yes it is.

Yes and more home fans tend to go to those games too.

the reason i said what i did regarding season tickets,was because it has no bearing on what was going on in this thread.
loony boy was making a complete twat of himself, without the need to bring season tickets into it from 4d.
i  get a bit miffed with people who seem to think tehy are superior,or adds weight to an arguement just because they have a season ticket.

Sorry for too many compliments but you're not even on the podium, must try harder ;)

there was a time when we didn't let mongoloids like this roam free on the forums.

Yeah, well you're not in charge now Mr Norway, so shut it.

indeed

but that wasn't what i meant. this forum was always supposed to be an alternative to the adver site, now it's nearly as bad.

nevermind, i'll go delete my account again

is it that bad?

There's no need for you to do that!

I can do it for you.

i think so, yeah. the forum is dull to read and i'm as guilty as anyone for making it even more dull.

the morons coming over from thisis to spread their bile and vitriol just makes things even worse.

what would you like to read about?

Gays........

(This thread is ace by the way)

Think SY is currently reading the works of Henrik Ibsen.

Ibsen's work was radical for its time, opening the prospect of free thinking on a number of ethical issues...examining the many facades, that lay behind the cloying social mores of late 19th Century Northern Europe.

Oh I wasn't disagreeing I just thought it linked into some of the arguments about the club progressing.

Or maybe I was disagreeing.

Or maybe I'm now just disagreeing with myself about whether I was disagreeing.

I think it's quite exciting to play with new people.

i know that si.was just explaining myself

i've been on the blob, sorry  :-[

All of the TEF posters came from thisis originally.

Yarp.

What am I doing on here anyway?

We weren't morons then though Talk Talk

Hold on Arriba. I was being ironic! Do you need me to explain  :banging:

Simon - post of the noughties.

Fair play mate, great come back.

I will fuck off again.

I didn't  :D

Nor me Dave....but I am thinking of joining. Gotta be a laugh  :(

I did once in a half hearted wind-up attempt but gave up. It was no fun when they agreed with my wind-ups

Oh dear  :-[

http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1711269,00.html

On the Baggies forum apparently Di Matteo is trying to make Sean O'traitor his second signing from MKDongs.

Yeah, I saw that - I'm registering to warn them off him and big up Coxy.  Bored?  Me?

I considered doing that too :)

o'hanlon played really well against us last season.despite what people say about him,he is a decent defender.

o'hanlon is a greedy cunt

Linkage to the forum please?

http://www.wbazone.com/forum/index.php

Apart from the bit where he gave the ball straight to simon cox who fed it on a plate for paynter to put us one-up?

I've always concidered him an average player for this level when I've seen him play.  Certainly not Championship standard, and WBA will be looking to go up this term.

But I am sure Roberto may know a bit more about what it takes than me :)

He played for us at Franchise. He defended like a clown.

Got to admit he was their best player at the CG though.

I always considered him to be a good defender in a heading and tackling sense, but had next to no pace and very poor distribution.

Since he's gone to MKFranchise he possibly looks to have improved slightly on his distribution but from what I've seen of the FL highlights, he still gets turned inside out and skinned by pacey strikers each and every week.

As a no-nonsense defender he'd probably do a job at a lower end Championship team, but to even consider him for a Prem/Championship yo-yo club seems utter lunacy to me.

He gifted us 3 points at the concrete bowl this year and looked wank. I wasn't at the home game so can't comment on that, but he's never looked like a top end Championship player and IMO never will. Di Matteo must be mad.