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Post by knowles on Jul 30, 2010 9:57:17 GMT
What I would say, is who have we lost? Absolutely nobody (of importance). There aren't really any teams around us who have strengthened considerably either.
With our current squad (based on everyone elses at the current time) we should be in a comfortable 12-14th position.
Of course, a couple of transfers will set the ball rolling, and players will begin to move clubs. I'm sure we will be one of the clubs involved in these movements.
Don't get me wrong, I love signing new players, but not for the sheer hell of it. We are ear-marking players to 'push us on', which is a policy I agree with. It could be something quite simple as Milner goes to Man City, McGeady goes to Villa, Lawrence goes to Celtic and we get Shaun Wright-Phillips. All of a sudden we'd be getting very excited.
We'll be fine.
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Post by knowles on Jul 30, 2010 9:52:28 GMT
Love it ;D
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Post by knowles on Jul 30, 2010 9:50:15 GMT
Yep, sorry Sausage but that post is a load of rubbish.
I don't know why everyone is getting their knickers in a twist about us not signing anyone yet. It was the same last year, it was the same the year before, etc etc...
The management have been absolutely magnificent over the last four years, and we have been progressing at an incredible rate. How you can say they have one eye on us being in the Championship is beyond me.
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Post by knowles on Jul 30, 2010 9:34:01 GMT
Yeah, my mistake- appears there is another Dennis Yilmaz out there!! ;D
Interestingly, one of his coaches at Bayern is Gerd Muller- not a bad role-model!!
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Post by knowles on Jul 30, 2010 9:26:13 GMT
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 17:05:20 GMT
Great dummy by the number 30!! What a goal! ;D
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 17:01:25 GMT
How did I know you would be the first to reply to this Jamie?! ;D
I love Demar- top fella.
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 15:51:19 GMT
Yeah, I'm not saying that we shouldn't take a gamble, just pointing out that it isn't just ourselves who don't exploit the lower league market. Personally, I'd have gone for Beckford on a free (who's to say we didn't try?), and I think Snodgrass is a tidy player. Eavesey has a lot to learn, but with the money we have, possibly worth the gamble. Beauchamp got his big move to West Ham, and then it all went tits up after about a month! Cracking player though. I saw alot of Oxford in those days and they had a great team...and Kevin Francis
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 15:43:04 GMT
It's a massive jump from League One to Premier League, and not many players are picked up by anyone at this level. Fabian Delph, Jonjo Shelvey (who we were after last summer) and Jermaine Beckford are three exceptions, but on the whole clubs aren't willing to take the gamble. It's not just us.
As for the three players you mention- Lawrence and Cresswell had played in the Premier League and were proven players, while Whelan was a shining light in a Championship side at Sheffield Wednesday. I don't think it's fair to compare them to the likes of Eaves.
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 15:08:44 GMT
Smithies in the Huddersfield match, and Beckford and Snodgrass against Leeds.
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 15:01:19 GMT
There's a young lad at Oldham called Kirk Millar who plays on the wing. He is class- we should look at him.
Peter Reid was at a couple of Oldham games last season (admittedly looking at opposition players), but who's to say he wasn't monitoring Eaves too?
Although he scored a hat-trick last night, I highly doubt he will start the season as first choice at Latics- it will probably be Abbott and Feeney.
Spurs offered £200K for him in February, but the club reckoned at the time he was worth about £800K.
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 14:45:16 GMT
Blackpool would be a great move for the lad. He's a Scouser, so not far for him to travel.
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 9:42:28 GMT
No, I'll be going retro this season Mills.
Also, they say new away KIT launched. As far as I'm aware, it's just the shirt that they are showing us. No doubt the socks are yellow with pink stripes.
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Post by knowles on Jul 29, 2010 9:22:49 GMT
Don't like the stitching panel between the Adidas badge and our badge. The blue colours work quite well together though.
I won't be purchasing it though, I'll save my cash.
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Post by knowles on Jul 28, 2010 22:30:56 GMT
Spurs were after him last season, and his agent kicked up a fuss about the money he was on (£150 a week at the time).
The lad signed a tasty 5 year contract in April (I think), and is seen as part of the Oldham future, but we know contracts aren't worth the paper they are written on.
He is strong and, as tonight has shown, knows where the back of the net is. Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up at a higher level in twelve months time.
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Post by knowles on Jul 28, 2010 9:08:10 GMT
Sounds like the Baggies have a had a £3 million bid rejected for him.
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Post by knowles on Jul 27, 2010 13:29:18 GMT
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Post by knowles on Jul 27, 2010 12:04:43 GMT
John Gayle
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Post by knowles on Jul 27, 2010 9:49:00 GMT
Mancini rated Bellamy, but is seemingly under pressure to play all these new signings of his. The 25 man squad rule is going to play havoc on them. However, I get the impression that he wouldn't mind having Bellamy still on the books for the future, despite the fact he is now 31.
As for his position, I would assume we would stick him on the right wing.
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Post by knowles on Jul 27, 2010 9:40:27 GMT
Only passing on what I've been told. Probably another pipedream, as Spurs seem to be front runners BUT we are interested.
He would certainly be guaranteed first team football with us.
I haven't heard that Grapey- not sure if he's serious or not! He says 'Bellamy will leave Manchester United', but that could just be an error.
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Post by knowles on Jul 27, 2010 9:16:13 GMT
I quit about a year ago, as I wasn't getting value for money. My theory these days is that if they want to plough money into the academy, they are getting enough coming in without the additional PF cash.
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Post by knowles on Jul 26, 2010 20:27:10 GMT
Amazing!!! ;D
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Post by knowles on Jul 26, 2010 16:07:42 GMT
Great news about Tom, shame about the knobs. Great news about kennypowers too
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Post by knowles on Jul 26, 2010 12:59:44 GMT
He's still in contract, but I don't think he's been handed a squad number this year, so presumably Marseille are willing to cut their losses.
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Post by knowles on Jul 26, 2010 12:40:45 GMT
West Ham are also after him apparently. Target man by all accounts.
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Post by knowles on Jul 26, 2010 10:49:07 GMT
I thought Sidibe played well, but how someone scores a hat-trick and doesn't get either of the man of the match awards, I don't know!
Tonge was arguably the best overall player on the pitch though.
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Post by knowles on Jul 26, 2010 10:08:02 GMT
Unless he has improved considerably (which I highly doubt), can I laugh at them please?
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Post by knowles on Jul 26, 2010 8:43:09 GMT
Adam- Can you get it on Amazon? Mine went on there, and turned out to be a good sales source.
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Post by knowles on Jul 25, 2010 10:11:15 GMT
Preston beat Blackburn 3-0 the other day, so they're not as shit as you think.
Peter Reid scouted Beckford at least once (I sat next to him), so who's to say we didn't offer him a contract? Perhaps he just preferred the chance to play for Everton? Afterall, they are a bigger club.
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Post by knowles on Jul 24, 2010 16:31:54 GMT
Lawrence set up Tonge I think.
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