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Daniel Levy - Chairman
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Lost Mango
Neil Sullivan
the logical failing here is blinding.
If everyone beats everyone they should then we will still finish 5th or 6th as the Big 4 (+perhaps Pool) will beat us and everyone below us whilst we will only beat everyone below us. You seem to expect us to win all the games we "should" but want others not too. Doesn't tally.
stinkfoot
Eidur Gudjohnsen
This is what I get for jumping into discussions on here whilst at work!
Obviously I'm not saying that it should be expected that all teams should win against teams below them or with less money as that is ridiculous and not how life works, and my reply to Gazza was just a flippant comment I made because Camspur mentioned us not having a chance until our finances are better.
What I was trying to originally say in my own ham fisted way, was simply that our first thought should be to look at our own performances against lower placed teams before hoping those currently in the top 4 have a 'blip'.
Most times we lose to a lower ranked team in the league I'm left believing that we were poor and threw it away (usually through stupid mistakes and lack of concentration - Leicester for one) rather than them being good and out playing us.
Gazzasrightboot
Pascal Chimbonda
This is what I get for jumping into discussions on here whilst at work!
Obviously I'm not saying that it should be expected that all teams should win against teams below them or with less money as that is ridiculous and not how life works, and my reply to Gazza was just a flippant comment I made because Camspur mentioned us not having a chance until our finances are better.
What I was trying to originally say in my own ham fisted way, was simply that our first thought should be to look at our own performances against lower placed teams before hoping those currently in the top 4 have a 'blip'.
Most times we lose to a lower ranked team in the league I'm left believing that we were poor and threw it away (usually through stupid mistakes and lack of concentration - Leicester for one) rather than them being good and out playing us.
I agree with that. We should focus on our own game rather than others. I do, however, believe that it would necessitate a blip from the top 4 for us to break into it as it currently stands. Ironing out the results against the weaker teams is something we absolutely have to work on and ensure that we win, but I don't think we will ever have a season where we beat all the teams "weaker" than us. It just simply won't happen. I think the term is "reversion to the mean"
but I don't know enough about statistics to be able to really comment on it!There's an old saying "horses for courses", Soldado's game is suited much better to La Liga than the EPL.
jabbathehut
Milenko Acimovic
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This shows what itk is .How does thinking wba will accept 22m go to the deal is 98% done.Its all opinion and very little fact.Sure he wants to come.If Man U want him he will want to go there.Why would they believe 22 mill most think min 25mill.
It won't be wrapped up by friday and we won't move on.
This shows what itk is .How does thinking wba will accept 22m go to the deal is 98% done.Its all opinion and very little fact.Sure he wants to come.If Man U want him he will want to go there.Why would they believe 22 mill most think min 25mill.
It won't be wrapped up by friday and we won't move on.
milo
Jack L. Jones
Just speculation here but it could be the structure of the deal that is the problem rather than the total transfer fee. Levy is meant to be keen on spreading payments over a number of years and some payments being dependent on performance. Maybe WBA would prefer all of the money up front.
I don't know what rhe problem is, but it's costing us points every week...
milo
Jack L. Jones
The Stoke game is the only one where I think that it is clear that having an extra striker would have changed the result.
Lost Mango
Neil Sullivan
Totally emotive unsubstantiated comment. It may have cost us points but no way of knowing if having another striker or any new players would have definitely guaranteed us more positive results than we had.
Hoddledro
John Gorman
Your on the wrong site to say anything against the current management and running of the club. Not allowed here or you'll be devoured. Everything is fine. Repeat everything is fine.
I'm surprised you see this site like that. I've always thought it was fairly well balanced
milo
Jack L. Jones
Nonsense. Well thought out and argued criticism is always welcome. Repeating the same crap repeatedly and not listening to counter arguments gets a bit boring after a while.
NorwegianSpursFan
Neil Ruddock
Don't recognise this at all on this forum. The reason I'm still here is that you can pretty much have whatever oppinion you like. Will people argue their pov, offcourse, but that's the reason we're here isn't it?
Hoddledro
John Gorman
To a large degree, but when the occasional frustration in anything but the match thread is jumped on by the usual suspects, with often way over the top responses. I've never seen as many references to "worst post ever". But the exceptional guys here are better than elsewhere.
glorygloryeze
Steffen Freund
Erm..in terms of the football coach, well the time to criticise is always there, though better to happen after a while in the job.
In terms of Levy and co regarding transfers: i think people should at least wait until the end of the transfer window and see what happens in its entirety first before screaming blue murder...
Superhudd
Simon Davies
Should there not be a 'from both sides' in there some where
, or are you agreeing with post #1810
Robspur12
Frederic Kanoute
I think you are being a tad disingenuous with your argument.
Being able to change the personnel so that you can bring on a different but decent striker, or have a proper defensive midfielder means you are more likely to score or not concede goals. Otherwise why would teams bother signing decent players at all? They would all just develop from their academies. As we know from recent Tottenham history small margins are critical. I can't blame Levy for haggling over the price because we can't just bend over to Jeremy Peace. My problem is how long it has taken to get this far. Why did it not start earlier in the summer. It's a shame because Daniel Levy is a fantastic chairman in so many ways.
