| Relegation season... 11:12 - Jun 21 with 15026 views | TheBlueBarca |
Is it just me that's feeling this looking at the fixtures?
Just look at the players even Brum are bringing in, who finished as badly as we did, compared to the players we are bringing in and looking at. We're oceans apart in terms of ambitious signings. We mock Harry but he does bring the names in, Stockdale for example is one hell of a signing to start with.
I very much hope I am wrong but I have that sinking feeling, and we managed to scrape it by just 4 points last season. |  |
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| Relegation season... on 12:25 - Jun 21 with 3711 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Relegation season... on 12:21 - Jun 21 by mutters |
No way can we tell this early on. I am positive so far, a couple of early signings, potentially others in motion. Hopefully we will be more settled come start of the season and not still scrabbling around trying to find players. |
Hopefully we don;t sell our most important player* 3 days before the window shuts with no replacement sorted.
*Who even is this now?! |  |
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| Relegation season... on 12:26 - Jun 21 with 3705 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Relegation season... on 12:25 - Jun 21 by Reuser_is_God |
Hopefully we don;t sell our most important player* 3 days before the window shuts with no replacement sorted.
*Who even is this now?! |
Bart? |  |
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| Relegation season... on 12:27 - Jun 21 with 3702 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Relegation season... on 12:24 - Jun 21 by TractorWood |
I thought this last season. Was constantly getting praised but seemed to make a basic error every time I saw him. |
There was one game I caught on Sky & his kicking was worse than Gerks.
His reason for joining Brum was because he was offered a longer deal - what a cop out. He knows he's not that good, otherwise he'd have backed himself in the PL to get a longer deal at that level. | |
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| Relegation season... on 12:29 - Jun 21 with 3696 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Relegation season... on 12:27 - Jun 21 by Reuser_is_God |
There was one game I caught on Sky & his kicking was worse than Gerks.
His reason for joining Brum was because he was offered a longer deal - what a cop out. He knows he's not that good, otherwise he'd have backed himself in the PL to get a longer deal at that level. |
Presume it say's a lot that Brighton did only offer him a one year deal, ten subsequently spent big to bring in Matt Ryan, who I presume they would have brought in anyway even if Stockdale did sign the deal they offered. | |
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| Relegation season... on 12:31 - Jun 21 with 3688 views | Reuser_is_God |
Probably, given the points he'd probably saved us in the last 18 months.
Chambers a close 2nd.
Apart from those 2, Webster & McGoldrick I wouldn't be disappointed to see any of them leave. | |
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| The fact that Birmingham have signed.... on 12:32 - Jun 21 with 3690 views | Guthrum |
| The fact that Birmingham have signed.... on 12:17 - Jun 21 by Reuser_is_God |
Who else have they signed? Stockdale &?
I don't think we can really class Spence as a new signing. |
Craig Gardner, who was on loan with them last season - pretty analogous to Spence. |  |
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| Their only other signing has been.... on 12:33 - Jun 21 with 3690 views | Bloots |
| The fact that Birmingham have signed.... on 12:17 - Jun 21 by Reuser_is_God |
Who else have they signed? Stockdale &?
I don't think we can really class Spence as a new signing. |
...Gardner.
Who they had on loan last season.
So therefore he can't be counted as a new signing either. |  |
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| The fact that Birmingham have signed.... on 12:33 - Jun 21 with 3690 views | Guthrum |
| The fact that Birmingham have signed.... on 12:21 - Jun 21 by taximan |
spence is definitely not a new signing and neither will huws be - they were both part of the first team squad at the end of last season, all of which shows that there is much to do, just to be as sh1tty as a few months ago |
Two of the better members of last season's squad - particularly in the case of Huws. | |
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| Their only other signing has been.... on 12:36 - Jun 21 with 3682 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Their only other signing has been.... on 12:33 - Jun 21 by Bloots |
...Gardner.
Who they had on loan last season.
So therefore he can't be counted as a new signing either. |
Yeah, not a new signing then.
Good player though Gardner, felt he was let down by how awful his team mates were in the game at PR last season. | |
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| Relegation season... on 12:38 - Jun 21 with 3676 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Relegation season... on 12:31 - Jun 21 by Reuser_is_God |
Probably, given the points he'd probably saved us in the last 18 months.
Chambers a close 2nd.
Apart from those 2, Webster & McGoldrick I wouldn't be disappointed to see any of them leave. |
Think i'd probably add Dozzell, Bishop, Kenlock, Emmanuel, Ward and Smith in to those i'd be disappointed to lose, other than that, as you say, the majority of them could be replaced with better players (if the owner was willing to dip his hands in his pockets a little more). | |
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| Relegation season... on 12:41 - Jun 21 with 3672 views | BlueNomad |
Some are using the "Derby effect" in June - it says if you spend loads of money you will be really good. Already we should be frightened!
I think there are clumps of fixtures where we could potentially go on a good run |  | | |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:42 - Jun 21 with 3676 views | Bloots |
| The fact that Birmingham have signed.... on 12:24 - Jun 21 by Reuser_is_God |
Agreed.
I think we'll get the deals done but will be late on as is often the case with us as players will wait around to see if they get offered more money elsewhere. That's why Spence has all ready signed, he knows he won't get better than Ipswich whereas Huws might therefore he's holding out a bit longer. [Post edited 21 Jun 2017 12:24]
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....I've spoken to a Championship player that told me he was offered a contract by us in the last two weeks, but ended up taking a very similar deal at his current club just because of the convenience.
Lots of things happen that we don't know about, when people suggest that the "management" are just sitting around doing nothing it's plainly not true.
Given that we won't just throw money at a player or club then we are always going to have more misses than hits. | |
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| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:44 - Jun 21 with 3662 views | Reuser_is_God |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:42 - Jun 21 by Bloots |
....I've spoken to a Championship player that told me he was offered a contract by us in the last two weeks, but ended up taking a very similar deal at his current club just because of the convenience.
Lots of things happen that we don't know about, when people suggest that the "management" are just sitting around doing nothing it's plainly not true.
Given that we won't just throw money at a player or club then we are always going to have more misses than hits. |
Who was it? [Post edited 21 Jun 2017 12:45]
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| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:45 - Jun 21 with 3657 views | BlueNomad |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:42 - Jun 21 by Bloots |
....I've spoken to a Championship player that told me he was offered a contract by us in the last two weeks, but ended up taking a very similar deal at his current club just because of the convenience.
Lots of things happen that we don't know about, when people suggest that the "management" are just sitting around doing nothing it's plainly not true.
Given that we won't just throw money at a player or club then we are always going to have more misses than hits. |
But that isn't the case when you play fantasy league type games. | | | |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:47 - Jun 21 with 3652 views | Kieran_Knows |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:42 - Jun 21 by Bloots |
....I've spoken to a Championship player that told me he was offered a contract by us in the last two weeks, but ended up taking a very similar deal at his current club just because of the convenience.
Lots of things happen that we don't know about, when people suggest that the "management" are just sitting around doing nothing it's plainly not true.
Given that we won't just throw money at a player or club then we are always going to have more misses than hits. |
Was he any good? | |
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| I would have liked him.... on 12:50 - Jun 21 with 3649 views | Bloots |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:47 - Jun 21 by Kieran_Knows |
Was he any good? |
....typical Mick type.
But the barmies would have moaned that he was too old/a reject/a journeyman. | |
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| Relegation season... on 12:55 - Jun 21 with 3636 views | Benters |
| Relegation season... on 11:18 - Jun 21 by artsbossbeard |
I'll have a £50 charity bet now that Town will be nowhere near relegation next season.
"Scraped", massive fannying that.
EACH is my preferred charity. |
Still 4 points fromda dropz zone though innit.
Call it bedwetting /Simple farmhanding if you like but it was still 4 points.
Anyway,look forward not back . |  |
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| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 13:10 - Jun 21 with 3616 views | itfcjoe |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 12:42 - Jun 21 by Bloots |
....I've spoken to a Championship player that told me he was offered a contract by us in the last two weeks, but ended up taking a very similar deal at his current club just because of the convenience.
Lots of things happen that we don't know about, when people suggest that the "management" are just sitting around doing nothing it's plainly not true.
Given that we won't just throw money at a player or club then we are always going to have more misses than hits. |
If you speak to anyone who knows anything going on behind the scenes there must be some serious hard work done. We were in for Garner last year, in for Huws last year and then we get priced out but keep them on our radar waiting for them to hopefully fall into our lap.
We just have to wait for good players to slip through the cracks into the 'closing down sales' and pounce, we can't afford to get them at what is in reality true market value.
But it's clear that between Bowman, Mick and their contacts that there is plenty going on |  |
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| Relegation season... on 13:26 - Jun 21 with 3593 views | TheBlueBarca |
| Relegation season... on 12:05 - Jun 21 by artsbossbeard |
I'll settle for outside the bottom 3 but I'd be happy to take a bet from the OP on anything north of 5th from bottom downwards. |
I like how many downvotes I have for suggesting we may go down this season.
May I remind those people we finished just 4 points from the drop this past season. We have hardly invested millions on strengthening either like Brum is doing, we've given Spence another season, Taylor will get another chance, Berra's gone, Pittman and Bru are off, Garner has come in which in my view is an expensive Pittman replacement rather than a Murphy one. Lawrence has gone too, so that's 3 of our last 3 top scorers out of the club in 3 seasons.
It's hardly earth shaking news that we're likely candidates to go down is it? We were awful last season. | |
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| Relegation season... on 13:36 - Jun 21 with 3573 views | itfcjoe |
| Relegation season... on 13:26 - Jun 21 by TheBlueBarca |
I like how many downvotes I have for suggesting we may go down this season.
May I remind those people we finished just 4 points from the drop this past season. We have hardly invested millions on strengthening either like Brum is doing, we've given Spence another season, Taylor will get another chance, Berra's gone, Pittman and Bru are off, Garner has come in which in my view is an expensive Pittman replacement rather than a Murphy one. Lawrence has gone too, so that's 3 of our last 3 top scorers out of the club in 3 seasons.
It's hardly earth shaking news that we're likely candidates to go down is it? We were awful last season. |
I think there are 2 reasons for this
1) That the fixture list makes it any more or less likely we will go up/down. We all knew the make up off the division
2) That you are banging on about scraping survival, the closest we got to the relegation zone was at end of season after securing safety and losing 3 on the bounce when on the beach. We were never likely go down, I doubt we were at any point less than about 20/1 at the bookies to do so | |
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| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 13:40 - Jun 21 with 3556 views | taximan |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 13:10 - Jun 21 by itfcjoe |
If you speak to anyone who knows anything going on behind the scenes there must be some serious hard work done. We were in for Garner last year, in for Huws last year and then we get priced out but keep them on our radar waiting for them to hopefully fall into our lap.
We just have to wait for good players to slip through the cracks into the 'closing down sales' and pounce, we can't afford to get them at what is in reality true market value.
But it's clear that between Bowman, Mick and their contacts that there is plenty going on |
i hope you are right joe
as things stand the squad looks poor in terms of both quality and numbers |  | | |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 13:42 - Jun 21 with 3552 views | Kieran_Knows |
| I know for a fact that we are trying to get deals done..... on 13:10 - Jun 21 by itfcjoe |
If you speak to anyone who knows anything going on behind the scenes there must be some serious hard work done. We were in for Garner last year, in for Huws last year and then we get priced out but keep them on our radar waiting for them to hopefully fall into our lap.
We just have to wait for good players to slip through the cracks into the 'closing down sales' and pounce, we can't afford to get them at what is in reality true market value.
But it's clear that between Bowman, Mick and their contacts that there is plenty going on |
We were trying to get Garner in last summer before we had even lost Murphy to Newcastle, but we were priced out of the deal. (as you say). | |
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| Stop blubbing..... on 13:49 - Jun 21 with 3537 views | Bloots |
| Relegation season... on 13:26 - Jun 21 by TheBlueBarca |
I like how many downvotes I have for suggesting we may go down this season.
May I remind those people we finished just 4 points from the drop this past season. We have hardly invested millions on strengthening either like Brum is doing, we've given Spence another season, Taylor will get another chance, Berra's gone, Pittman and Bru are off, Garner has come in which in my view is an expensive Pittman replacement rather than a Murphy one. Lawrence has gone too, so that's 3 of our last 3 top scorers out of the club in 3 seasons.
It's hardly earth shaking news that we're likely candidates to go down is it? We were awful last season. |
....you got downvoted because you are factually incorrect.
Birmingham have signed one new player.
A goalkeeper.
On a free.
They were worse than us last year.
Plus they now have "Mr Administration" in as manager.
Calm down, it's June and the sun is shining. | |
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| Relegation season... on 13:51 - Jun 21 with 3529 views | Bigalhunter |
| Relegation season... on 13:26 - Jun 21 by TheBlueBarca |
I like how many downvotes I have for suggesting we may go down this season.
May I remind those people we finished just 4 points from the drop this past season. We have hardly invested millions on strengthening either like Brum is doing, we've given Spence another season, Taylor will get another chance, Berra's gone, Pittman and Bru are off, Garner has come in which in my view is an expensive Pittman replacement rather than a Murphy one. Lawrence has gone too, so that's 3 of our last 3 top scorers out of the club in 3 seasons.
It's hardly earth shaking news that we're likely candidates to go down is it? We were awful last season. |
'Just can't believe we're going down to League One'
'We're going down and thats the end of it isn't it? Feels that way'
Just two ridiculous quotes during your last meltdown end of March/beginning of April. The players just gave up when we were mathematically safe & lost the last 3 games.
Get a grip of yourself. |  | | |
| Relegation season... on 13:55 - Jun 21 with 3514 views | artsbossbeard |
| Relegation season... on 13:26 - Jun 21 by TheBlueBarca |
I like how many downvotes I have for suggesting we may go down this season.
May I remind those people we finished just 4 points from the drop this past season. We have hardly invested millions on strengthening either like Brum is doing, we've given Spence another season, Taylor will get another chance, Berra's gone, Pittman and Bru are off, Garner has come in which in my view is an expensive Pittman replacement rather than a Murphy one. Lawrence has gone too, so that's 3 of our last 3 top scorers out of the club in 3 seasons.
It's hardly earth shaking news that we're likely candidates to go down is it? We were awful last season. |
Bet avoidance noted. |  |
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