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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jul 1, 2024 14:32:39 GMT 1
Let’s be honest. We probably won’t be making any signings today so everyone might as well log off now.
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Post by ezzie on Jul 1, 2024 14:35:35 GMT 1
This continuous Cartwright bashing is so boring. Same negative people all the time. It’s dull beyond belief. I know we’ve not got much news to work off and as a result speculation is rife, but can we just chill out for a bit and judge at the end of the summer. P.S. if the reports are correct, May is not worth 10/11k pw for me. Money better spent on creative players in my book. I’m happy we’ve not put the sustainability and potential buying power of the club in jeopardy for someone who is 31 (in a few weeks) Understandable but, money spent better on creative players - you mean like the 20+ goals he’d have provided? Would 10/11k p/w not have been a bargain if his goals got us autos back to the Championship? #1 Priority is straight back up to the championship don’t forget - straight from the top
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Post by King Neil on Jul 1, 2024 14:36:01 GMT 1
Am I missing something here? Has anything actually been confirmed ? No just hearsay as usual
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Post by terrierforever on Jul 1, 2024 14:37:25 GMT 1
Club keeps making statements and keeps letting us down it's so frustrating.
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Post by Ross83 on Jul 1, 2024 14:38:32 GMT 1
I'm going for Page 111 before we have a signing.
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Post by barryfromkent on Jul 1, 2024 14:41:24 GMT 1
This continuous Cartwright bashing is so boring. Same negative people all the time. It’s dull beyond belief. I know we’ve not got much news to work off and as a result speculation is rife, but can we just chill out for a bit and judge at the end of the summer. P.S. if the reports are correct, May is not worth 10/11k pw for me. Money better spent on creative players in my book. I’m happy we’ve not put the sustainability and potential buying power of the club in jeopardy for someone who is 31 (in a few weeks) Understandable but, money spent better on creative players - you mean like the 20+ goals he’d have provided? Would 10/11k p/w not have been a bargain if his goals got us autos back to the Championship? #1 Priority is straight back up to the championship don’t forget - straight from the top Yeah, appreciate it’s a bit of a balancing act, hence why I think we’ve got a lot of people in both camps on this forum. But until we can sort service out to our strikers, I don’t see the problem of no goals being fixed that much. When we’re seriously under performing XG this year I’ll get back in my box and apologise LOL
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Post by barryfromkent on Jul 1, 2024 14:43:54 GMT 1
Club keeps making statements and keeps letting us down it's so frustrating. Letting you down? It is the 1st day of July, Jesus wept!
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jul 1, 2024 14:46:31 GMT 1
I'm going for Page 111 before we have a signing. I can see us getting to 111 today
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Post by terrierforever on Jul 1, 2024 14:51:28 GMT 1
Club keeps making statements and keeps letting us down it's so frustrating. Letting you down? It is the 1st day of July, Jesus wept! Back in May we announced Duff as manager. Cartwright said we'd get business done early. We were looking to make some signings and give Duff everything he needs to get us promoted. Yes it's only first of July. However the season starts in a month. Burton signed 11 players Rotherham 9 players Other clubs have 3 or 4 in We've got 1 in If May was our top target you get those deals over the line in my view.
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Post by duncfost01 on Jul 1, 2024 14:53:39 GMT 1
Nagle diary today with the truth about the May deal - which no fans will like.
That’s all I know.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 1, 2024 14:55:00 GMT 1
Nagle diary today with the truth about the May deal - which no fans will like. That’s all I know. no fans will like, what could you mean ? or he mean by that if Nagle said it.
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Post by barryfromkent on Jul 1, 2024 14:56:37 GMT 1
Letting you down? It is the 1st day of July, Jesus wept! Back in May we announced Duff as manager. Cartwright said we'd get business done early. We were looking to make some signings and give Duff everything he needs to get us promoted. Yes it's only first of July. However the season starts in a month. Burton signed 11 players Rotherham 9 players Other clubs have 3 or 4 in We've got 1 in If May was our top target you get those deals over the line in my view. Rotherham and burton have lost half their squads. We don’t have a thin squad, we’re just lacking a few quality players. We will not go and sign 10 players this season. Just keep calm man, things will happen, we’ll be fine.
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Post by kennyk2 on Jul 1, 2024 14:58:15 GMT 1
Nagle diary today with the truth about the May deal - which no fans will like. That’s all I know. Shit! You mean that we are signing a 31-year-old striker for an exorbitant fee, who'll never make it in the Championship when we get promoted.
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Post by Big Ern on Jul 1, 2024 14:58:39 GMT 1
People need to realise that Birmingham are the equivalent of Man City in this division. I'm disappointed that it looks like it's not going to happen and it's not really losing out on the player that bothers me it's more that Birmingham have mugged us off.
There is nowt we can do however when they are throwing stupid money at a player that qe cannot afford.
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Post by duncfost01 on Jul 1, 2024 15:01:48 GMT 1
Nagle diary today with the truth about the May deal - which no fans will like. That’s all I know. no fans will like, what could you mean ? or he mean by that if Nagle said it. I guess we will Find out when they release the diary.
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Post by oneneilwarnock on Jul 1, 2024 15:02:21 GMT 1
I mean May has just jumped at the opportunity of money. He wanted to play for Duff who made his career but is clearly just wanting a final payday. Its terrible business from a Birmingham perspective as the only reason he has joined is clearly financial. He's 31 and has never played in the Championship, its not loss for me.
Doesn't stop me doubting the current regime however who once again have egg on their faces, but this could be a lucky escape as i think Healey can do the same job personally.
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Post by boooothy on Jul 1, 2024 15:02:35 GMT 1
People need to realise that Birmingham are the equivalent of Man City in this division. I'm disappointed that it looks like it's not going to happen and it's not really losing out on the player that bothers me it's more that Birmingham have mugged us off. There is nowt we can do however when they are throwing stupid money at a player that qe cannot afford. It’s just how it is. Any player the other clubs in the division sign it’s fair to say we didn’t want them. Anyone we sign it’s fair to say Birmingham didn’t want them.
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Post by runner76 on Jul 1, 2024 15:05:00 GMT 1
People need to realise that Birmingham are the equivalent of Man City in this division. I'm disappointed that it looks like it's not going to happen and it's not really losing out on the player that bothers me it's more that Birmingham have mugged us off. There is nowt we can do however when they are throwing stupid money at a player that qe cannot afford. Hopefully they’ll turn out to be more the Chelsea of the league…..
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Post by dezzly on Jul 1, 2024 15:05:26 GMT 1
Nagle diary today with the truth about the May deal - which no fans will like. That’s all I know. Oh Christ!!just needs to be left,doesn’t need explanation because missed out on a transfer
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Post by King Neil on Jul 1, 2024 15:09:36 GMT 1
I would prefer macaulay langstaff at notts tbh
27 years old and scores for fun
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Post by rockwall on Jul 1, 2024 15:09:47 GMT 1
Alfie is still signing for us Pahahahahahaha
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Post by daltonterrier44 on Jul 1, 2024 15:12:21 GMT 1
Let’s be honest. We probably won’t be making any signings today so everyone might as well log off now. 4 o’clock, has to be
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jul 1, 2024 15:13:33 GMT 1
I'm going for Page 111 before we have a signing. Hope he’s not Australian if you are correct.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jul 1, 2024 15:16:01 GMT 1
Someone in the May thread, but Max Dean nowwww this would be a great shout . Young and bagged goals for fun last season, very much in the Alfie May mould, but younger. It a player i would defo be intersted to see come here. Did you see his pathetic, sulky attitude in the playoff games against Crawley? Got himself a three match suspension by his embarrassing behaviour. Seemed like a nasty, creepy little shit to me.
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Post by Terriersmad on Jul 1, 2024 15:18:26 GMT 1
Someone in the May thread, but Max Dean nowwww this would be a great shout . Young and bagged goals for fun last season, very much in the Alfie May mould, but younger. It a player i would defo be intersted to see come here. Did you see his pathetic, sulky attitude in the playoff games against Crawley? Got himself a three match suspension by his embarrassing behaviour. Seemed like a nasty, creepy little shit to me. So an improvement on Harratt.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 1, 2024 15:18:50 GMT 1
Someone in the May thread, but Max Dean nowwww this would be a great shout . Young and bagged goals for fun last season, very much in the Alfie May mould, but younger. It a player i would defo be intersted to see come here. Did you see his pathetic, sulky attitude in the playoff games against Crawley? Got himself a three match suspension by his embarrassing behaviour. Seemed like a nasty, creepy little shit to me. well it has not stopped us signing this type before has it ?
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 1, 2024 15:29:05 GMT 1
I'm not trying to say Healey is like this but Ward most definitely is : Players in a winning team don't "get injured" as much as players in a struggling team. You obviously can't help genuine injuries but if we start the season well, we will get fewer injuries FACT, as players want to play in a winning team & will be more likely to play with a minor injury. I know there are concerns about Healey's injury record but he managed to score 35 goals in 65 games in 2 seasons for Toulouse in Ligue 2, as well as scoring 2 in 4 in Ligue 1. If he/we start well any injuries occurred will be legit.
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Post by blackcat on Jul 1, 2024 15:30:49 GMT 1
I would prefer macaulay langstaff at notts tbh 27 years old and scores for fun It is a big disappointment that May has chosen Birmingham. I could see a title challenge if he'd signed for Huddersfield but, as many have said, Brum are in a financial position to blow everyone else out of the water. There are several Championship clubs chasing Langstaff so, although he'd have been a good alternative, it would seem highly unlikely he'll be joining Huddersfield.
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Post by Terriersmad on Jul 1, 2024 15:37:07 GMT 1
Big thing is wages. The wages we can pay are capped by turnover. We could match Birmingham’s offer of £11k per week (which presumably is not inclusive of appearance fees, goal bonuses, etc, and may well be closer in real terms to £15k+). Or we could look elsewhere and bring in two players for the same wages. The latter, given the scale of the rebuild, is sensible.
Transfer fees are by the by. Different financial rules there!
On May himself: I don’t blame him. Taking a 3-year deal at 30/31 on those wages ought to set him up for life. Football is a short and uncertain career, and there are no guarantees.
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Post by St Dogs Terrier on Jul 1, 2024 15:38:14 GMT 1
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