Albion after Bothroyd

5:29pm Thursday 30th August 2012 in Sport By Andy Naylor

Interest: Jay Bothroyd Interest: Jay Bothroyd

 Albion are interested in out-of-favour QPR striker Jay Bothroyd as they attempt to end their long search for a target man.


  Rangers chief Mark Hughes has made it clear Bothroyd, signed by previous manager Neil Warnock, has no future at Loftus Road.


  Former Arsenal prospect Bothroyd, 30, had a spell in Italy with Perugia before re-igniting his career with Cardiff and earning an England cap.


  The 6ft 3ins powerhouse scored 41 goals in 120 Championship outings for the Welshmen.

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fairweathersupporter says...
5:38pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Fits the bill...

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mark by the sea says...
5:39pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Good player at this level, has a nasty streak that is missing at this club..
The clear out has begun, two more close to leaving..? Hopefully it's not cms and Vicente!

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mikeygit says...
5:40pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Do know much about him--but if Gus think he is worh a punt AT 30 then I supose we must trust his judgement

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klemaniac says...
5:43pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Bergkamp gone on season long loan

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wiseman of hove says...
5:48pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Bothroyd seems to have 'gone off the boil' recently but a lot of managers have clearly rated him and if anyone can resurrect his undoubted ability, it will be Poyet. Not convinced that he is the only major signing before 11pm tomorrow - perhaps I'm being over optimistic?

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suede27 says...
5:53pm Thu 30 Aug 12

No. No. No. No. No

If Poyet thinks JB is the answer to our impotence up front he's even more useless than first feared.

Hardly prolific, a red card waiting to happen. Plus he's 30.

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Simon Mew says...
5:54pm Thu 30 Aug 12

*BREAKING NEWS*
Erm, no. It was breaking news a few days ago when Talksport reported it.

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SMF20 says...
5:55pm Thu 30 Aug 12

mark by the sea wrote:
Good player at this level, has a nasty streak that is missing at this club..
The clear out has begun, two more close to leaving..? Hopefully it's not cms and Vicente!
If Vicente does go and it is back to Spain and is as rumoured due to family reasons then he goes with my thanks, respect and well wishes.

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fairweathersupporter says...
6:02pm Thu 30 Aug 12

suede27 wrote:
No. No. No. No. No

If Poyet thinks JB is the answer to our impotence up front he's even more useless than first feared.

Hardly prolific, a red card waiting to happen. Plus he's 30.
Suede old boy, thought you'd invested in a new name. Oh well! Better than that cretin HPR, just.

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trevfromsouthsea says...
6:03pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Bothroyd only interested , i just hope CMS will stay, bothroyd would do well at brighton but I would like to see Zamora back but i think i'm dreaming, Vicente back to Spain no way, not this season .don't forget in Gus we Trust

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northernseagull says...
6:04pm Thu 30 Aug 12

I think everyone is forgetting one thing in all this speculation about CMS going and various people coming in.... Bloom is a poker player. And a good one!

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SMF20 says...
6:05pm Thu 30 Aug 12

I see someone has bid 1.5 million for Tyrone Barnett of Peterborough. I wonder if that was us. Thoughts anyone?

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namgo49 says...
6:06pm Thu 30 Aug 12

I have a real worry that CMS will go and even worse that he will really do the business at Norwich.

I think the club have let him down badly in the way it has attempted to play him.

We never made the best of his pace.

I can't see how you can play Bothroyd and CMS together anyway, hence my belief the club will let him go.

The Spaniard we appear to be getting is good on paper, but another fragile one! Won't get many games out of him.

My seat is near the front of the West stand up near where the players warm up and all the time LuaLua is warming up and shooting he is grimacing. Just makes me wonder just how fit he is.

We have too many fragile players!!!

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college says...
6:06pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Now at the risk of being called defeatist or worse - Bothroyd fits the bill how exactly? Other of course than he's injury prone - he's had a history of being a pain to managers - never lived up to his potential and his scoring as I commented in a previous post is 1in 5.5 games. he's not going to set anything alight unless he's got a pack of firelighters. As a lifelong fan I can only applaud GP-MT-TB for everything they've done - but if we're losing both CMS and Noone i think we need to replace them with something other than 2 injury prone players from QPR and Swansea. I hope I'm right in thinking that Gus is a master of smoke and mirrors and we will finish up with a couple of half decent replacements.
Be biting my fingernails till this window closes.

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VegasSeagull says...
6:08pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Seems like the type we need right now, good for a two year contract I guess, have to think that as good as this signing would be, well good in my mind, I still think another front man is needed.

The talk of Vicente leaving comes from where, I don't discount the possibility but I would like to know the source.

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SMF20 says...
6:11pm Thu 30 Aug 12

VegasSeagull wrote:
Seems like the type we need right now, good for a two year contract I guess, have to think that as good as this signing would be, well good in my mind, I still think another front man is needed.

The talk of Vicente leaving comes from where, I don't discount the possibility but I would like to know the source.

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Rumour sites my friend. 99% of the time it's rubbish but on occasion a truth has been told.

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VegasSeagull says...
6:19pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Sky Sports says.

Brighton, along with 2 or 3 other clubs, are chasing winger Adam Hamill currently with Huddersfield.

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gordongull says...
6:23pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Could Bothroyd be our 'Jason Roberts' in the same team as CMS?
He's 4 years younger than Roberts, had a decent scoring record with Cardiff, and we could use a 6' 3'' powerhouse in forward positions.
This is the most interesting name to have surfaced, (Zamora and Berbatov not included for obvious reasons).

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NorwegianSeagull says...
6:23pm Thu 30 Aug 12

rumour is we are after wolves winger adam hammill along with nottingham forest, burnley and huddersfield

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VegasSeagull says...
6:24pm Thu 30 Aug 12

VegasSeagull wrote:
Sky Sports says. Brighton, along with 2 or 3 other clubs, are chasing winger Adam Hamill currently with Huddersfield.
Sorry error on my part. Hammill plays for Wolves, Hudders are among the chasers and apparently leading the chase.

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Alan Duffy says...
6:30pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Wikipedia reporting that Orlandi is now a Brighton player, with a confirmation from Laudrup.

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bridders all day long says...
6:53pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Im fed up with Norwich thinking we are their feeder club, Crofts, Bennett. Bridcut and Cms. With any luck we will get promoted this season and they will go down Bridders and Cms to stay you know it makes sense.

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Jonathan Mouette says...
6:55pm Thu 30 Aug 12

None of the breaking news so far today has been close to what I was expecting... The 2 final pieces of the jigsaw were due to be put in place for an onslaught on the promotion spots. Of course, it could all still happen - nothing is over until 11pm on Friday but I didn't expect to be returning to the excellent http://www.newsnow.c
o.uk/h/Sport/Footbal
l/Championship/Brigh
ton every 30 minutes to read of more rumours of imminent departures with just one more Swansea player arriving... Sorry but I haven't quite got used to the previous one yet !!! As usual fingers are crossed in anticipation of something to get excited about. Could be a long night !!!

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SpainSeagull says...
6:57pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Swansea accept bid for Andrea Orlandi from Brighton

http://www.bbc.co.uk
/sport/0/football/19
423465

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SMF20 says...
7:04pm Thu 30 Aug 12

SpainSeagull wrote:
Swansea accept bid for Andrea Orlandi from Brighton

http://www.bbc.co.uk

/sport/0/football/19

423465
This guy looks absolute class and a big big hit for us if we can keep him fit. Take a look on YouTube to see what I mean

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kwaidam says...
7:05pm Thu 30 Aug 12

carroll off to west ham. 100 per cent. just hope that means we don't end up with carlton cole. that would be very disappointing..

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ballantrrae says...
7:07pm Thu 30 Aug 12

namgo49 wrote:
I have a real worry that CMS will go and even worse that he will really do the business at Norwich.

I think the club have let him down badly in the way it has attempted to play him.

We never made the best of his pace.

I can't see how you can play Bothroyd and CMS together anyway, hence my belief the club will let him go.

The Spaniard we appear to be getting is good on paper, but another fragile one! Won't get many games out of him.

My seat is near the front of the West stand up near where the players warm up and all the time LuaLua is warming up and shooting he is grimacing. Just makes me wonder just how fit he is.

We have too many fragile players!!!
Perhaps Poyet is hoping that Vicente and Orlandi can job share. With any luck at least one of them will be fit at any given time.
Both speak the same language and both started out as wingers.
Having Bothroyd, if he were to join, would provide the 'physical presence' up front that we seem to lack. I think CMS would benefit from that always assuming CMS stays.

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Jonathan Mouette says...
7:11pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Justin Rhodes in £8M move to Rovers from the Terriers... Amazing !!! Does this mean Kazim Richards (? spelling?) could become available...? OK I'm only joking... Got to look on the funny side in this mess.

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fairweathersupporter says...
7:12pm Thu 30 Aug 12

kwaidam wrote:
carroll off to west ham. 100 per cent. just hope that means we don't end up with carlton cole. that would be very disappointing..
Why disappointing?

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Alan Duffy says...
7:13pm Thu 30 Aug 12

http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=vBdTJgYpY
4U

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pinta harveys says...
7:26pm Thu 30 Aug 12

some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now

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SMF20 says...
7:29pm Thu 30 Aug 12

pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
Well said that man

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Alan Duffy says...
7:31pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Well said Pinta, at last a voice of sense.

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fairweathersupporter says...
7:35pm Thu 30 Aug 12

pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
Yup.

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cullipmyhero says...
7:43pm Thu 30 Aug 12

fairweathersupporter wrote:
pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
Yup.
Some of us don't live two years in the past! Look forward, not backwards!

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gordongull says...
7:45pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Exactly, PH!
If we can complete our business, with one of those two, and no more first team departures, I would settle for that right now.

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VegasSeagull says...
7:48pm Thu 30 Aug 12

gordongull wrote:
Exactly, PH! If we can complete our business, with one of those two, and no more first team departures, I would settle for that right now.
why not complete with both.

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SMF20 says...
7:48pm Thu 30 Aug 12

cullipmyhero wrote:
fairweathersupporter wrote:
pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
Yup.
Some of us don't live two years in the past! Look forward, not backwards!
You must be joking with your user name being what it is cullipmyhero?

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pinta harveys says...
7:52pm Thu 30 Aug 12

cullipmyhero wrote:
fairweathersupporter wrote:
pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
Yup.
Some of us don't live two years in the past! Look forward, not backwards!
and end up like pompey? or chancing EVERYTHING we have on a promotion THIS season ala blackburn or cardiff....and THEN end up like pompey? no chance me old china. yes, we need to look forward, would be silly not too, but i for one would rather we took things nice and easy. sign proven championship players and do things the RIGHT way. oh....and some of us remember the last THIRTY two years. up the albion \o/

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Baldseagull says...
7:53pm Thu 30 Aug 12

cullipmyhero wrote:
fairweathersupporter wrote:
pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
Yup.
Some of us don't live two years in the past! Look forward, not backwards!
Strange comment from someone with a handle such as yours.

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wiseman of hove says...
7:55pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Now Carroll is on his way (allegedly) to West Ham, I would have thought Carlton Cole was a possibility...but then Maynard is apparently going to Cardiff so does that potentially leave West Ham a bit short of strikers.
Very surprised that some postings are a bit sniffy about Cole. Surely a perfect ally for CMS?...but are we going to lose another great club man?

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rolivan says...
8:04pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Has anyone done the sums and totalled up how much has been invested in the club by TB and others with the building of the Stadium and Player purchases Management and Staff and still people aren't satisfied unless we are going to spend £8M plus wages on a striker.OK so we have big fan base but the money still has to come from somewhere first.

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wiseman of hove says...
8:07pm Thu 30 Aug 12

rolivan wrote:
Has anyone done the sums and totalled up how much has been invested in the club by TB and others with the building of the Stadium and Player purchases Management and Staff and still people aren't satisfied unless we are going to spend £8M plus wages on a striker.OK so we have big fan base but the money still has to come from somewhere first.
Entirely agree - great faith that we will not go down the £8M path or anything like it.

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Captain Haddock says...
8:08pm Thu 30 Aug 12

NorwegianSeagull wrote:
rumour is we are after wolves winger adam hammill along with nottingham forest, burnley and huddersfield
Good player.

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davidinsouthampton says...
8:08pm Thu 30 Aug 12

pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
If we want a proven goalscorer at this level and above, we should be going for Robin van persie or maybe making a surprise move for Wayne Rooney.

In other words - I agree.

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Bucket feet Duffy says...
8:11pm Thu 30 Aug 12

We have some money to spend we don't have to spend it, would rather keep hold than waste it on players the wrong side of 30 or injury prone we have taken a gamble on some of those already, if we take a gamble let's have a go at some promising lower league players and develop a team for the future, these big signings work out costing a lot to secure and a fortune to keep, let's not forget more than half our team were League 1 players not so long ago there has got to be some budding bobby z's out there whether here or abroad a good player is not necessarily good because of the price that someone says he's worth IMO

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NorwegianSeagull says...
8:15pm Thu 30 Aug 12

Captain Haddock wrote:
NorwegianSeagull wrote:
rumour is we are after wolves winger adam hammill along with nottingham forest, burnley and huddersfield
Good player.
haven't really seen him in action, but took a look at a youtube video of him earlier. looks a great player with better deliveries than Noone.

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gordongull says...
8:16pm Thu 30 Aug 12

VegasSeagull wrote:
gordongull wrote:
Exactly, PH! If we can complete our business, with one of those two, and no more first team departures, I would settle for that right now.
why not complete with both.
It meant parting company with CMS.

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gordongull says...
8:17pm Thu 30 Aug 12

It would mean parting company with CMS.

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Bucket feet Duffy says...
9:07pm Thu 30 Aug 12

However Orlandi and Sanli on a free valued at 5m 2011 makes my point he had a silly price on his head but now can be got for nothing although wages will be high in Gus we trust

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Home&AwayBHA says...
9:34pm Thu 30 Aug 12

suede27 wrote:
No. No. No. No. No

If Poyet thinks JB is the answer to our impotence up front he's even more useless than first feared.

Hardly prolific, a red card waiting to happen. Plus he's 30.
You absolute Muppet.

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ballantrrae says...
10:06pm Thu 30 Aug 12

davidinsouthampton wrote:
pinta harveys wrote:
some of you folk make me laugh. carlton cole, jay bothroyd..not good enough for brighton? the same brighton that paid £1000 and a set of kit 10 odd years ago for OGH? some people really need a reality check. out of interest, who do you think we ought to be signing? me...i'd be happy with cole or bothroyd. could you have imagined players of that calibre signing even 2 years ago...think about it, take your time now
If we want a proven goalscorer at this level and above, we should be going for Robin van persie or maybe making a surprise move for Wayne Rooney.

In other words - I agree.
Wouldn't we be better off with Messi - better discipline and not as injury prone as Rooney. I have to admit Messi does miss the odd penalty !

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VegasSeagull says...
10:44pm Thu 30 Aug 12

If the Bothroyd deal goes through I would have to think that the deal was already made, probably made in the last couple of weeks rather than in the last day or so.

I think that there are clubs out there that would have jumped through hoops to get him, Palace for one springs to mind

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Jonathan Mouette says...
12:16am Fri 31 Aug 12

Anyone have further updates on the situation with Tuncay... anyone with thoughts on the prospect...? If true I hope Gus can reinstall some confidence in the guy, he hasn't scored many recently. Based on recent form he shouldn't cost a fortune in wages. Difficult to work out who is doing who a favour, the Albion or Tuncay... I shall remain glued to the keyboard throughout the night, with fingers firmly crossed...!!!

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sdhgfhfuyt says...
1:02am Fri 31 Aug 12

Lewis Dunk's older brother would bang them in at Champ level if he could stay fit!

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Captain Haddock says...
1:46am Fri 31 Aug 12

NorwegianSeagull wrote:
Captain Haddock wrote:
NorwegianSeagull wrote:
rumour is we are after wolves winger adam hammill along with nottingham forest, burnley and huddersfield
Good player.
haven't really seen him in action, but took a look at a youtube video of him earlier. looks a great player with better deliveries than Noone.
....yet just as Scouse! :0)

With Navs and now Nooney out the door, we are under-represented!

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Captain Haddock says...
1:53am Fri 31 Aug 12

Heard last week we may sign as many as five, with two possibly already in the bag (McGiveron and Orlandi?).

Heard also we may successfully clear some of the "unwanted's" with one in particular not ID'd publicly by Gus being amongst them!

Really hope we hang on to our "wanted's" though.

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