Gus still waiting on his top targets (From The Argus)
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Gus still waiting on his top targets
5:00pm Wednesday 6th June 2012 in Albion By Brian Owen
Happy: Poyet
Gus Poyet today insisted his top transfer targets are still up for grabs.
But he is not going to rush into a signing just to keep fans happy.
Poyet is keeping a close eye on the summer market as he enjoys time back home in Uruguay.
He accepts fans will be getting impatient for new arrivals but said: “We are on the way. We need to think things over.
“There are so many things. It’s difficult to explain why signings happen and don’t happen.
“You look at the things that are better for you, that are on the table, the quality ones, and then the one time they are available you really need to go for them.
“Then if you lose out on your No.1 target, there is a No.2 target.
“I’m talking about the No.1 targets in our situation, within our budget, in our league. They are still there.
“But I’m not going to sign anyone just for the sake of signing.”
Poyet’s priorities include a return for Spanish playmaker Vicente plus quality around him and he is keen to add physical power to his side.
Danny Swanson, the talented but tiny attacking midfielder linked with the Seagulls, looks set to join Peterborough on a two-year deal.
Comments(27)
Alan G Skinner
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5:27pm Wed 6 Jun 12
cheese rolls !
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5:36pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Has anyone heard any transfer rumours ?
sidtheseagull
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6:09pm Wed 6 Jun 12
cheese rolls ! wrote:Tomas Kuscak, Michael Owen, Owen Hargreaves and a nurse.
This is all very boring !
Has anyone heard any transfer rumours ?
Jonathan Mouette
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6:19pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Grendel
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6:21pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Grendel
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6:21pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Alan G Skinner wrote:Nurse! Nurse! The screens!
Gus is correct, while we would like to have all our transfer business done by 30/06, this is very hard to achieve and we must not be drawn into panic signings. We Brighton fans are extremely knowledgeable and we are certainly very very patient and we a fully aware the process of signing the correct player, our first or second choice will take time, it is no problem for us. I have absolute confidence in GP, Chairman Bloom and the board to get the right people in.
gordongull
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6:35pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Alan G Skinner wrote:Precisely!
Gus is correct, while we would like to have all our transfer business done by 30/06, this is very hard to achieve and we must not be drawn into panic signings. We Brighton fans are extremely knowledgeable and we are certainly very very patient and we a fully aware the process of signing the correct player, our first or second choice will take time, it is no problem for us. I have absolute confidence in GP, Chairman Bloom and the board to get the right people in.
farside
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6:36pm Wed 6 Jun 12
gordongull
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6:49pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Grendel wrote:Haha!
Alan G Skinner wrote:Nurse! Nurse! The screens!
Gus is correct, while we would like to have all our transfer business done by 30/06, this is very hard to achieve and we must not be drawn into panic signings. We Brighton fans are extremely knowledgeable and we are certainly very very patient and we a fully aware the process of signing the correct player, our first or second choice will take time, it is no problem for us. I have absolute confidence in GP, Chairman Bloom and the board to get the right people in.
gordongull
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6:53pm Wed 6 Jun 12
mark5 wrote:Wonder if our Egypt International was born in Brighton?
So absolutely no change or news since last week?! However, I remember the same process last year so we will have to wait and be patient, because signings WILL come................
.....eventually!
P.S I wish the journalists could be spared the need to "find" something newsworthy and write when there really is something to report!
There was no mention of it in the last article about him.
Blue and White Gulls
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7:10pm Wed 6 Jun 12
gordongull wrote:And will we ever know if his father is from Egypt?
mark5 wrote:Wonder if our Egypt International was born in Brighton?
So absolutely no change or news since last week?! However, I remember the same process last year so we will have to wait and be patient, because signings WILL come................
.....eventually!
P.S I wish the journalists could be spared the need to "find" something newsworthy and write when there really is something to report!
There was no mention of it in the last article about him.
gordongull
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7:22pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Blue and White Gulls wrote:My guess is that there is some family connection.
gordongull wrote:And will we ever know if his father is from Egypt?
mark5 wrote:Wonder if our Egypt International was born in Brighton?
So absolutely no change or news since last week?! However, I remember the same process last year so we will have to wait and be patient, because signings WILL come................
.....eventually!
P.S I wish the journalists could be spared the need to "find" something newsworthy and write when there really is something to report!
There was no mention of it in the last article about him.
Maybe we'll never know.
gordongull
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7:32pm Wed 6 Jun 12
cheese rolls ! wrote:When asked why he he turned down a request to become manager of Uruguay, Gus is rumoured to have said, ''We are third in the FIFA World Rankings, so I don't think there is much further I can take them.''
This is all very boring !
Has anyone heard any transfer rumours ?
ballantrrae
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7:53pm Wed 6 Jun 12
gordongull wrote:Seconded !
Alan G Skinner wrote:Precisely!
Gus is correct, while we would like to have all our transfer business done by 30/06, this is very hard to achieve and we must not be drawn into panic signings. We Brighton fans are extremely knowledgeable and we are certainly very very patient and we a fully aware the process of signing the correct player, our first or second choice will take time, it is no problem for us. I have absolute confidence in GP, Chairman Bloom and the board to get the right people in.
Poyet is still in Uruguay on holiday and whilst deals might be 'agreed' in his absence I imagine they will only be finalised once he returns.
I have heard that the club has sold over 21,000 season tickets. A report on the club website confirms that more than 3,000 NEW season tickets have already been sold. The final one thousand season tickets go on general sale next week.
The club reports that BHA are ranked 10th in terms of season ticket sales out of all clubs in both the Premiership and the Football League - quite an achievement. Well done the Seagulls fans ! Definately a story worth reporting.
rolivan
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7:59pm Wed 6 Jun 12
namgo49
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8:04pm Wed 6 Jun 12
Swanson is no loss.
rolivan
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8:45pm Wed 6 Jun 12
namgo49 wrote:You obviously think things went wrong.
There is a real sense of deja vu here on the transfer front from last season. Let's hope things get going to prove me wrong.
Swanson is no loss.
Mark Dixon
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10:29pm Wed 6 Jun 12
HOVEPARKRESIDENT
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11:13pm Wed 6 Jun 12
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namgo49
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6:30am Thu 7 Jun 12
rolivan wrote:Only from the perspective that Gus went all defensive about performance and budgets mid-season.
namgo49 wrote:You obviously think things went wrong.
There is a real sense of deja vu here on the transfer front from last season. Let's hope things get going to prove me wrong.
Swanson is no loss.
If you recall he reckoned the club had the 17th largest budget in the division and therefore no-one should expect a position higher than 17th.
A comment which did make you question whether or not he was quite the rising star everyone thought he was.
But then again it may have been a lost in translation moment.
I think the thing is he raises expectations and then seems to disappoint with the end result.
None of the permanent signings actually made last year performed as hoped for whether through injury (Buckey, Vicente, Hoskins) or actual performance (Harley, Mckail-Smith, Lualua)
Cory and Trevor
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1:59pm Thu 7 Jun 12
Speak for yourself Alan - i've been watching Brighton .for 35 years and i know nothing about football
mikeygit
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2:32pm Thu 7 Jun 12
Dr Baldhead
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3:48pm Thu 7 Jun 12
Chip of Goring
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5:23pm Thu 7 Jun 12
HOVEPARKRESIDENT wrote:Bee flown up your nose HPR?
Hopefully Poyet will just stay in Uruguay permanently. Absolutely useless.
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Dave in Hastings
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8:02pm Thu 7 Jun 12
mikeygit wrote:There might not be many, but how about Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe for two that aren't bad? I agree the Albion need more power but size ain't necessarily everything.
I guess a lot of managers and footballers are still on holiday and maybe it is those 'lovely' agents who are doing work behind the scenes and therefore fuelling the 'rumours'. I hope Gus is back in Brighton soon and then things will start to move---once that happens we can expect a decision from Vicente. As has been said-imo--Swanson is no loss---not many 'small' forwards in the Premiership, and that is what we should be building for.
Captain Haddock
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9:42pm Thu 7 Jun 12
Er.......
mark5 says...
5:24pm Wed 6 Jun 12
.....eventually!
P.S I wish the journalists could be spared the need to "find" something newsworthy and write when there really is something to report!