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It's a trend that the club seem to keep repeating.

This is infuriating: Seller values him at 35m We value him at 25m Bid at 17m

At some point if we are genuinely serious about improving the squad we are going to have to pay what is being quoted. Option 1: Continue to be stubborn and refuse to pay the prices on top targets. Move down the list and buy a 4th or 5th choice player who isn't really that much better than what we have or don’t strengthen at all which would be a failure. Option 2: Wait until future transfer windows to get top targets at what we value the players at, however inflation will mean we’ll likely pay the same as what is being quoted now if not more assuming they continue to develop. Such an opportunity this summer to push on and ride the crest of a wave that everyone is on. I fear if the owners miss this and it maybe a sliding doors moment.

Why is that going to change because I don’t see the wealth of the owners dropping ?

How confident are you that we’ll get: CF RW as a minimum because I think we need a dynamic central midfielder too. I get that we are making bids however players have value and we seem to be always shooting lower than the perceived value of the entity. it’s like going into Waitrose and offering lower than the value the seller wants , your always going to get a no. Just give the sellers what they need and get what we need. if that happened I’m sure we’d all be more content

I’m too old for that! However as previously said crack on!

I’m actually probably more aware than you give me credit for however crack on!!

The facts are that fans are all in and showing this with their actions too: shirts and merchandise sales are probably as high as they’ve been since the Keegan era, clamour for tickets or memberships hasn’t been as prominent since the 90’s therefore when we are spending all this money to back the team we will expect signings especially when it’s evident short term the team needs them and long term the team has to have them if we retain Bruno and Botman.

No need to be abusive with you opinions. Your obviously an intelligent person therefore I’m sure you know opinions are part of life and when someone doesn’t share the same ideology it doesn’t mean they deserve to be spoke to in such a way!

The concern has to be the fact we are still massively short in the front areas, not in respect of players but quality. The message we keep getting knocked back with our initial bids is a trend now. Fees maybe higher however the trend isn’t much different to when Lee Charnley was negotiating. We used to low ball constantly in line with the perceived value. As the richest club in the world surely this should not still be happening.

Great post until the last sentence. No need to be abusive after all this is a forum where opinions are aired. Not every opinion has to be in line with your own ideology!

He’s clearly a maverick who id guess won’t fall in line with this level of discipline hence why he’s looking so miserable on all the vlogs.

It’ll be interesting to see how he does without Michael Beale. Rumour has it he was the brains behind the operation

If Ritchie does it should be and should have been to shift them both this summer to ensure they don’t trigger new deals.

Surely they should be trying to sell him and replace with a younger more dynamic player.

We definitely aren’t bank rolled by the PIF that’s for sure. They maybe majority owners however the club is operating within its means. Money spent this season is the premier league money. Whether we actually speculate to accumulate remains to be seen. The noise at this moment in time seems to be tempering the expectations of fans.

Sounds like we are skint.

Especially a GK who can’t control the ball

We’re not really rich are we 🤣🤣

All seats have been sold hence the flashing with a tick and not adding to the basket.

You haven’t answered the question. at least present a constructive intelligent argument if you don’t agree.

I’ve highlighted the fact he wasn’t very good 👍🏻 which is the case.

I’m only stating something that has occurred. How is it okay to mock Steve Bruce for the same behaviour yet when it’s highlighted that our ‘up to date highly analytical attention to details modern head coach’ says it I’m trolling. we have to be honest and recognise how shit both coaches are.

Boring 🤣🤣🤣 are you happy with Eddie Howe and more importantly are you confident he’s got the ability to keep us up?

Eddie Howe used the words “dust ourselves down” in his post match interview 😬🤣🤣