by FiNeRaIn » 24 Jul 2009 20:05
by Terminal Boardom » 24 Jul 2009 20:13
by stl_royal » 24 Jul 2009 20:18
by Harpers So Solid Crew » 24 Jul 2009 20:25
Terminal Boardom I think that it is fair to assume that there will be at least 3 teams worse than us this season. Barnsley, Plymouth, Watford, Scunny, and Palace just for starters. We will be fine. Mid table at worst, play-offs at best.
by floyd__streete » 24 Jul 2009 20:26
FiNeRaIn With an Unknown Manager, the sale of our best players over the last two seasons, no one brought in and the talk of playing several young players with no championship experience. This smacks of southamptons plight in the last year or so. Do you think we could be involved in a relegation battle?
by Gordons Cumming » 24 Jul 2009 20:29
FiNeRaIn With an Unknown Manager, the sale of our best players over the last two seasons, no one brought in and the talk of playing several young players with no championship experience. This smacks of southamptons plight in the last year or so. Do you think we could be involved in a relegation battle?
by floyd__streete » 24 Jul 2009 20:31
Gordons CummingFiNeRaIn With an Unknown Manager, the sale of our best players over the last two seasons, no one brought in and the talk of playing several young players with no championship experience. This smacks of southamptons plight in the last year or so. Do you think we could be involved in a relegation battle?
Sing a different song. You're becoming tiresome.
by Tamworth_Royal » 24 Jul 2009 20:34
by Tilehurst Mike » 24 Jul 2009 20:47
Tamworth_Royal As Madejski has cut the cloth to the bear threads there is only one way our club is going …….. and it isn’t up. FFS the clubs transfer targets are kiddy loan players at best and puppet Hammond can't even secure them . When we are in peril come January the excuse not to buy anyone will be no parachute payments next year and it will be like the last two seasons SELL SELL SELL anyone pocket pocket pocket.
Ambition......... looking forward to the season..........your deluded Madejski
by FiNeRaIn » 24 Jul 2009 20:58
Gordons CummingFiNeRaIn With an Unknown Manager, the sale of our best players over the last two seasons, no one brought in and the talk of playing several young players with no championship experience. This smacks of southamptons plight in the last year or so. Do you think we could be involved in a relegation battle?
Sing a different song. You're becoming tiresome.
by FiNeRaIn » 24 Jul 2009 21:01
floyd__streeteFiNeRaIn With an Unknown Manager, the sale of our best players over the last two seasons, no one brought in and the talk of playing several young players with no championship experience. This smacks of southamptons plight in the last year or so. Do you think we could be involved in a relegation battle?
Difference between us and Southampton is that we aren't in the financially dire straits they were last season, so if our young players fail we can panic-buy ouy way out of trouble in Jan.
by 2.8 lita injection » 24 Jul 2009 21:08
by floyd__streete » 24 Jul 2009 21:16
FiNeRaIn When was the last time we panic bought?
by Snowball » 24 Jul 2009 21:34
by FiNeRaIn » 24 Jul 2009 21:53
Snowball Leeds United, challenging for the top-spot in the Premiership
and semi-final of the Champions League, but overspent
and look at them now
Charlton, always well up in the Prem, tried to go a bit higher
and look at them now
This club is soundly run, brilliantly run
by reading98 » 24 Jul 2009 21:54
by yappy » 24 Jul 2009 21:58
floyd__streeteFiNeRaIn When was the last time we panic bought?
Fair point - last time we did that in March 1998 Tommy Burns signed seven absolute turkeys on deadline day and we went on to finish dead last . I think Mr Madj learned a lesson from those days!
by Plymouth_Royal » 24 Jul 2009 22:01
FiNeRaIn With an Unknown Manager, the sale of our best players over the last two seasons, no one brought in and the talk of playing several young players with no championship experience. This smacks of southamptons plight in the last year or so. Do you think we could be involved in a relegation battle?
by AthleticoSpizz » 25 Jul 2009 00:28
by Gordons Cumming » 25 Jul 2009 00:45
Plymouth_RoyalFiNeRaIn With an Unknown Manager, the sale of our best players over the last two seasons, no one brought in and the talk of playing several young players with no championship experience. This smacks of southamptons plight in the last year or so. Do you think we could be involved in a relegation battle?
Difference between us and Southampton, is a lot.
The core of our team for next season is going to be some experienced professionals in matejovsky, harper, rosenior, ivar, cisse, gunnarsson,tabb, n.hunt, bikey and kebe. Obviously they won't all play but the majority will. Then we have the youngsters and fed who have league experience of over 30 games, albeit in league 1 and 2. But in karacan, pearce, bertrand and fed they have all played and done well at this level. Southampton however threw in a lot of kids with no or little league experience at all. Secondly, I strongly believe we are not financially as tight as the club make out to be. I was told from a very professional businessman who has dealt with Mr mad for his madjeski hotel that he has only invested 2 million from his own pocket into the club. I know its a big claim and a lot of you will laugh at this but I believed it. The rest of the money has come from bank loans and shareholders. I'm no expert on business as I've just finished higher education, but if I was to have a guess then maybe why he cant sell the club is because he's asking for big millions for something he's put little into from his own pocket. However, whether true or not, we're still a well run club and we do have some exciting young experienced players that are keen to impress and hopefully take us forward. Plus, we have a manager who is well respected by young players, Mourinho, Chelsea's star studded team and surely that's an inspiration to the youngsters. Imagine what its been like for church, henry, kanu and co who have been itching to play for a couple of years only to have overpaid and egotistical players under performing in front of them, and a manager reluctant to play them. Now is their chance and I'm sure they're going to want to show us and former management what the club can produce. However, I do understand what you mean as it being a risk with youngsters in terms of consistency and as you've said some teams like Southampton have suffered as a result. But, there are some successes. Look at Arsenal, Manchester utd, west ham and Everton. They produce a lot of youngsters that are given a chance and if they're good enough they play and do well. You could argue that they spend millions by poaching they're younger players from places (not so much the last 2), but so have we have to a lesser extent. Karacan was from wimbledon, pearce from oxford, davies from aldershot, church from wycombe, sigurdsson from iceland, kelly from arsenal and im sure there's more. Anyway, I'm not casting judgement on them or the manager until we are well into the season and I think the best thing we as supporters can do is what we pay for, support our team!
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