pi_D Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi_D Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. This transfer window has shed a lot of light as to why Sir Bobby was sacked for finishing 5th. Fans are fickle as fuck, and there are no two ways about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 If you stand still you can get left behind, or our players can improve more as a team. We have a young squad who will only get better. On our starting 11, Simpson is a weak link, but he was vital last season. We lack depth but Perch, Anita and Raylor (sadly injured though) can cover a lot of positions, as can Jonas, Marv. We have Bigi coming through and Amalfitano. Also a make or break season for Vuckic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 No rumours about any outgoings will keep my happy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 we're 2 or 3 injuries away from being rather fucked. Not sure what MA/DL expect to do if this happens, which with our injury record, isn't exactly farfetched. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 No rumours about any outgoings will keep my happy Urgh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Clinically depressing. How is my confidence that we could have qualified for the Champions League this season with some modest investment depressing? If it's not irrelevant, why has nearly every other club strengthened their squad, including the champions? Surely they should have gone with your attitude of "made some good signings last year so we'll not bother"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Clinically depressing. How is my confidence that we could have qualified for the Champions League this season with some modest investment depressing? If it's not irrelevant, why has nearly every other club strengthened their squad, including the champions? Surely they should have gone with your attitude of "made some good signings last year so we'll not bother"? You've changed the argument now, what I said was that what he have done in the recent past is relevant, and we should take positives from it. My attitude isn't at all what you've said either, you totally made that up. Guess you know that though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 If you stand still you can get left behind, or our players can improve more as a team. We have a young squad who will only get better. On our starting 11, Simpson is a weak link, but he was vital last season. We lack depth but Perch, Anita and Raylor (sadly injured though) can cover a lot of positions, as can Jonas, Marv. We have Bigi coming through and Amalfitano. Also a make or break season for Vuckic. Bit early for that imo, he's 19. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Got to agree with Wullie here. Look at Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs... even Everton. They've all strengthened far more than we have. Even tight arsed Arsenal. All these teams seem to have moved away from us and Everton are definitely now challenging. Even the likes of Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke have caught up a little with regards to their position 3 months ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Got to agree with Wullie here. Look at Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs... even Everton. They've all strengthened far more than we have. Even tight arsed Arsenal. All these teams seem to have moved away from us and Everton are definitely now challenging. Even the likes of Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke have caught up a little with regards to their position 3 months ago. Jeez, how hard is it to stick to one point? Wullie said what we had done in the past was irrelevant, I argue that it's stupid to dismiss everything we've done because of a poor window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Arsenal are the reason I keep saying "nearly" every club has strengthened. I'd be worried if I was a Gooner like. Maybe they have but there's some fucking big shoes to fill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Got to agree with Wullie here. Look at Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs... even Everton. They've all strengthened far more than we have. Even tight arsed Arsenal. All these teams seem to have moved away from us and Everton are definitely now challenging. Even the likes of Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke have caught up a little with regards to their position 3 months ago. Jeez, how hard is it to stick to one point? Wullie said what we had done in the past was irrelevant, I argue that it's stupid to dismiss everything we've done because of a poor window. As far as this season is concerned it is irrelevant though. Who's dismissing everything we've done? The only aims are to not be caught by any of the teams below us (although Chelsea will) and try and overtake those above us - how does anything prior to now affect that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 And Ian, if we don't finish in the top six at the very least (realistically we need the top four and have known that all summer long), all those signings will certainly be irrelevant because all those players will be out the door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Got to agree with Wullie here. Look at Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs... even Everton. They've all strengthened far more than we have. Even tight arsed Arsenal. All these teams seem to have moved away from us and Everton are definitely now challenging. Even the likes of Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke have caught up a little with regards to their position 3 months ago. Jeez, how hard is it to stick to one point? Wullie said what we had done in the past was irrelevant, I argue that it's stupid to dismiss everything we've done because of a poor window. As far as this season is concerned it is irrelevant though. Who's dismissing everything we've done? The only aims are to not be caught by any of the teams below us (although Chelsea will) and try and overtake those above us - how does anything prior to now affect that? This was the post that started it: I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. That you dismissed as being irrelevant. If you didn't mean that then fair enough, we can talk about the actual point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I like how we pull off several potential signings of the season for the past 2 years, and we don't get a back up striker or a right back and we are a selling club, and Ashley has no ambition. It's funny how people ignore this post and continue on complaining Because what has happened before has little relevance. Football is constantly moving. If you stand still, you get left behind. That is absolute bollocks, and if you really believe this then it's not surprising most of your posts are clinically depressing. How is the fact we have made brilliant signings in the recent past irrelevant? Surely it means we are capable of making brilliant signings, and might do again in the future? Wullie man, I know you think I'm too positive or whatever, but that attitude beggars belief. Clinically depressing. How is my confidence that we could have qualified for the Champions League this season with some modest investment depressing? If it's not irrelevant, why has nearly every other club strengthened their squad, including the champions? Surely they should have gone with your attitude of "made some good signings last year so we'll not bother"? None of those clubs had our form from January onwards after Cisse. Bar maybe Everton who similarly signed a striker in January, except hadnt had one as effective as Ba before that like us. Due to that theyve now signed Mirallas & only got naismith on a free. You're also claiming us qualifying for the champs league is based on replacing a right back & signing a few squad players which is massively debatable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Reading Ian W's posts during the Joe Kinnear-a would be a laugh "EVERYTHING IS FINE!!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 And Ian, if we don't finish in the top six at the very least (realistically we need the top four and have known that all summer long), all those signings will certainly be irrelevant because all those players will be out the door. Not all of them, and only for very good money. I wanted more signings too but it's not as black n white as that. We could still have a very good season and probably will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Reading Ian W's posts during the Joe Kinnear-a would be a laugh "EVERYTHING IS FINE!!" I was there, it was class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wally_McFool Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 You're also claiming us qualifying for the champs league is based on replacing a right back & signing a few squad players which is massively debatable. Indeed, however not replacing a right back and failing to add a few squad players makes it more or less nailed on that we wont be competing for the 4th spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A lot is relying on Cisse and Ba's conversion rates, which were pretty much top tier last season. We needed this year to have better allround play and create more clear cut chances as teams will be better prepared for us. Forget the defence being one key inj away from being vuleranable if our strikers stop converting a lot of 'half chances' as they did last year the problem will be bigger and more all encompassing. Little uncomfortable this feeling that those around us have crept ahead now (not spurs). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 And Ian, if we don't finish in the top six at the very least (realistically we need the top four and have known that all summer long), all those signings will certainly be irrelevant because all those players will be out the door. Not all of them, and only for very good money. I wanted more signings too but it's not as black n white as that. We could still have a very good season and probably will. If we finish 7th, there's almost no chance of keeping hold of HBA, Cisse, Ba, Cabaye or Tiote imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A lot is relying on Cisse and Ba's conversion rates, which were pretty much top tier last season. We needed this year to have better allround play and create more clear cut chances as teams will be better prepared for us. Forget the defence being one key inj away from being vuleranable if our strikers stop converting a lot of 'half chances' as they did last year the problem will be bigger and more all encompassing. Little uncomfortable this feeling that those around us have crept ahead now (not spurs). This is what I'm saying, not even having a decent backup striker is a joke. Who do we have on the bench to change it upfront? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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