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Post by goodbet on Aug 31, 2024 16:08:17 GMT 1
Oh ! Well all I see at the moment, with just hours until the deadline, is we're waiting for a player who we still don't know is actually available ! He is available. We have been told several times. Medical will have been done the other day. Just waiting for Luton's domino to fall. Relax. Can we stop relaxing now
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Post by goodbet on Aug 31, 2024 16:26:23 GMT 1
PS May has scored for Brum again … We going to say this shit every week? He will score 20 plus for them but we didn’t want to match his wages. 20k would have been stupid. Let’s just move on or we will just constantly moan every week when he scores. I agree we have to let our decision not to match May go. We would never match the fee or the wages. What I will not let go is our inability not to bring in a striker over the line. We had plenty of time to find alternatives and not put everything on one player that we did not know if he would be released or not. The situation looked bad for some time but we failed to have a plan B. This sounds familiar!
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Aug 31, 2024 16:47:41 GMT 1
Because he'd immediately be on twice as much as anyone else. That doesn't help team bonding...just division. Fair enough if he was Messi...but not for a lower leagues journeyman...albeit a goalscorer recently That’s a small time mentality. This is professional football. If everyone is on the same money, we won’t get anywhere as we won’t attract the best footballers we can to the club. It’s absolutely right that Alfie May should be on double what Olly Turton is. Is it small time mentality though? The point was about someone coming in with a significant disparity in wages, and despite the best attempts at being professional about it, some players would have taken umbrage. It’s no different than normal workplaces where you see staff disgruntled about wage disparity. Plus the fact that if he had agreed a deal and then pushed the club into a bidding war it says more about the motives of the individuals involved as opposed to them honouring a deal that was agreed.
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Post by daltonterrier44 on Aug 31, 2024 17:02:23 GMT 1
Wonder how his stalker-in-chief on here will explain this one? thought it may have been when he played for them till I realised it was this seasons shirt, wish he was in a Rotherham shirt this season!
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Post by mids on Aug 31, 2024 17:07:14 GMT 1
He is available. We have been told several times. Medical will have been done the other day. Just waiting for Luton's domino to fall. Relax. Can we stop relaxing now Nice after timing. Proud of your skills
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Post by mids on Aug 31, 2024 17:10:07 GMT 1
Because he'd immediately be on twice as much as anyone else. That doesn't help team bonding...just division. Fair enough if he was Messi...but not for a lower leagues journeyman...albeit a goalscorer recently That’s a small time mentality. This is professional football. If everyone is on the same money, we won’t get anywhere as we won’t attract the best footballers we can to the club. It’s absolutely right that Alfie May should be on double what Olly Turton is. You know full well what I meant...but fair play at your extreme example 👏
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Post by townrwe on Aug 31, 2024 17:10:55 GMT 1
Seriously misjudged the quality of our strikeforce.... Carthorse has got alot right.... but then made a right fuckup of the final question. Similar to last year, where we were odds on due to recruitment to go down, this year our squad simply isn't good enough to go up automatically... Sorry Kev and Carthorse... you have done so much, really well.. yet you have landed on your arses at the final hurdle. Utt 99.96%
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Post by stevehtfc on Aug 31, 2024 17:37:09 GMT 1
Alfie May scores again... We dont create enough chances for him to finish anyway Agree a fit Healey is as good as Alfie May.
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Post by stevehtfc on Aug 31, 2024 17:39:02 GMT 1
If they aren't immediately scoring the free agent market for a striker then I'll be absolutely astounded. The Healey situation plus the lack of getting the striker sorted during the window means they surely have to look at that option now. I'd be in two minds recalling Phillips from Sacramento. Can't be worse than the situation we find ourselves in one day after the window closes. Why not he's playing and Scoring. He must be a good player because why's Scott High not been sent over 😂😂
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Post by isitjustme on Aug 31, 2024 17:43:42 GMT 1
I remember thinking while watching the Sheff utd pre season friendly in the first half, that we seemed like a different team in midfield to previous season. We were passing, finding space, moving intelligently. Less so in the second half though. Trying to remember who was in midfield that day. Sure Kane was in there. Holding on to the hope that when he gets back, and now having Hodge also, we might get back to playing something like that again......Here's hoping !!!
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Post by cuz on Aug 31, 2024 17:48:32 GMT 1
Seriously misjudged the quality of our strikeforce.... Carthorse has got alot right.... but then made a right fuckup of the final question. Similar to last year, where we were odds on due to recruitment to go down, this year our squad simply isn't good enough to go up automatically... Sorry Kev and Carthorse... you have done so much, really well.. yet you have landed on your arses at the final hurdle. Utt 99.96% "Devon Lock" of the EFL.
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Aug 31, 2024 17:53:14 GMT 1
PS May has scored for Brum again … Ps haarland scored again
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Post by drumriggend on Aug 31, 2024 17:54:42 GMT 1
Did anyone NOT get sent off🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
We were poor tbh but..
That has to be the worst refereeing performance I’ve ever seen..
And he’s up against some pretty stiff competition..
I hope the club make a formal complaint..
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Aug 31, 2024 17:55:25 GMT 1
Will townrwe ever learn/grow up/place his posts where they will be appreciated
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Post by SuperMrTerrier on Aug 31, 2024 18:03:03 GMT 1
Alfie May scores again... We dont create enough chances for him to finish anyway 13 big chances created this season actually - no team has created more and Birmingham have only created 9. Our issue is finishing them.
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Post by goodbet on Aug 31, 2024 18:11:07 GMT 1
Can we stop relaxing now Nice after timing. Proud of your skills Been travelling and visiting old friends, so I had just seen your comment. To be honest based on Towns history and what little news and comments were coming out of the club it was expected.
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Post by upthetown on Aug 31, 2024 18:43:18 GMT 1
Having been at Rotherham today please don’t anyone sing Danny Ward again either properly or ironically. Waste of bloody time he is.
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Post by arry11 on Aug 31, 2024 19:55:17 GMT 1
We are not meant to know, we have no right to know. we wouldn't want 14000 in the room all negotiatingtrsnsfer agreements. Leave it to the people on big money. Well we could guess from the lack of noise coming out of the club and hey presto. We have needed a striker for years and we made an apparent attempt at the start of the window and put all our eggs in one basket and then nothing. After January you would have thought we would have tried harder, but nothing. They tried it was not our fault we can not force deals to happen 2 players in the building ready to sign and taken out of our hands.
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Post by goodbet on Aug 31, 2024 20:14:43 GMT 1
Well we could guess from the lack of noise coming out of the club and hey presto. We have needed a striker for years and we made an apparent attempt at the start of the window and put all our eggs in one basket and then nothing. After January you would have thought we would have tried harder, but nothing. They tried it was not our fault we can not force deals to happen 2 players in the building ready to sign and taken out of our hands. If that was trying they want sacking. Just not up to the job. No plan B Eggs in one basket and because Luton failed so did we. Where are the backups for the next game. Old or injury prone strikers will not drive us back up to the Championship.
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Post by Mounie for nothing on Aug 31, 2024 20:21:09 GMT 1
Seriously misjudged the quality of our strikeforce.... Carthorse has got alot right.... but then made a right fuckup of the final question. Similar to last year, where we were odds on due to recruitment to go down, this year our squad simply isn't good enough to go up automatically... Sorry Kev and Carthorse... you have done so much, really well.. yet you have landed on your arses at the final hurdle. Utt 99.96% Quoting yourself now? For the love of God just give it a rest. Nobody believes any of the bullshit you peddle on here. Haven't got a single thing correct ever. 99.96% bellend.
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Post by tepidterrier on Aug 31, 2024 21:32:13 GMT 1
Having been at Rotherham today please don’t anyone sing Danny Ward again either properly or ironically. Waste of bloody time he is. Every so often at a Town match I hear a chant and know immediately that it'll come back to bite us sooner or later. Luton Town away being the biggest one. As soon as I heard the ironic Danny Ward chants back at Rotherham today I knew we'd fucking lose.
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Post by arry11 on Aug 31, 2024 21:56:00 GMT 1
They tried it was not our fault we can not force deals to happen 2 players in the building ready to sign and taken out of our hands. If that was trying they want sacking. Just not up to the job. No plan B Eggs in one basket and because Luton failed so did we. Where are the backups for the next game. Old or injury prone strikers will not drive us back up to the Championship. Lets sign another Hudlin or Simpson because a load of pissy pants want a signing.
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Post by hoggy1975 on Aug 31, 2024 22:42:09 GMT 1
We dont create enough chances for him to finish anyway 13 big chances created this season actually - no team has created more and Birmingham have only created 9. Our issue is finishing them. source?
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Post by rougeboy31 on Aug 31, 2024 23:01:19 GMT 1
Worst case scenario current free agent strikers Aaron Connolly Famara Diedhiou Kemar Roofe Lucas Joao Tyreece John Jules More players I’ve found in any position Defenders : Michael Hector Cyrus Christie Paul Dummett Dan Potts Nathan Ferguson Tyler Blackett Nestor Guinness Walker Osmand Kakay Timothy Eyoma Midfielders: Ovie Ejaria Jeando Fuchs Daniel Johnson Josh Onomah Fred Onyedinma Romaine Sawyers Forwards: Freddie Ladapo Sheyi Ojo Samuel Kalu Fejiri Okenabirhie These are just the ones who last played in the top 3 leagues here
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Post by rougeboy31 on Aug 31, 2024 23:15:54 GMT 1
Worst case scenario current free agent strikers Aaron Connolly Famara Diedhiou Kemar Roofe Lucas Joao Tyreece John Jules More players I’ve found in any position Defenders : Michael Hector Cyrus Christie Paul Dummett Dan Potts Nathan Ferguson Tyler Blackett Nestor Guinness Walker Osmand Kakay Timothy Eyoma Midfielders: Ovie Ejaria Jeando Fuchs Daniel Johnson Josh Onomah Fred Onyedinma Romaine Sawyers Forwards: Freddie Ladapo Sheyi Ojo Samuel Kalu Fejiri Okenabirhie These are just the ones who last played in the top 3 leagues here Final list of any player from around Europe that is half decent Laurent Depoitre (joke) Elvis Manu (another joke) Lys Mousset ex sheff u Aaron Seydel 6’6 ex Darmstadt Isaac Success bit too good for league one but always a handful Van la Parra one week we love him Kenneth Zohore don’t know what went wrong for him Andre Gray hmmm Kemar Roofe no comment
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Post by wildhogg on Sept 1, 2024 0:11:08 GMT 1
More players I’ve found in any position Defenders : Michael Hector Cyrus Christie Paul Dummett Dan Potts Nathan Ferguson Tyler Blackett Nestor Guinness Walker Osmand Kakay Timothy Eyoma Midfielders: Ovie Ejaria Jeando Fuchs Daniel Johnson Josh Onomah Fred Onyedinma Romaine Sawyers Forwards: Freddie Ladapo Sheyi Ojo Samuel Kalu Fejiri Okenabirhie These are just the ones who last played in the top 3 leagues here Final list of any player from around Europe that is half decent Laurent Depoitre (joke) Elvis Manu (another joke) Lys Mousset ex sheff u Aaron Seydel 6’6 ex Darmstadt Isaac Success bit too good for league one but always a handful Van la Parra one week we love him Kenneth Zohore don’t know what went wrong for him Andre Gray hmmm Kemar Roofe no comment Ladapo has surely got to be on our radar.
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Post by keithAM11532 on Sept 1, 2024 0:19:32 GMT 1
Will townrwe ever learn/grow up/place his posts where they will be appreciated No
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Post by melbourneterrier on Sept 1, 2024 2:36:22 GMT 1
So? At some point we need to let that one go. There's no way we'd be spending the way that Birmingham have, and we were very close to signing it. Why? We needed a striker and the club didn't deliver. Are you happy to accept the failure of the board? Is obsessing over Alfie May going to magically produce a signing? I think it'd be a hard job finding a town fan who is happy with us not signing a striker but bleating on about a striker who we ALMOST signed isn't going to fix the problem is it? How long are we gonna get Alfie May score updates?
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Post by brodie81 on Sept 1, 2024 3:19:07 GMT 1
Luton kept Taylor as they didn't get another forward... Why have we sent Harret out on loan? I'm baffled. It's not like he wasn't getting on bench he played against Shrewsbury. Bad bad bad business,is it us being the soft touch Huddersfield not wanting to let fleetwood down? Harratt has played 13 minutes in League 1 this season. When, and if, Bojan is fit and Phillips comes back he would have been further down the pecking order. He is 22 and needs to be playing football. I don't think anyone on here will consider him much of a loss. So bojan isn't fit Healey now injured Phillips don't know where he is but he's not in our squad. We're short of forwards
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Sept 1, 2024 8:15:16 GMT 1
Will townrwe ever learn/grow up/place his posts where they will be appreciated No Just thought I'd check, thanks anyway
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