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Atleast we done better then the Arsenal,We have been ok the market this summer with a good players like Toby,Sonand maybe Njie.Yes we know we only have Kane upfront and its left us short but why pay over the odds and panic buy.We will have a new ground soon spending money on the right players in the future.As much as i hate the way teams like Man u,Chelsea,city and liverpool have been buying big are time will come soon.
With ten minutes of the window remaining?? That's fair on West Brom is it?? If there were two previous bids made before, it was clear Spurs wanted him. Then to make a third and final offer an hour before the window closes and then, when that is refused, make a fourth with about ten minutes to go hoping to rinse West Brom in desperation - fair play to them for refusing to bow to the wishes of this petty little man.
Levy has said, and many others, that transferes are nearly always done in instalments. So if we buy Berahino of 25 mill over a 5 year contract, we pay West Brom 5 Million per year. This is comepletely normal. And is why people like to say Real Madrid still 'owe us' for Modric and Bale
And fucked himself, his manager, his team and his player in the process.
Yeah well done Mr Peace
It's pretty clear he'd already spent the money or do you think he was buying two new strikers to play alongside Berahino in the one man attack?Not at all. His manager wouldn't have had time to spend any money they got for him, the team have been playing without him and Berahino himself can't afford to sit in the reserves if he harbours any ambitions of playing in the Euros next summer.
Just imagine if our chairman had done the same thing with Berbatov. Or Modric. Or Bale.
He'd be lauded a genius.
I appreciate that feelings are running high and that we are a bit sore at missing out on a new striker and DM, but it does seem that we only wanted Saido. I am not sure he was out first choice and considering the twittering he made I am not sure he is mentally who we should be after anyway.
Peace and Levy have obviously been playing a game, but it seems to me that Levy can walk away from this unscathed, while Peace has a depreciating and angry asset his fans are going to be loath to play and will act as poison. He is potentially £25m ish out of pocket.
Who cares about staged payments etc? If they have the money assigned to them and in contract they can use that as bargaining chip in the future for their plans, but not now.
For Peace to have won he should have accepted at the death and claimed to have increased our offer by £10m, which would seem to be what he managed. He claims credit for forcing Levy with his brinkmanship and we all claim he did a good thing for his team and complain about Levy not having spent more wisely.
But then he failed to sell. Now he looks like a fool. He has not won extra money for his club. He has not helped balance his overly striker heavy squad. (Pulis is reportedly pissed and justly as he now has to make SB train with the reserves etc.)
SB is not served well in this. He has obviously been promised something and seems to have been following the transfer request script and making agitating noises. Whether he was given an indication by WBA that this would work, no one knows. However, his development will now stall as he is forced into either capitulating and apologising for his childish outburst, or not playing for at least 4 months.
We have obviously been led to believe that we can deal. We have options in place for both Lamela and Ade. ITK states that we are on ok terms with Ade, but were happier for him to move on. The guy has problems, but is still a world class striker on his day. In my opinion we pulled the plug on Lamela to OM and held off on Ade going (as an emergency option) when we realised WBA were being more difficult.
I like Levy. I make no bones about it. He is not the obviously passionate and in your face chairman that others may be, but he has developed this club into one of the best in the World.
Training facility. New stadium coming. NFL deal. Numerous sponsorship deals. Improved squad. So much so that the days of playing Doherty up front are forgotten by many.
Even in this window. ALL deadwood bar Ade and arguably Fazio gone.
Alli, Toby, Son, N'jie, Trippier, Wimmer. All good signings.
We have forward options, even if no obvious central striker. Dier in DM is something that is developing rapidly and I think he might excel there. Hence Fazio staying as 3rd/4th CB.
Levy may have made mistakes, but we are a leaner and tighter squad that has improved in every respect from the team that got us 5th last year.
The window is over, lets see what the season brings. Then reinforce in Jan if necessary.
And fucked himself, his manager, his team and his player in the process.
Yeah well done Mr Peace
I agree on all that. Levy got played levy style. Terrible way to do it, and season down the pan now unless we get very very luckyThen why didn't that egotistical, bald twat of a chairman of ours just do that deal in the first place instead of fucking around for two months trying to get a couple of mil off and basically taking the piss out of Peace and West Brom. It was obvious we weren't gonna get Berahino for anything less than £25m!!!! Now Levy looks a right prawn and we're gonna be fucked if/when Kane gets injured or burns out!!! It's absolutely ridiculous!!!
I appreciate that feelings are running high and that we are a bit sore at missing out on a new striker and DM, but it does seem that we only wanted Saido. I am not sure he was out first choice and considering the twittering he made I am not sure he is mentally who we should be after anyway.
Peace and Levy have obviously been playing a game, but it seems to me that Levy can walk away from this unscathed, while Peace has a depreciating and angry asset his fans are going to be loath to play and will act as poison. He is potentially £25m ish out of pocket.
Who cares about staged payments etc? If they have the money assigned to them and in contract they can use that as bargaining chip in the future for their plans, but not now.
For Peace to have won he should have accepted at the death and claimed to have increased our offer by £10m, which would seem to be what he managed. He claims credit for forcing Levy with his brinkmanship and we all claim he did a good thing for his team and complain about Levy not having spent more wisely.
But then he failed to sell. Now he looks like a fool. He has not won extra money for his club. He has not helped balance his overly striker heavy squad. (Pulis is reportedly pissed and justly as he now has to make SB train with the reserves etc.)
SB is not served well in this. He has obviously been promised something and seems to have been following the transfer request script and making agitating noises. Whether he was given an indication by WBA that this would work, no one knows. However, his development will now stall as he is forced into either capitulating and apologising for his childish outburst, or not playing for at least 4 months.
We have obviously been led to believe that we can deal. We have options in place for both Lamela and Ade. ITK states that we are on ok terms with Ade, but were happier for him to move on. The guy has problems, but is still a world class striker on his day. In my opinion we pulled the plug on Lamela to OM and held off on Ade going (as an emergency option) when we realised WBA were being more difficult.
I like Levy. I make no bones about it. He is not the obviously passionate and in your face chairman that others may be, but he has developed this club into one of the best in the World.
Training facility. New stadium coming. NFL deal. Numerous sponsorship deals. Improved squad. So much so that the days of playing Doherty up front are forgotten by many.
Even in this window. ALL deadwood bar Ade and arguably Fazio gone.
Alli, Toby, Son, N'jie, Trippier, Wimmer. All good signings.
We have forward options, even if no obvious central striker. Dier in DM is something that is developing rapidly and I think he might excel there. Hence Fazio staying as 3rd/4th CB.
Levy may have made mistakes, but we are a leaner and tighter squad that has improved in every respect from the team that got us 5th last year.
The window is over, lets see what the season brings. Then reinforce in Jan if necessary.
I do not believe we offered £25m cash at any point.
This was not seen as essential business by the club or we would not have left it so late.
This was just Levy trying his luck - he saw a rare English striker who he felt on balance, like Bent and Bentley, would be a good investment. A hard cash bid was not part of the plan imo.