Buckley misses Ipswich trip (From The Argus)

If we want to start winning championship matches to improve our position in the league then surely not risking Buckley in the FA cup is a no brainier! We will never win the cup so why risk him?

he will not play in cup full stop, has been sold so why all the lies.
from now on gus just tell the truth!

I'd love to believe Gus with this but somehow cant help but feel there is something not being said. Leading up to the Christmas period Gus reported a clear bill of health with everyone fit and even sick note Vincente possibly being available. Now he tells us Will was injured in the Millwall game. I really do hope this injury is not covering an approach from someone else. I'd hate to lose him. Letting Noone go was a big disappointment and what a difference he has made to Cardiff's season. 19 points clear of Albion having had back to back wins against Leicester, Palace and Millwall. That's form to be proud of. Hope we dont make the same mistake again and sell Buckers.

We need a proper professional scouting and development system that finds young talent ready for the first team at 18. If the current people cannot deliver they must go. The 'success criteria ' will be when these youngsters make regular first team players. No excuses where is the conveyor belt of talent? Action Bloom!

Over the past few days there have been numerous references to Noone and why we let him go.Noone was a good player with us but his final ball,like most of the squad now, was lacking and his shooting was generally awful.
The reason Noone seems to be prospering is because he is playing in a midfield role behind the strikers and has licence to switch sides and of course has good support either side of him. Brighton have some good players but the system we play as we all know does not suit some,CMS in particular.
Also Cardiff and most of the teams at the top who have hit decent runs have done so with settled teams,Brighton never seem to have the same team out each week and this is partly because Gus doesn't seem to know what is his best line up. We need to persevere with a settled side(barring injuries) for at least 4 matches, the only way players get form is to play regularly, currently its impossible for the likes of Dobbie or Hoskins to be expectd to make an impact coming on 20 mins from the end.
I also noticed in the last three matches the away fans have been more voiciferous than us and it is noticeable that we need that attacking impetus and flair to get the crowd going,with the way we are playing with possession mainly in our own half, rather than quick attacks this isn't going to happen. I would hate to see attendances dwindle as a result esepcially with the 30750 capacity available for the last 6 home matches,lets hope our season is still alive then.

john newman wrote:
We need a proper professional scouting and development system that finds young talent ready for the first team at 18. If the current people cannot deliver they must go. The 'success criteria ' will be when these youngsters make regular first team players. No excuses where is the conveyor belt of talent? Action Bloom!

you're right, our scouting system is terrible - they keep finding rubbish players like Liam Bridcutt, Elliot Bennet, Buckley, Noone, Crofts, Lua Lua, Murray, Forster-Caskey to name a few.

#youhaven'tgotaclue

d_bond wrote:

john newman wrote:
We need a proper professional scouting and development system that finds young talent ready for the first team at 18. If the current people cannot deliver they must go. The 'success criteria ' will be when these youngsters make regular first team players. No excuses where is the conveyor belt of talent? Action Bloom!

you're right, our scouting system is terrible - they keep finding rubbish players like Liam Bridcutt, Elliot Bennet, Buckley, Noone, Crofts, Lua Lua, Murray, Forster-Caskey to name a few.

#youhaven'tgotaclue

is the scouting for the development squad that needs rethinking.

Seagullkid wrote:
he will not play in cup full stop, has been sold so why all the lies.
from now on gus just tell the truth!

And you know that for certain do you? Dont start talking about people telling lies when you haven't got a clue..

john newman wrote:
We need a proper professional scouting and development system that finds young talent ready for the first team at 18. If the current people cannot deliver they must go. The 'success criteria ' will be when these youngsters make regular first team players. No excuses where is the conveyor belt of talent? Action Bloom!

The idea that the scouts can go out and find a 18 yearold that can step straight into our team is absurd. Consider just how many clubs there are in europe, how many scouts work for those clubs, do you really think that they are finding a bunch of 18 yearolds that can step straight into our division.

18 yearolds that are that good are signed as kids, they are developed over a few years.

I agree Brighton do need to find a good crop of kids, we do need to nurture for the future but isn't that what the new training facility is going to be part of.

Clubs with much bigger setups than we have, Man U, Arsenal and Chelsea are all looking for that 18 yearold, if they even exist they are very few and far between and they will probably get them before we do.

I suppose we could sign a few youngsters from Spurs or Liverpool but why would these clubs let a talented 18 yearold go.

Nope, if we want quality youngsters we are going to have to develope them ourselves. Our need is to find some talented 15 yearolds and then work out how to keep them once they come good.

I think everybody is missing the point here, we are in a results business and 8 wins from 25 games this season is nothing short of dreadful.

If we lose against ITFC, Gus will be on very thin ice!!

Neville wrote:
Over the past few days there have been numerous references to Noone and why we let him go.Noone was a good player with us but his final ball,like most of the squad now, was lacking and his shooting was generally awful.
The reason Noone seems to be prospering is because he is playing in a midfield role behind the strikers and has licence to switch sides and of course has good support either side of him. Brighton have some good players but the system we play as we all know does not suit some,CMS in particular.
Also Cardiff and most of the teams at the top who have hit decent runs have done so with settled teams,Brighton never seem to have the same team out each week and this is partly because Gus doesn't seem to know what is his best line up. We need to persevere with a settled side(barring injuries) for at least 4 matches, the only way players get form is to play regularly, currently its impossible for the likes of Dobbie or Hoskins to be expectd to make an impact coming on 20 mins from the end.
I also noticed in the last three matches the away fans have been more voiciferous than us and it is noticeable that we need that attacking impetus and flair to get the crowd going,with the way we are playing with possession mainly in our own half, rather than quick attacks this isn't going to happen. I would hate to see attendances dwindle as a result esepcially with the 30750 capacity available for the last 6 home matches,lets hope our season is still alive then.

Good post Neville. I particularly agree with the settled side point. It is interesting that for the first 4/5 matches GP hardly changed the team and the they played well - unluckily losing at Hull and recording some good wins. We also had the best goal ave highest number of shots on goal in the division at that time. Then we made four deadline day signings and since then Gus hasn't really settled on his best 11.

Seagullkid - What are on about, total rubbish. Will was having Ice Baths on Saturday to try and overcome the injury and I am certain that he will not be risked on Saturday because we need him for the league games which are more important.

It's a shame about Buckley, but i'm glad that it's an injury as I did fear we were doing the whole selling thing rubbbish. I hope this is the case anyway. Unless Gus is lying through his teeth.

It is a very big game for us at Ipswich. Gus has been a great manager for us, and I have just loved the way he came in and changed the way we play and to modernise us. At the time, we so badly needed to get out of the club the linger of 'gritty' football which was adopted by McGoo, Wendy, Adams & Spade.

However, I can help but feel Gus has run out of ideas. The tactics are simply not working - the 1 striker idea is now passed ridiculous and we have far too many flairy players who can not head or tackle.

Us as BHA can't just stand by Gus 'beacuse he got us out of the S**t days' .. Yes he has dobe a great job, a brilliant job...but BHA is more important and it may be time for a fresh view...

If we lose to Ipswich, get spanked by Newcastle and play badly in Jan... then it maybe bye bye Gus.... (and Tanno)

Things have gone woefully wrong of late.
The Watford match further highlighted our complete inability to adapt during the 90 minutes. Saying that, we have almost stood still since promotion from League One, while the rest of the Championship has moved on considerably. This is so painfully obvious to the observers, the true fans.
Sticking to a game plan is fine if you have the squad who will understand the plan and any developments from it. The problem is, we have some quality being used out of position and out of their concept of understanding, which leads to a predictability about our style and very little to be gained from an encounter.
Watford realised very quickly, that we were never going to be a threat towards their goal, and this is something that really concerns the most diehard supporter. Without any hope of scoring, we can wave goodbye to any hopes for this season, and this will not really help with the selling of next season's ticket sales.
As I see it now, some big changes have to take place come the end of January, although in reality, they need to happen a lot sooner than this, otherwise team confidence will evaporate rapidly and a relegation scrap will ensue.
Having a lone striker may well be the modern trend, but we are not able to make this formation count for anything. So with this in mind, why not use what we have to play to their strengths? It isn't rocket science; if you cannot alter players thinking, then alter your methods to extract the greatest ability levels and create a team that can attack and score goals.

"British players are overrated - they are too expensive for no reason.

"Everybody wants the best British players and that makes you pay too much.

"But when you can go overseas and get a better player for half the money the complaint is there are too many foreigners."
That is Gus's comment on Sky. I conclude that the imminent striker is from abroad. Anyone agree?

"British players are overrated - they are too expensive for no reason.

"Everybody wants the best British players and that makes you pay too much.

"But when you can go overseas and get a better player for half the money the complaint is there are too many foreigners."
That is Gus's comment on Sky. I conclude that the imminent striker is from abroad. Anyone agree?

AmexicanWave wrote:
Things have gone woefully wrong of late. The Watford match further highlighted our complete inability to adapt during the 90 minutes. Saying that, we have almost stood still since promotion from League One, while the rest of the Championship has moved on considerably. This is so painfully obvious to the observers, the true fans. Sticking to a game plan is fine if you have the squad who will understand the plan and any developments from it. The problem is, we have some quality being used out of position and out of their concept of understanding, which leads to a predictability about our style and very little to be gained from an encounter. Watford realised very quickly, that we were never going to be a threat towards their goal, and this is something that really concerns the most diehard supporter. Without any hope of scoring, we can wave goodbye to any hopes for this season, and this will not really help with the selling of next season's ticket sales. As I see it now, some big changes have to take place come the end of January, although in reality, they need to happen a lot sooner than this, otherwise team confidence will evaporate rapidly and a relegation scrap will ensue. Having a lone striker may well be the modern trend, but we are not able to make this formation count for anything. So with this in mind, why not use what we have to play to their strengths? It isn't rocket science; if you cannot alter players thinking, then alter your methods to extract the greatest ability levels and create a team that can attack and score goals.

Good call...

I find myself a tad fearful of the transfer window. I am not worried about us selling our stars, if they go they go and we will have to replace them. Gus has made it very clear that they will only be sold at a premium price.

My fear stems from the fact that we might try to, 'buy,' promotion and if it doesn't work we will be saddled with some very higly paid players that failed to deliver.

With three of our players being possible transfer targets, CMS, Buckley and Bridcutt, we could be looking at some 10 to 12 million pounds coming in. Should we buy replacements that are of equal quality or better, would 12 million be enough to do so. We also need the new striker so 12 million in could easily become 15, or more millions out.

If our stars do go and at a price that is high, then my hope is that we do loan deals for the replacements. If promotion doesn't come at least we will have good money in the bank for a rebuild next summer.

Birmingham are in so much financial trouble that they are going to sell some gems so as to avoid being wound up, we must never get into that level of debt.

If we paid out 100k a week in loan player wages that would cost us about 2 million, Bridge reportedly costs us 10k a week, think what 100k could do, 5 new quality players, possibly 6.

Albion In Staffs wrote:

Seagullkid wrote:
he will not play in cup full stop, has been sold so why all the lies.
from now on gus just tell the truth!

And you know that for certain do you? Dont start talking about people telling lies when you haven't got a clue..

and you have, get real smell the coffee beans he will not play for this club again, along with CMS off to Norwich.

AmexicanWave wrote:
Things have gone woefully wrong of late.
The Watford match further highlighted our complete inability to adapt during the 90 minutes. Saying that, we have almost stood still since promotion from League One, while the rest of the Championship has moved on considerably. This is so painfully obvious to the observers, the true fans.
Sticking to a game plan is fine if you have the squad who will understand the plan and any developments from it. The problem is, we have some quality being used out of position and out of their concept of understanding, which leads to a predictability about our style and very little to be gained from an encounter.
Watford realised very quickly, that we were never going to be a threat towards their goal, and this is something that really concerns the most diehard supporter. Without any hope of scoring, we can wave goodbye to any hopes for this season, and this will not really help with the selling of next season's ticket sales.
As I see it now, some big changes have to take place come the end of January, although in reality, they need to happen a lot sooner than this, otherwise team confidence will evaporate rapidly and a relegation scrap will ensue.
Having a lone striker may well be the modern trend, but we are not able to make this formation count for anything. So with this in mind, why not use what we have to play to their strengths? It isn't rocket science; if you cannot alter players thinking, then alter your methods to extract the greatest ability levels and create a team that can attack and score goals.

I agree.
(I won't just say 'Good post' because it would still be a good post whether or not I agreed with it.)
Watford played with two strikers and it works.
Chelsea play with one, Torres, but he can do anything, like head a ball, dribble and shoot and it works ad gets support from midfield.
Moral? Play to your strengths, not what is fashionable or considered de rigeur temporarily.
Still love your handle....Amexican Wave' really appeals to my humour.

Seagullkid you might be right but when stating what you, 'think is going to happen,' it pays to use the, IMHO, in your comment, off course that's just in my humble opinion.

We are only 6pts from a play off place and have a game in hand. Okay we were taught a lesson on Saturday but we will learn from it. Strangley orhet results are gping our way.
If jfc is back I would try something different and play him tomorrow .
So much transfer talk names possibly coming in like
Lambert
Darren bent
Holt
Bennett
Becchio
Ulloa
Matt Ritchie
Graham
Ignasi

Why not malouda on loan- Gus use your magic?


Possible Outs
Cms
Bridcutt
Buckley

Difficult to see what the team will be like by end of January.
Rather us keep cms Liam Buckley and add to the squad than become a selling club.

I admit becchio or Darren bent feels right for us at this time.

I have a feeling with Vicente nearing playing and some good additions to the team we will go on a very good run into the play offs . We need a sharpshooter like a Peter ward type player why not play vicente in that role or dare I say billy sharp. After all other teams near the top in this league look like losing players in this transfer period like Ince zaha Murray so could be to our benefit.
Tomorrow 2 nil win for us and beating newcastle will help lift the team and players morale. Keep the faith the goals will come and we will Seagulls will be soaring again.

Seagulls!!!!

Anyone wanna bet that within the first 48 hours of the window deals involving Brighton will be announced?

Deals minor or major.

paul the hill wrote:
We are only 6pts from a play off place and have a game in hand. Okay we were taught a lesson on Saturday but we will learn from it. Strangley orhet results are gping our way. If jfc is back I would try something different and play him tomorrow . So much transfer talk names possibly coming in like Lambert Darren bent Holt Bennett Becchio Ulloa Matt Ritchie Graham Ignasi Why not malouda on loan- Gus use your magic? Possible Outs Cms Bridcutt Buckley Difficult to see what the team will be like by end of January. Rather us keep cms Liam Buckley and add to the squad than become a selling club. I admit becchio or Darren bent feels right for us at this time. I have a feeling with Vicente nearing playing and some good additions to the team we will go on a very good run into the play offs . We need a sharpshooter like a Peter ward type player why not play vicente in that role or dare I say billy sharp. After all other teams near the top in this league look like losing players in this transfer period like Ince zaha Murray so could be to our benefit. Tomorrow 2 nil win for us and beating newcastle will help lift the team and players morale. Keep the faith the goals will come and we will Seagulls will be soaring again. Seagulls!!!!

I'm sorry Paul... what planet are you living on??

Bent?? Lambert?? Malouda on loan???

No chance.

It's this sort of attitude which get's up most fans backs...

We think we are a bigger club than we actually are!!...well.. at the moment.

Some fans need to get real.

A few weeks ago the problem was not putting away chances and a new striker seemed the solution. But now there is a general lack of form and a new striker may not change much. Remember Teddy Maybank!

AmexicanWave wrote:
Things have gone woefully wrong of late.
The Watford match further highlighted our complete inability to adapt during the 90 minutes. Saying that, we have almost stood still since promotion from League One, while the rest of the Championship has moved on considerably. This is so painfully obvious to the observers, the true fans.
Sticking to a game plan is fine if you have the squad who will understand the plan and any developments from it. The problem is, we have some quality being used out of position and out of their concept of understanding, which leads to a predictability about our style and very little to be gained from an encounter.
Watford realised very quickly, that we were never going to be a threat towards their goal, and this is something that really concerns the most diehard supporter. Without any hope of scoring, we can wave goodbye to any hopes for this season, and this will not really help with the selling of next season's ticket sales.
As I see it now, some big changes have to take place come the end of January, although in reality, they need to happen a lot sooner than this, otherwise team confidence will evaporate rapidly and a relegation scrap will ensue.
Having a lone striker may well be the modern trend, but we are not able to make this formation count for anything. So with this in mind, why not use what we have to play to their strengths? It isn't rocket science; if you cannot alter players thinking, then alter your methods to extract the greatest ability levels and create a team that can attack and score goals.

Very intelligent, erudite post, Amex. I am definitely a glass half full (with beer) kind of guy but my previously high opinion of both Gus and Tanno are waning alarmingly. Now, I know I will get shot down in flames for my comments anyway so here goes....
Gus sometimes seems tactically very naive, IMHO. He makes unbelievably arrogant and misguided statements about all and sundry, winding up the opposition in an unprofessional, counter-productive way.So to Tanno, as for encouragement and motivation of players, he seems devoid of ideas. Every game I,ve watched this year (7) he's been sat hunched up in his seat, looking cold and uninterested A reality check of our beloved Manager, Assistant and Club is overdue.... Can't agree with relegation scrap comments tho'. Right, I'm off to keep my head below the parapet now, lol.
HNY, one and all, win today please...
UTA

sold as seen

wiltshire seagull wrote:

AmexicanWave wrote:
Things have gone woefully wrong of late.
The Watford match further highlighted our complete inability to adapt during the 90 minutes. Saying that, we have almost stood still since promotion from League One, while the rest of the Championship has moved on considerably. This is so painfully obvious to the observers, the true fans.
Sticking to a game plan is fine if you have the squad who will understand the plan and any developments from it. The problem is, we have some quality being used out of position and out of their concept of understanding, which leads to a predictability about our style and very little to be gained from an encounter.
Watford realised very quickly, that we were never going to be a threat towards their goal, and this is something that really concerns the most diehard supporter. Without any hope of scoring, we can wave goodbye to any hopes for this season, and this will not really help with the selling of next season's ticket sales.
As I see it now, some big changes have to take place come the end of January, although in reality, they need to happen a lot sooner than this, otherwise team confidence will evaporate rapidly and a relegation scrap will ensue.
Having a lone striker may well be the modern trend, but we are not able to make this formation count for anything. So with this in mind, why not use what we have to play to their strengths? It isn't rocket science; if you cannot alter players thinking, then alter your methods to extract the greatest ability levels and create a team that can attack and score goals.

Very intelligent, erudite post, Amex. I am definitely a glass half full (with beer) kind of guy but my previously high opinion of both Gus and Tanno are waning alarmingly. Now, I know I will get shot down in flames for my comments anyway so here goes....
Gus sometimes seems tactically very naive, IMHO. He makes unbelievably arrogant and misguided statements about all and sundry, winding up the opposition in an unprofessional, counter-productive way.So to Tanno, as for encouragement and motivation of players, he seems devoid of ideas. Every game I,ve watched this year (7) he's been sat hunched up in his seat, looking cold and uninterested A reality check of our beloved Manager, Assistant and Club is overdue.... Can't agree with relegation scrap comments tho'. Right, I'm off to keep my head below the parapet now, lol.
HNY, one and all, win today please...
UTA

I think your comments seem very reasonable. I do feel, however, that if we come away from tomorrows game with nothing, then many supporters will begin working out safety points rather than calculating play off positions.

VegasSeagull wrote:
Anyone wanna bet that within the first 48 hours of the window deals involving Brighton will be announced?

Deals minor or major.

Hopefully the major transfer is our mystery striker coming in, and the minor transfers are Harley,Barnes,Sparro
w,Barker on their way. Gus suggests we are miles from another signing, so I hope Gus's striker judgement has improved.

Danny Graham's name is again being mooted on North Stand Chat today, however Gus is kicking off on Sky about English players being over rated and over priced. Better value abroad apparently, watch this space, I feel an early announcement is coming.

David Villa on loan from Barca!!

Claude Back wrote:
"British players are overrated - they are too expensive for no reason.

"Everybody wants the best British players and that makes you pay too much.

"But when you can go overseas and get a better player for half the money the complaint is there are too many foreigners."
That is Gus's comment on Sky. I conclude that the imminent striker is from abroad. Anyone agree?

Good post and very true and that,s why Man united and Chelsea etc buy from overseas because they want the best.Very few British players are top class and most of them can't play football exept to kick the sh-t out of the other players.

In a statement Gus has also said that he is not going to play nice when it comes to selling our stars, the price will be high.
He feels that in the past when he has tried to buy players the price being asked has not been reasonable so now it's payback time.

I would love to know what Gus thinks is a high price for Buckley, CMS or Bridcutt.
If Bridcutt is the most valuable of the three could he be thinking 5 million, could it be more?

United look like making a move for Zaha, will his sale price set the figure for Buckley, maybe half of what ever Zaha goes for. If Zaha goes for 8 million is 4 million a high price for Buckley, is Buckley close to Zaha in the talent department.

Norwich are probably looking at Murray and Graham, would they pay upwards of 4 million for CMS when they have a chance of these two.
I am not sure that CMS will go, the price tag Gus places on him, and the availability of other strikers might kill any sale dead in it's tracks.

LACHANCE wrote:

Claude Back wrote:
"British players are overrated - they are too expensive for no reason.

"Everybody wants the best British players and that makes you pay too much.

"But when you can go overseas and get a better player for half the money the complaint is there are too many foreigners."
That is Gus's comment on Sky. I conclude that the imminent striker is from abroad. Anyone agree?

Good post and very true and that,s why Man united and Chelsea etc buy from overseas because they want the best.Very few British players are top class and most of them can't play football exept to kick the sh-t out of the other players.

Gus did say the next signings are miles away

Cryptic perhaps

Get the Tapas on hold

UTA...........

hannover seagull wrote:

LACHANCE wrote:

Claude Back wrote:
"British players are overrated - they are too expensive for no reason.

"Everybody wants the best British players and that makes you pay too much.

"But when you can go overseas and get a better player for half the money the complaint is there are too many foreigners."
That is Gus's comment on Sky. I conclude that the imminent striker is from abroad. Anyone agree?

Good post and very true and that,s why Man united and Chelsea etc buy from overseas because they want the best.Very few British players are top class and most of them can't play football exept to kick the sh-t out of the other players.

Gus did say the next signings are miles away

Cryptic perhaps

Get the Tapas on hold

UTA...........

Sebastian Rebas, loan to end of season with option to buy, great player who seems to have fallen out with everyone. Uruguayan with a Italian passport, just 6'1 tall, strong fiery forward who can hold the ball up, and is a finisher with both feet. I reckon he will sign by tomo.

Agree with you vegas we must loan and for no other reason than are we sure tony wants to let gus buy given we are in the expensive window?
I think the next month will tell us alot of what tony and gus are thinking.!
namgo49 . We can all dream :-)
I personally feel that only buckley may sadly go,hopw hw does"nt mind . CMS settled just in need of system change and think tony will be aware of this as a supporter and maybe he being a gambler hedging his bets may ,just may want him to stay more than Gus.
This month will be very telling for all.

I have one for you'all to think about.

Kenny Cooper, plays for New York Red Bulls.

He scored 18 goals from the 26 games he started.

Of the 84 shots he had 46 were on target.

At 210lbs he is no light weight that gets brushed off the ball.

This last season saw him score a number of goals with his head.

He is 28 years old.

Tommy11 wrote:

paul the hill wrote:
We are only 6pts from a play off place and have a game in hand. Okay we were taught a lesson on Saturday but we will learn from it. Strangley orhet results are gping our way. If jfc is back I would try something different and play him tomorrow . So much transfer talk names possibly coming in like Lambert Darren bent Holt Bennett Becchio Ulloa Matt Ritchie Graham Ignasi Why not malouda on loan- Gus use your magic? Possible Outs Cms Bridcutt Buckley Difficult to see what the team will be like by end of January. Rather us keep cms Liam Buckley and add to the squad than become a selling club. I admit becchio or Darren bent feels right for us at this time. I have a feeling with Vicente nearing playing and some good additions to the team we will go on a very good run into the play offs . We need a sharpshooter like a Peter ward type player why not play vicente in that role or dare I say billy sharp. After all other teams near the top in this league look like losing players in this transfer period like Ince zaha Murray so could be to our benefit. Tomorrow 2 nil win for us and beating newcastle will help lift the team and players morale. Keep the faith the goals will come and we will Seagulls will be soaring again. Seagulls!!!!

I'm sorry Paul... what planet are you living on??

Bent?? Lambert?? Malouda on loan???

No chance.

It's this sort of attitude which get's up most fans backs...

We think we are a bigger club than we actually are!!...well.. at the moment.

Some fans need to get real.

Spot on!

Claude Back wrote:
"British players are overrated - they are too expensive for no reason.

"Everybody wants the best British players and that makes you pay too much.

"But when you can go overseas and get a better player for half the money the complaint is there are too many foreigners."
That is Gus's comment on Sky. I conclude that the imminent striker is from abroad. Anyone agree?

Imminent tends to refer to impending doom rather than forthcoming good fortune. Regardless, let's just hope Poyet can get the best out of whomever may come in.

Please wake up some of you.There is young talent out there.How about young Charlie Gilmour 13,and a former Hove Park schoolboy.Local scout Dave Allen spotted him and his now at Arsenal.Scouts from all over the country have watched freeloaders like Dunk,Barker,Dickerso
n,Oatway Jr,JFK,and the biggest of the lot Anton Rodgers.Even Chelsea with all their millions got the lad off their books asap.If these guys had any real talent like Gilmour the top clubs would soon find out about it .Then they would come & get them like they did with this lad yet again.All the above just have very rich parents that know the right people.

Freeloaders wrote:
Please wake up some of you.There is young talent out there.How about young Charlie Gilmour 13,and a former Hove Park schoolboy.Local scout Dave Allen spotted him and his now at Arsenal.Scouts from all over the country have watched freeloaders like Dunk,Barker,Dickerso

n,Oatway Jr,JFK,and the biggest of the lot Anton Rodgers.Even Chelsea with all their millions got the lad off their books asap.If these guys had any real talent like Gilmour the top clubs would soon find out about it .Then they would come & get them like they did with this lad yet again.All the above just have very rich parents that know the right people.

I know Davy really well, former rangers player.. Worked this area for palace for ten years.
There are lots of talented kids out there, the idea that there is not is nonsense, the club need to get the academy up and running, pick up the best 11 year olds and coach them, that will take 5_ 6 years, to start to bring players through, even the development squad is made up of players released by other clubs, give it ten years and if the academy is doing its job, we should have ten players in or around the first team.
Look at saints, player after player coming through... The next lad to be sold is 17 left back playing in first team in the premiership.. All I can say is the day hinsh got sacked was the day the club moved forward.

mark by the sea wrote:

hannover seagull wrote:

LACHANCE wrote:

Claude Back wrote:
"British players are overrated - they are too expensive for no reason.

"Everybody wants the best British players and that makes you pay too much.

"But when you can go overseas and get a better player for half the money the complaint is there are too many foreigners."
That is Gus's comment on Sky. I conclude that the imminent striker is from abroad. Anyone agree?

Good post and very true and that,s why Man united and Chelsea etc buy from overseas because they want the best.Very few British players are top class and most of them can't play football exept to kick the sh-t out of the other players.

Gus did say the next signings are miles away

Cryptic perhaps

Get the Tapas on hold

UTA...........

Sebastian Rebas, loan to end of season with option to buy, great player who seems to have fallen out with everyone. Uruguayan with a Italian passport, just 6'1 tall, strong fiery forward who can hold the ball up, and is a finisher with both feet. I reckon he will sign by tomo.

Good call Mark - Uruguyan, at Monaco managed by Ranieri who Gus knows well, and we have tracked him before. Mind you, we did that with Sandaza and he was anything but prolific!

Read what some of the Watford fans had to say about Hoskins on the other story.They back up everything iv said about him over the last few mths.Lets face it most people in the football world know Nooney was a 3 or 4 million pound player,apart from Poyet & the bald nightclub gangster.His been outstanding for Cardiff & is helping them into the prem-league.He like Murray is a much better player once away from Poyet & Oatway.Just ask yourselfs what could Palace ask for Murray if they sold him now?His another good 3 or 4 million pound player.22 goals in half a season.Poyet just gave him away.But thinks its good to waste 250k on Harley plus wages.You would think the fact Swansea never played the guy once would have told Gus something lol.

If the others are off why cant we afford Charlie Austin??
Also other clubs give there youth players a go, why not use them, see what happens.
But i do agree - british players cost too much like everything else.
Will be interesting to see what TB does if we lose tommorow, lets hope we dont.
Russ in Thorney Island

Thats the guy MBTS. Thats why people like brightonup & Hoveite will never tell me about football.Not a lot of sign of them over the last few days as 95% of the post backs up everything iv been saying for mths,even the Watford fans on Hoskins.

Thx Buckley for your services,enjoy life at your New club

Of course it is clear that Buckley is going...good luck to him indeed, all the best. Let Gus bring in some new players and see how well we get on. No point in moaning, we can't hold players to ransom, if they want to go then they will and should be sold etc...this problem will only be resolved with promotion. We cannot expect to punch above are weight until then, any fan expecting more is a little mental in my understanding of that position. We are only a midtable team so the clout we have as regards to transfers will represent that. Still a championship side, who plays good football, with good players, and on the south coast, will be able to attract a decent calibre of player I'm sure, oh and the stadium. Let us look forward to a hopeful promotion winning 2nd half of this season.

It is a pity that the bold, "Support Albion at all costs" attitude of a few year's back seems to have deserted the fans who read The Argus.

Come on, we are in only our second season of Championship football and some seem to think that we have the right to march through the division into The Premiership! Now that is a scary place...against some of the biggest clubs and best players in the world. Do we want to get hammered every week? I would rather build a club slowly and be ready for it when we go up. Let's get the new training grounds going first .

NB Nobody noticed that Vincelot is coming home.. He never let us down in defence and with our record of conceding lately, I would put him in the team.

@ beethoven, I agree with you,we are no where near ready for visits from the likes of man city,man utd,arsenal etc. I don't want to watch us get smashed at every home game.