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« Reply #32265 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 05:57:12 » |
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So how have we gone from the 2 100% and 95% certainties to Wellens now having to get Anderson (as well as the other 2) off the books to free up wages for a striker?
Methinks he should have said nothing.
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« Reply #32266 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 06:07:09 » |
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Wtf is a Maff?
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« Reply #32267 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 06:40:13 » |
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Maybe we've joined the race for Lukaku. Big wages.
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« Reply #32268 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 06:46:58 » |
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Matt Taylor at Bristol City is leaving.
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« Reply #32269 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 07:14:29 » |
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Wtf is a Maff?
Maths innit. |
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« Reply #32270 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 07:23:29 » |
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Matt Taylor at Bristol City is leaving.
Christ, he's played for all of the Unholy Trinity. |
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« Reply #32271 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 07:37:59 » |
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So how have we gone from the 2 100% and 95% certainties to Wellens now having to get Anderson (as well as the other 2) off the books to free up wages for a striker?
Methinks he should have said nothing.
Listen to the Loathed Stranger podcast. He'd basically had deals arranged with players and at the 11th higher leagues clubs had come in and gazumped him. So, yes, there is an argument that he should have kept quiet, but it's quite nice to hear more than less from a manager I think. |
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« Reply #32272 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 07:47:38 » |
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My view is, it just gives some fans a stick to beat the club, or more likely, Power with.
Personally, if we could have signed Maynard for another £1k pw I think we should have found it within the budget - even if it meant not signing someone else.
We’ll obviously sign someone up front but now we know the quality of player Wellens was interested in it could be a bit of a climb down if it turns out to be someone seen as meh
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« Reply #32273 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 07:55:02 » |
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Maynard is 33 in December and only had one good goal scoring season in the past 8 years.
It was a no brainer making an offer, but I don’t think one we should have potentially broken the wage structure over.
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« Reply #32274 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 08:17:44 » |
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So how have we gone from the 2 100% and 95% certainties to Wellens now having to get Anderson (as well as the other 2) off the books to free up wages for a striker?
Methinks he should have said nothing.
Despite what some said it was always going to be the case that as a rookie manager Wellens was going to come up against what he wanted and what he can get.... however it's a learning curve for him, we'll all have to hope he's got this more right than wrong. As things stand I don't see this as an auto squad, however still 6 Days til Saturday, so perhaps yet time to pull a rabbit from the hat |
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« Reply #32275 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 08:32:44 » |
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My view is, it just gives some fans a stick to beat the club, or more likely, Power with.
Personally, if we could have signed Maynard for another £1k pw I think we should have found it within the budget - even if it meant not signing someone else.
We’ll obviously sign someone up front but now we know the quality of player Wellens was interested in it could be a bit of a climb down if it turns out to be someone seen as meh
Agree. This squad is only as good as the strikers we’re yet to recruit... and we need more than 1. Lang and Robinson, job done. |
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« Reply #32276 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 08:33:58 » |
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So how have we gone from the 2 100% and 95% certainties to Wellens now having to get Anderson (as well as the other 2) off the books to free up wages for a striker?
Methinks he should have said nothing.
He would have been criticised for saying nothing |
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« Reply #32277 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 08:50:04 » |
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He would have been criticised for saying nothing
Whilst that's true, it is possible to phrase things in a certain way.... so that you don't leave yourself as a hostage to fortune. Last season Wellens highlighted the number of players around the squad who couldn't really be used, but he seems to have created a similar scenario. What you might call Will Henry syndrome..... why sign him if no intention of playing him? |
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« Reply #32278 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 09:25:09 » |
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He could have chosen his words differently and probably will do in the future. He's on a learning curve but he wants to be as open with the fans as possible which is admirable. I think he's doing OK.
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« Reply #32279 on: Sunday, July 28, 2019, 09:37:00 » |
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Whilst that's true, it is possible to phrase things in a certain way.... so that you don't leave yourself as a hostage to fortune.
Last season Wellens highlighted the number of players around the squad who couldn't really be used, but he seems to have created a similar scenario.
What you might call Will Henry syndrome..... why sign him if no intention of playing him?
How many of these do you think we have then? |
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