Club are wanting to make two signings by weeks end...

[nwgull]

How many players have we lost again? From last year's bunch of starting 11 I make it only three: TK, Upson and Ward. Meanwhile, we've signed Toko and have a CMS back; it's hardly threadbare given that there's still over 6 weeks left in the window.

Talk of 'needing' 6-8 players right now is bedwetting.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Did we ever replace ElAbd, Barnes and Barker on top of that list?

And Hoskins. If Stephens, Crofts and Monakana come back soon, there maybe some redundancies amongst our medical staff, they'll have nothing to do. We need a sick note.

 

[sparkie]

...Talk of 'needing' 6-8 players right now is bedwetting.

Ignoring the insulting 'bedwetting' term, we actually really are 6-8 players down on what we 'need' for a full, competitive squad.

 

[spanish flair]

And Hoskins. If Stephens, Crofts and Monakana come back soon, there maybe some redundancies amongst our medical staff, they'll have nothing to do. We need a sick note.

Once we start playing again I am sure Bruno, Buckley, Lualua and Agustein will keep them employed again.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Did we ever replace ElAbd, Barnes and Barker on top of that list?

Your quite right, we were one central defender, and arguably one, even two strikers light before last season ended anyway.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

It's a shame that any new players weren't brought in early enough to go out to Spain with the squad though, as that is an ideal opportunity to bond and develop a team spirit, as well as work on the style we intend to play this season.

For you maybe, I picked up the seat on the plane reserved for the 'goalkeeper' and am now spending my time by the pool ordering ice cold Estrella, charged to the room, still unnoticed. Hasta Luego

 

[British Bulldog]

Your quite right, we were one central defender, and arguably one, even two strikers light before last season ended anyway.

The decision not to replace El Abd cost us big time up at Derby once we lost Greer.

 

[sparkie]

The decision not to replace El Abd cost us big time up at Derby once we lost Greer.

It did indeed.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Orlandi, Lopez, Andrews and Lingeard (sp)

I wouldn't call any of them big losses that affected games for us last season.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I wouldn't call any of them big losses that affected games for us last season.

Part of the squad though...that is lacking in numbers a tad..backed up by the fact they all played at sometime or another

 

[LamieRobertson]

Ignoring the insulting 'bedwetting' term, we actually really are 6-8 players down on what we 'need' for a full, competitive squad.

It's an interesting term....I wonder if the opposite insult would be ignorance?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

The decision not to replace El Abd cost us big time up at Derby once we lost Greer.

That's right, with GG still there perhaps we had an outside chance, but once he departed, we might as well have left the field. The game was over.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

It's an interesting term....I wonder if the opposite insult would be ignorance?

Getting worried or annoyed at the Club by the fact we've only signed one player with over 4 weeks before the start of the season is a complete overreaction. Particularly considering we already have a competitive first team and we only really need to bolster the squad with a few additions but not additions for the sake if it.

 

[nwgull]

It's an interesting term....I wonder if the opposite insult would be ignorance?

There's ignorance, and there's having other stuff to worry about in July (and life in general) rather than BHA not having 2 players for every position.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

That's right, with GG still there perhaps we had an outside chance, but once he departed, we might as well have left the field. The game was over.

We started that game already beaten because the squad had NO faith in Oscar.

 

[British Bulldog]

We started that game already beaten because the squad had NO faith in Oscar.

Begs the question of how he got us to the play off's if the players had no faith in him?

 

[The Brighton Buzz]

Do you think then that the two players Sami expected at the club last weekend and with him in Spain now, were not going to be the right type of players? Surely the players Burke would have told Sami we were signing, would have been in the right quality of player category?

This is the rub. Is the Manager already having problems, being told that signings are likely and then they don't appear due to one reason or another. Surely Burke has had time to identify some decent signings in the last three months, if not what is he doing. My worry is that we are identifying good players but they want too much money and never materialise. If that is the case why go for them in the first place and waste time. Having said that I am another one that doesn't think the squad is not far away from last year in quality and probably only a two or three in quantity. We were overloaded last year in my opinion with players that never played or were injured. JFC, Solly and Ince will be better players and are young and less lightly to have long term injuries. Dunk has proved he is good enough. Yes maybe we need another CB, but we are no weaker with Dunk starting. In my opinion Solly March has already jumped above Buckley as a starting player. Whose to say others from the DS wont do the same during the season if we have to throw them in. I am not so doom and gloom as a lot of people seem to be. The first few games may tell us more. IF we get Ward back and Lingard on loan. I would argue we on a par with last year, if not stronger with the extra experience that the young players would have gained and a Manager that wants to play higher up the pitch which will hopefully result in more goals.

 

[symyjym]

We started that game already beaten because the squad had NO faith in Oscar.

Rubbish, we started the game without Upson, Greer carrying an injury that put him out after 20 mins, a lame Buckley and an unfit Orlandi.

The January transfer failure sealed our fate.

 

[Albumen]

We started that game already beaten because the squad had NO faith in Oscar.

And we still got 6th? We must have one hell of a team of individuals. The team were fine, on a high from the last minute win, but then beaten by a strong Derby and injuries. Sure Hyypia could do a lot better, and I hope he does, but our squad didnt half lack depth last year.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Begs the question of how he got us to the play off's if the players had no faith in him?

Indeed, but it has to be said that a lot of the playoff chasing pack fell on their own swords. I suspect that even David Hockaday might have had a chance of getting Leeds there last season if the colour purple or the number 17 hadn't have been involved.