thinktank
Hmmm...
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*JJ holds his hands a foot apart* "This close".
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mikeeegreen
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All this talk of forwards is great from Poch/ITK but if we dont address CM properly then I feel it will all be for nothing...
Mr Pink
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Although there is still plenty of time left I do agree with the majority of this. I was very optimistic given the speed we've been shifting some out the door, because I thought that would speed up our key incoming business. By key I mean addressing our attacking options (more pace and better movement etc) and another CM, hopefully experienced to guide this very young core group of players.
I understand that we work off a list of targets for each position we want to address, and it always involves satisfying three parties etc and that can take time but it just feels feels like its all heading towards the final week of the window, probably the last couple of days.
Other Clubs, below us, have brought in key signings well in advance of the start of the season. I know we got Trippier, Wimmer and TA done and that's very positive for addressing the defensive issues but only TA is what I'd call a key signing out of that lot - ie straight into the team.
I know we can't just throw money at a Selling Club in the first instance to get deals done earlier but surely we can get some key additions in before deadline day.
You're right. But then everyone else assuming he will play tomorrow is based on nothing whatsoever either. The only way we will find out for sure, is tomorrow evening around 7pm. Everything else is pure conjecture. So my hunch has no less validity than anyone else's who says he will play based on an instagram photo
Spurger King
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It might have something to do with Berahino saying he's looking forward to playing tomorrow.
scat1620
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Fair point, but I do think it's fair for people to be frustrated (albeit not totally apoplectic) that as we played our first game of the season we only had one striker in the matchday squad, and that our options for changing our attacking play from the bench were limited at best.
Obviously, as per the info from JJ and others, things are still being worked on and we may well see the necessary reinforcements join by the end of the window. But the striker situation we currently have is unarguably not acceptable at the moment, and we've played our first game (and who knows how many more) in a position where it's Kane-or-nobody. That - to me - is nowhere near good enough, so I feel that people should be cut a little slack when they get impatient for us to sign a forward or two to spread the goalscoring burden in our squad at a time where we are playing competitive matches with league points at stake.
For all you know he may have been advised to do that so as to make out he has acted professionally the whole way through the saga, so he doesn't leave on a bad note. I'm not saying he won't play tomorrow, but I just have a feeling he won't play.
thinktank
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I can't help but imagine you as Scarlet O'hara saying that and then walking off-stage dramatically.
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I forgot the transfer window was closed
A&C may as well delete the transfer thread, as everyone seems to think we'll never sign anyone ever again....
EnfieldYiddo
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Think many of us expected these two at a minimum.. 'we might get both' hardly sounds like they're both signing on the dotted line any time soon.
Personally, I'd take just Berahino if it meant we could go and sign a real top midfielder.
Ending up with just N'jie for instance (which seems atm the most likely scenario) - would be thoroughly underwhelming.
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Ghostofarmo: Berahino to be announced next few days..
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Dont discuss my source thanks guys.
Think we got this on Friday (but could be wrong). I'm not sure there is a definition of 'a few' but a 'couple' is one or two so 'a few' is more than that so could be any time next week
But as other itk has said, WBA could be holding out to see if another club comes in with lots od cash...so the 'fewt' could get stretched - remember Shakespear's Henry the 5th speech 'we lucky few' referring to an army of a few hundred...
thinktank
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Indisguise
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Frankly my dear, he won't give a damn!
L-man
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Congratulations on completely missing the part of my post, and also @EnfieldYiddo post where he mentioned the failure being at the moment. I even highlighted the word because I knew you'd bang on about the window not being closed. I'll capitalise it for you so you don't miss it this time, but at the MOMENT it is a failure because we haven't addressed the glaringly obvious need for attacking options and I don't believe we're actually as close to SB or N'jie as ITK is hinting at. There is nothing in the media that suggests they are that close and as usual we're left scrambling after the season startsI forgot the transfer window was closed
scat1620
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And yet we've already played our first game with one striker available to us. Chap, if you're not getting why some people are frustrated by that situation then there's no explaining it to you at all.I forgot the transfer window was closed
A&C may as well delete the transfer thread, as everyone seems to think we'll never sign anyone ever again....
felmani26
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Agreed.
N'jie should be an 'in addition to' signing alongside somebody who's going to be more or less a first team regular from the outset - be that Berahino or another source (unlikely granted).
thinktank
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Not being funny but he strikes me as the kind of guy to skin us and wear us! "I fuck me...I fuck me so hard".
mikeeegreen
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Nah I think it's just realism setting in
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