Poyet: Norwich were "very close" to getting Macca (From The Argus)
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Poyet: Norwich were "very close" to getting Macca
9:30am Monday 3rd September 2012 in Albion By Andy Naylor
Mackail-Smith is congratulated at the weekend
Albion came within a whisker of losing goal hero Craig Mackail-Smith to Norwich at the end of the transfer window.
They now face an anxious wait to see if the Canaries renew their interest and meet the asking price in January.
The Seagulls rejected an undisclosed bid from Norwich but were sweating on them returning with an improve offer right up until the final hours of the window closing on Friday night.
Boss Gus Poyet revealed to The Argus: “It was very close. There was a moment when you get a phone call and someone tells you – I don’t want to say who – they are going to do it and then you start to think ‘Please no’.
“There was that tension all the time. Probably at about six or seven o’clock we just decided we were not taking anything but we didn’t get the call anyway then so we didn’t have to make that decision.”
Poyet’s relief multiplied as two stunning strikes by Mackail-Smith helped Albion to a 3-1 win at Burnley on Saturday.
The Seagulls’ £2.5 million record buy also scored twice in the previous game against Barnsley and is bound to attract more transfer attention when the window re-opens in the New Year if his red-hot start to the season continues. Poyet said: “The problem is there is a value and it’s very difficult to say no, especially to players like Macca. They want to play at the highest level so the easiest way for me as manager and the players is to get promoted together.
“You need to let people have the chance to play in the Premier League so it’s very difficult if they (Norwich) make a very, very good offer, to say no. I’m pleased that they didn’t.”
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batray
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10:05am Mon 3 Sep 12
IKnowNowt
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10:12am Mon 3 Sep 12
I don't want him to go but I am a bit of a hoarder according to my wife.
But what do I know?
ballantrrae
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10:12am Mon 3 Sep 12
However I did wonder when I saw the Report of the Albion being interested in Tuncay whether he was a potential replacement for CMS.
The signing of Dobbie both excites and intrigues since he isn't exactly the type of target man Poyet was saying he wanted. Is he a substitute for Hoskins ?
After all the activity on Friday I am still left wondering if players such as Sparrow,Painter, Vincelot etc will be going out on loan. Assuming Poyet is still up for it I am anticipating a CB being brought in.
Finally I have seen one or two postings speculating on Vicente (why ?). My only comment is that perhaps Vicente might be allowed to return to Spain when JFC's loan to Oxford ends in January.
Waiting until 14 Sept and the Wednesday game could be boring.
wickermin
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10:16am Mon 3 Sep 12
Ripe seagull.
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10:30am Mon 3 Sep 12
Clean Sheet
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10:37am Mon 3 Sep 12
PittaPatta
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10:38am Mon 3 Sep 12
So what's new?
fratsomrover
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10:43am Mon 3 Sep 12
pte
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10:50am Mon 3 Sep 12
batray wrote:Agree. If he's scoring for fun and we are pushing for promotion then he's worth 12m plus because prices seem to be going up all the time. If we go up we'll only have to pay that figure for a striker anyway. Huddersfield caved in at 8m but I dont think they are promotion candidates
Surely the price is not fixed - if CMS is doing the biz - as he is - quote £8 to £10M. Its not complicated this one.
pte
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10:50am Mon 3 Sep 12
batray wrote:Agree. If he's scoring for fun and we are pushing for promotion then he's worth 12m plus because prices seem to be going up all the time. If we go up we'll only have to pay that figure for a striker anyway. Huddersfield caved in at 8m but I dont think they are promotion candidates
Surely the price is not fixed - if CMS is doing the biz - as he is - quote £8 to £10M. Its not complicated this one.
Willie, Willie Irvine
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11:16am Mon 3 Sep 12
sdhgfhfuyt
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11:19am Mon 3 Sep 12
Definitely Delia putting the muscles on big Tone
tug509
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11:20am Mon 3 Sep 12
Bish May Turn
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11:36am Mon 3 Sep 12
wiseman of hove
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11:53am Mon 3 Sep 12
If we can be in the top six at January - and we will be - then it will be a significant signing I'm sure.
wiseman of hove
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11:54am Mon 3 Sep 12
If we can be in the top six at January - and we will be - then it will be a significant signing I'm sure.
SMF20
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12:01pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Cap'n Pugwash
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12:01pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Bish May Turn wrote:CMS, like most footballers, will want to play in the Premier League. Based on last season, he is not quite ready for that yet. His form so far has been good and he is rightly attracting attention from other clubs but he isn't stupid. His best option is to stay at The Albion, prove that he is indeed a PL goal scorer, then start looking at offers. Without doubt he has the highest work rate of any footballer I've seen playing for The Albion but he is not the finished article just yet. Norwich came in for him because they thought they'd get him on the cheap like they did with Crofts and Bennett. Not this time Delia, we don't need to sell, don't want to sell and if you want to buy you're going to have to write a mighty big cheque with lots of zeros in the pounds column.
Macca's a great pro and a very decent and honourable bloke, and without doubt will want to showcase his skills in the best division in world football. I hope its with the Albion, but if not, and if he continues banging in the goals i expect to see some serious money on the table for him in January. Norwich, unlikely, i fancy them for the drop,so there would be little point in him going there.
the taffster
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12:03pm Mon 3 Sep 12
gusset snatcher
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12:07pm Mon 3 Sep 12
championshipgull
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12:22pm Mon 3 Sep 12
championshipgull
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12:29pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Willie, Willie Irvine wrote:Craig says in the paper Argus today. “I wasn’t near my phone I just wanted to prepare myself for the game and look forward to that “I want to play in the Premier league and I have a great desire to do that but obviously it’s not my time at this moment and I’m having a great time at Brighton. “Hopefully by the end of the season I will be in the Premier league with Albion.”
I wonder how the player himself felt while Norwich were in for him. If he felt any dissapointment at not going it didn't seem to affect his game at all!. I have a feeling that if it goes well for him and the club is well placed at Christmas he could be reluctant to leave, especially as he had that opportunity when he chose to come to Brighton.
Cap'n Pugwash
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12:34pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Hovite
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12:34pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Life is great!!!
CMS won't leave before the end of the season unless we are out of contention for promotion.
Too many Harveys
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12:38pm Mon 3 Sep 12
dave from bexill
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12:47pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Too many Harveys wrote:Spot on
Whatever happens with CMS this season in terms of goals scored he certainly is the consummate professional. 100% effort, plays with a smile on his face, good in interviews, says all the right things to keep the fans loving him and last off the pitch every game. Top man.
tug509
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12:47pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Too many Harveys wrote:Perfectly summed up.
Whatever happens with CMS this season in terms of goals scored he certainly is the consummate professional. 100% effort, plays with a smile on his face, good in interviews, says all the right things to keep the fans loving him and last off the pitch every game. Top man.
simonp503
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1:21pm Mon 3 Sep 12
dave from bexill wrote:Couldn't agree more
Too many Harveys wrote:Spot on
Whatever happens with CMS this season in terms of goals scored he certainly is the consummate professional. 100% effort, plays with a smile on his face, good in interviews, says all the right things to keep the fans loving him and last off the pitch every game. Top man.
Willie, Willie Irvine
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1:30pm Mon 3 Sep 12
championshipgull wrote:Thanks Championshipgull. He sounds a thoroughly grounded individual, which is refreshing in itself. And I think he means what he says which is even better. Excellent, in fact!.
Willie, Willie Irvine wrote: I wonder how the player himself felt while Norwich were in for him. If he felt any dissapointment at not going it didn't seem to affect his game at all!. I have a feeling that if it goes well for him and the club is well placed at Christmas he could be reluctant to leave, especially as he had that opportunity when he chose to come to Brighton.Craig says in the paper Argus today. “I wasn’t near my phone I just wanted to prepare myself for the game and look forward to that “I want to play in the Premier league and I have a great desire to do that but obviously it’s not my time at this moment and I’m having a great time at Brighton. “Hopefully by the end of the season I will be in the Premier league with Albion.”
I did (wrongly) predict he would be the instant key to the Premiership door when he arrived, but this time round it looks like he could really do the trick if all the good stuff carries on elsewhere in the team...
falmer seagull
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1:31pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Hovite
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2:04pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Too many good things to write about, as far as new signings goes, Bruno is superb, Bridge is great, Kuszsak fantastic and Orlandi looks special from what little we have seen. Hope Crofts makes a speedy recovery. The rest of the old lads, keep up your great work.
We have many testing games ahead but we seem to have the ammunition to keep us in it with a new found consistency and fluidity to our game.
Never_Wrong
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2:12pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Seagull John
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2:18pm Mon 3 Sep 12
gardens04
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2:26pm Mon 3 Sep 12
SMF20 wrote:Well they proberly done a deal for jan behind closed doors as it makes sense like They did with Bennett you can't blame him Prem football is were all top players should be and there is no loyalties with clubs and players . They only have 7 yrs at the top of there game and need to make a lifetimes money in that short space of time . Contracts are only compensation packages for clubs these days . We will tap another one up by jan as long as well can get about 3.5 mil for the lad then everyone is happy
Im in agreement with others that i dont believe that Norwich will be an option for Macca coming january. I would expect that come january there will be no more than 6 league positions between us. If Macca goes good luck to him but i do think that he has enough sense to make it a worthwhile move for his career and not just a slight salary increase.
VegasSeagull
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2:35pm Mon 3 Sep 12
He continues to bang them in and Brighton are promoted, not hard to work that one out.
He continues to bang them in and for some crazy reason we concede more than we score and we don't get promoted, he gets sold, and rightly so.
There are teams that we can expect, but we may be wrong, to be nearer the bottom of the prem than the middle, Southampton and Fulham come to mind, Villa too possibly. Clubs in that position, above the drop zone but not safe, could come in with a big offer that we would find hard to refuse.
There will be clubs that are above middle of the table, the way they are going Liverpool could be one, but need more fire power, they could make a big offer.
There will be clubs that are just outside of a europe placing, they might see CMS's goals as the key to the door and make a big offer to buy that key.
The only teams that will not pose a threat as to buying CMS will be those very near or at the bottom, why go there only to end up back where you came from.
Come January, and if his goals continue to flow there will be a move on him, the size of the offer, the team making the offer and our position in the table will be the deciding factors.
If Liverpool are mid table and feel they need him, they slap 10 million on the table, he goes.
If Spurs are near to a europe placing and need him, make the same offer, he goes.
United, City, Chelsea or Arsenal, any of the top teams, if they want him come january they will get him no matter where we are in the table. The good thing is, if CMS and the team has us in the top six or near automatic promotion, the amount of money clubs would have to pay for him means that we will have a good chance of buying a top striker to replace him.
Gus will not stand in his way, Tony Bloom will not be able to turn down any offer near 10 million. CMS will not choose to join a club near the drop zone but will instantly say yes to any of the top clubs.
The best deal for us would be to say yes to a big offer but only if we do not get promoted, if they want him they can wait for him. If any club wants to remove that clause then they must pay more to get him.
The very thing we want him to do for us is the very thing that will probably take him away from us.
Hovite
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2:50pm Mon 3 Sep 12
I agree without a doubt that all players have ambition to play in the Prem. However they have to decide how confident they are of the team they are in or their belief in the team that are interested in them.
A promotion battle may be preferable to a relegation battle with a small Prem outfit at this stage of a career. Top 6 Prem side would clinch a quick deal, but Norwich would take more thought.
Who knows, there are many factors to consider but CMS will always show good integrity of a situation.
VegasSeagull
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2:52pm Mon 3 Sep 12
I think Liverpool are going to struggle this year, for me they did not do enough business in the transfer market. A middle table finish would see the manager gone, Gus gets us promoted and he becomes a target of the Liverpool board, even if we don't get promoted I still think that there will be clubs that want him by the end of the year.
Carlas mum
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2:53pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
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2:57pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Hovite
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3:04pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Whilst there is nothing to worry about it's best not invent worry ;o)
VegasSeagull
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3:05pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Carlas mum wrote:I agree with you but at times we simply can't do anything about it.
What is the point of selling one good striker for another, let's keep the one we've got. I don't think the majority of fans will be happy if we start selling our best players, we've been there and done that. Time to get the best and keep them.
If we get an offer that is too good to refuse and that offer gives any one of our players the chance of joining a top club, he goes, no question.
Today we are a championship club and as such, we have to do good business when it is on the table.
Tomorrow we might well be a prem club, we might have the resources to hold on to our players but we have to live in the today in order to reach the tomorrow. .
Bish May Turn
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3:05pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:The Gus speculation will inevitably start again if we keep winning, so please don't open the debate just yet.
For obvious reasons all th etalk is abut whether or not we can hold on to CMS, but I think that there is an even more depressing question, CAN WE HOLD ON TO GUS? I think Liverpool are going to struggle this year, for me they did not do enough business in the transfer market. A middle table finish would see the manager gone, Gus gets us promoted and he becomes a target of the Liverpool board, even if we don't get promoted I still think that there will be clubs that want him by the end of the year.
Carlas mum
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3:09pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:If we keep selling our best players we will never get into the premier.
Carlas mum wrote:I agree with you but at times we simply can't do anything about it.
What is the point of selling one good striker for another, let's keep the one we've got. I don't think the majority of fans will be happy if we start selling our best players, we've been there and done that. Time to get the best and keep them.
If we get an offer that is too good to refuse and that offer gives any one of our players the chance of joining a top club, he goes, no question.
Today we are a championship club and as such, we have to do good business when it is on the table.
Tomorrow we might well be a prem club, we might have the resources to hold on to our players but we have to live in the today in order to reach the tomorrow. .
Clean Sheet
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3:17pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Carlas mum wrote:What best players have we sold recently? Perhaps EB is the most recent example, but we were a Div 1 side, and he was looking at possible Premiership place. He cost us nowt, did a great job, and moved on swelling the BHA coffers by £1.5 mil. Brighton are in a different place 15 months on. I don't think GM would get into our current 1st team squad, and while Nooney had a good start to the season, with our new signings, he may only have made the Cup squads. We now have a squad realistically placed to compete in the Champ. If we get crazy inflated offers for any of our team, then TB is likely to take them. He is bankrolling BHA, not you or I. However, he wants the same as us, success, and to date, it is very difficult to criticise any of his decisions.
VegasSeagull wrote:If we keep selling our best players we will never get into the premier.Carlas mum wrote: What is the point of selling one good striker for another, let's keep the one we've got. I don't think the majority of fans will be happy if we start selling our best players, we've been there and done that. Time to get the best and keep them.I agree with you but at times we simply can't do anything about it. If we get an offer that is too good to refuse and that offer gives any one of our players the chance of joining a top club, he goes, no question. Today we are a championship club and as such, we have to do good business when it is on the table. Tomorrow we might well be a prem club, we might have the resources to hold on to our players but we have to live in the today in order to reach the tomorrow. .
VegasSeagull
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3:31pm Mon 3 Sep 12
The transfer window is shut and it won't re-open until the end of december so the lad isn't going anywhere for now.
If all goes to plan we will be firmly in the top six, maybe even top two, Brighton will have no plans to sell anyone.
The question will not be, do we want to sell, but what it might be is, can we say no to an offer based purely on the numbers being offered.
Hovite.
I agree with you, it is great living for today and we should all enjoy the ride, and I am sure we will.
As our hopes are realised each week, as we win our games and strive toward promotion, Gus and the board have to start preparations for what might be to come.
If we are looking like very strong candidates to go up tentative talks will start, feelers will be put out.
As fans we have the luxuary of living for today, Gus and the board don't. I would lay a large bet that come october, and maybe sooner, Gus will be planing his next move, th emove to consolidate our promotion drive and part plans should we get promoted..
rolivan
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3:37pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Carlas mum wrote:Players have clauses written into their contracts whereby if a club in a higher Division comes in they have an option to talk to them.On the other hand they also have clauses that if their club gets relegated they can be transferred Players have all of the Power and their Agents make the most of it.
VegasSeagull wrote:If we keep selling our best players we will never get into the premier.
Carlas mum wrote:I agree with you but at times we simply can't do anything about it.
What is the point of selling one good striker for another, let's keep the one we've got. I don't think the majority of fans will be happy if we start selling our best players, we've been there and done that. Time to get the best and keep them.
If we get an offer that is too good to refuse and that offer gives any one of our players the chance of joining a top club, he goes, no question.
Today we are a championship club and as such, we have to do good business when it is on the table.
Tomorrow we might well be a prem club, we might have the resources to hold on to our players but we have to live in the today in order to reach the tomorrow. .
rolivan
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3:47pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:I am not saying it is going to happen but a club could come in for CMS when the Loan window opens with an offer to take Him on loan until Jan and Buy Him then.I read somewhere that they turned down £3m from Norwich.So if Gus said it was close maybe £5m would get Him but after Sat it might be a bit more.
Carlas mom.
The transfer window is shut and it won't re-open until the end of december so the lad isn't going anywhere for now.
If all goes to plan we will be firmly in the top six, maybe even top two, Brighton will have no plans to sell anyone.
The question will not be, do we want to sell, but what it might be is, can we say no to an offer based purely on the numbers being offered.
Hovite.
I agree with you, it is great living for today and we should all enjoy the ride, and I am sure we will.
As our hopes are realised each week, as we win our games and strive toward promotion, Gus and the board have to start preparations for what might be to come.
If we are looking like very strong candidates to go up tentative talks will start, feelers will be put out.
As fans we have the luxuary of living for today, Gus and the board don't. I would lay a large bet that come october, and maybe sooner, Gus will be planing his next move, th emove to consolidate our promotion drive and part plans should we get promoted..
VegasSeagull
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3:53pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
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3:56pm Mon 3 Sep 12
I guess a loan deal could happen with view to buy but why would we do that.
There would be nothing to gain and a lot to lose.
VegasSeagull
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3:58pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Maybe I misunderstood your post, are you talking about us taking a player with a view to buy, or one of ours going out on that basis?
VegasSeagull
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4:02pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Nope, it won't happen in my opinion, too much to lose and nothing to gain.
rolivan
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4:07pm Mon 3 Sep 12
fairweathersupporter
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4:11pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:Vegas,
Can anyone suggest a good site to watch live soccor on the internet? I did have one and it worked well but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it.
PLEASE don't call it soccor (sic). I love America but it's renaming of fottball gets on my t*ts.
Also i don't think Liverpool would touch Gus if Rogers fails, as it would really be a case of employing another unproven up and coming (been there, done that). Plus i really think that Gus would only go if the 'right offer' came in... As he has said many times. Spurs are probably our biggest worry but as Bish said: not now, plenty of time for that later.
As for the 'next move'. I think even Gus will wait and see how this all works out apart from the stated intent of a target man and a center (!!!) back whose nessesity and urgency also reamins to be seen.
Hovite
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4:21pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Anyway I agree, it's feetball, we invented it.
Camicus
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4:30pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Southampton Manager Nigel Adkins apologised and said he was desperate for points!
PressBoxTeaBoy
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4:32pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:go to coolsportz.tv
Can anyone suggest a good site to watch live soccor on the internet? I did have one and it worked well but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it.
Excellent quality live feed mostly in HD shows most premier games, often has the Championship Friday/Sunday/Monday games, watched Brighton on there several times when abroad or traveling, always has Sky sports news and Soccer Saturday show as well as much, much more. HAs about 13 channels, will probably be able to see the Sheff Weds game a week on Friday if you cant get to the Amex.
Too many Harveys
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4:48pm Mon 3 Sep 12
tug509
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4:48pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
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5:02pm Mon 3 Sep 12
PressBoxTeaBoy wrote:Thanks for the info. I doubt I will get to the Amex for the next match as it's quite a trip, but if I start now an dfind a way of getting my push bike to work on water, Imight make it.,
VegasSeagull wrote: Can anyone suggest a good site to watch live soccor on the internet? I did have one and it worked well but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it.go to coolsportz.tv Excellent quality live feed mostly in HD shows most premier games, often has the Championship Friday/Sunday/Monday games, watched Brighton on there several times when abroad or traveling, always has Sky sports news and Soccer Saturday show as well as much, much more. HAs about 13 channels, will probably be able to see the Sheff Weds game a week on Friday if you cant get to the Amex.
rolivan
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5:48pm Mon 3 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:Couldn't you borrow that new plane they are testing that can fly sideways you could be there and back before they knew it was missing can't be too far away from you.
PressBoxTeaBoy wrote:Thanks for the info. I doubt I will get to the Amex for the next match as it's quite a trip, but if I start now an dfind a way of getting my push bike to work on water, Imight make it.,
VegasSeagull wrote: Can anyone suggest a good site to watch live soccor on the internet? I did have one and it worked well but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it.go to coolsportz.tv Excellent quality live feed mostly in HD shows most premier games, often has the Championship Friday/Sunday/Monday games, watched Brighton on there several times when abroad or traveling, always has Sky sports news and Soccer Saturday show as well as much, much more. HAs about 13 channels, will probably be able to see the Sheff Weds game a week on Friday if you cant get to the Amex.
Albion In Staffs
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6:00pm Mon 3 Sep 12
But this story doesn't make it sound "very close" at all!
Clubs make enquiries all the time and then get told a price they're not willing to pay.... End of!
After a 3-1 win, I'm disappointed in the Argus for peddling a non-story when we should be enjoying a decent performance and disappointed in Gus (who normally gets my vote) for sounding so dramatic..
Apparently I heard we were " very close" to signing Ronaldo instead of Orlandi, but we wouldn't pay the asking price... Zzzzzzzzzzz
Baldseagull
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6:27pm Mon 3 Sep 12
tug509 wrote:Harry Basset with Wimbledon, old 4th division to the 1st and finished 6th when they got there. I believe Alan Cork played for them in every division too, El-Abd could replicate that.
I agree with Bish its far too early to be talking about losing Gus,but i dont think it will happen.What manager could resist the prospect of basically building a club from the bottom up to the top.When Gus gets us in the premier he will have a team that has climbed from the foot of league 1 to the best division in the world,from an 8,500 athletics track to a state of the art 30,750 stadium( who knows maybe even more in the future) with some of the best players available looking to come to us.Brighton & Hove Albion will be his baby so to speak,getting us into europe would be the next step,i cant think of another manager who has ever achieved this with one team,that alone has to be better than going to Spurs for instance and picking up where someone else left off.UTA
I don't know if anyone has done it playing football though ;-)
seagullsovergrimsby
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6:49pm Mon 3 Sep 12
SicklySeagull
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7:25pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Cap'n Pugwash
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7:34pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Clean Sheet wrote:Tony Bloom knows that we now have a great opportunity to make the Premier League within a season or two. With the prize money on offer next season (+70% over this year's money) he will want some of that action. Selling our prized assets won't help that. Any club wanting the likes of CMS, Bridcutt etc., are going to have to stump up some serious money. The Albion are no longer the soft touch we were when we were at Withdean.
Carlas mum wrote:What best players have we sold recently? Perhaps EB is the most recent example, but we were a Div 1 side, and he was looking at possible Premiership place. He cost us nowt, did a great job, and moved on swelling the BHA coffers by £1.5 mil. Brighton are in a different place 15 months on. I don't think GM would get into our current 1st team squad, and while Nooney had a good start to the season, with our new signings, he may only have made the Cup squads. We now have a squad realistically placed to compete in the Champ. If we get crazy inflated offers for any of our team, then TB is likely to take them. He is bankrolling BHA, not you or I. However, he wants the same as us, success, and to date, it is very difficult to criticise any of his decisions.
VegasSeagull wrote:If we keep selling our best players we will never get into the premier.Carlas mum wrote: What is the point of selling one good striker for another, let's keep the one we've got. I don't think the majority of fans will be happy if we start selling our best players, we've been there and done that. Time to get the best and keep them.I agree with you but at times we simply can't do anything about it. If we get an offer that is too good to refuse and that offer gives any one of our players the chance of joining a top club, he goes, no question. Today we are a championship club and as such, we have to do good business when it is on the table. Tomorrow we might well be a prem club, we might have the resources to hold on to our players but we have to live in the today in order to reach the tomorrow. .
tug509
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10:14pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Baldseagull wrote:Thanks for that,i cant believe i did`nt remember "The Dons".
tug509 wrote:Harry Basset with Wimbledon, old 4th division to the 1st and finished 6th when they got there. I believe Alan Cork played for them in every division too, El-Abd could replicate that.
I agree with Bish its far too early to be talking about losing Gus,but i dont think it will happen.What manager could resist the prospect of basically building a club from the bottom up to the top.When Gus gets us in the premier he will have a team that has climbed from the foot of league 1 to the best division in the world,from an 8,500 athletics track to a state of the art 30,750 stadium( who knows maybe even more in the future) with some of the best players available looking to come to us.Brighton & Hove Albion will be his baby so to speak,getting us into europe would be the next step,i cant think of another manager who has ever achieved this with one team,that alone has to be better than going to Spurs for instance and picking up where someone else left off.UTA
I don't know if anyone has done it playing football though ;-)
Billyboyarnold
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11:25am Tue 4 Sep 12
Tony the tiger eastbourne
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dave from bexill wrote:Couldn't agree more!!! Well said. Just love CMS
Too many Harveys wrote:Spot on
Whatever happens with CMS this season in terms of goals scored he certainly is the consummate professional. 100% effort, plays with a smile on his face, good in interviews, says all the right things to keep the fans loving him and last off the pitch every game. Top man.
F in L
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12:44pm Wed 5 Sep 12
One way or another Gus...
dave from bexill says...
9:53am Mon 3 Sep 12