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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Luke Dowling
« on: June 15, 2021, 11:57:30 AM »
Glad he's gone. Never liked him. Did a Terrible job. Timing of departure is a nightmare!
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This is just not true and will be proven so when the decision is finally made.
We are second favourites for the Championship, with a healthy budget and strong squad, can we please get a bit of perspective.
My view is the club has choice it can relax it's criteria or choose from the available list it isn't a question of what I think it should do I am merely defining the universe in which effective choice exists. Yes we could choose Rafa but that is right up there with me choosing to date a super model not in the universe of my dating choices.
We’ve blinked. We’ll most probably have to blink again. This guy better be good if he arrives. Have we ever had such a drawn out transfer?
No...they absolutely need the money more.
Why do you go by the user name of Mr Cynical ?
Well Arsenal’s young striker Balogun is available for sale. He’s a risk as he doesn’t have first team experience but he won’t sign a new contract but he is very highly rated.
Sheff utd and Brentford put in low bids that were rejected circa 3m.
Arsenal apparently want 8m só surely a deal to be done. Maybe King/Deeney along with Balogun.
https://www.google.pt/amp/s/www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/folarin-balogun-sheffield-united-profile-18946905.amp
Give the lad a chance, stop getting on his back at every opportunity and see how he grows.
Here we go again , negative Albion fans.
The fans must be the most moaning and negative in the country. Fans were asking for signings and now we have got some very good signings. What more can the club do .
I cannot believe the negativity around this club.
Well keep all your negative thoughts to yourself .
I'm finished with these boards and all the negativity around them. I like to be around positive people.
The next couple of weeks are absolutely massive to our season.
Thanks Baggie82
My point was to try and do a deal with Sporting which says if we do go up we will have a set price of say 11million to purchase him (in hindsight if we do get promoted he will have played a part in that and the club would probably look to do a deal at that point - obviously having access to a larger budget). If we don't go up then the 'obligatory buy' doesn't kick in.
It's a way of trying to please Sporting with a higher amount if we do get promoted, but covering ourselves if we don't get promoted and don't have the budget to cover those costs.
Initial reports suggested the fee would be 'undisclosed'.
Unsure if anyone noticed Chris Lepkowski's twitter contribution a couple of days ago. In response to Matt Wilson's article about Bilic coming out publicly to say we need to get a move on, he said:
"Absolutely no surprise to read this. Dowling is a big problem. We are in danger of having another McDonough situation. Worse, decimating the academy - including ridiculous house rules to p*** off remaining staff - destroying goodwill, interfering with recruitment. Problems await.
Big issues. Academy staff marginalised, not allowed to use same entrance or canteen as first-team staff. Kids being told they're not important, crass language in front of visitors/agents/parents/female staff. I'm really not sure Dowling is the bloke we want as Tech Director
And I know people might say: 'Well it's only the academy'. But this permeates throughout. It isn't healthy. Forest couldn't wait to get rid of the bloke. Yet we took him on. Hope we know what we're doing.
Above all else, recall issues we had under McDonough. Needed a massive overhaul behind the scenes by absent owner. JP just about wrestled the club back onto the straight and narrow. Will Lai & his associates know any of this? Everything I hear about Dowling smacks of McDonough
If you are oly reading the Bilic bit then you're getting it wrong. If we don't resolve issue soon, then it doesn't matter who the boss is, we will keep picking up pieces. Bilic is a good appointment. If we p*** him off, we will p*** off his successors off too. Get it right now."
Interesting to note. I said on here in Jan/Feb I was uncomfortable with the early sings as his way or working was not how the best directors work. Can't see him lasting how things are going. He is making a complete mess. Awful appointment.
Not being rude BUT ......
I couldn't give a fig about Bowler or the programme or anything else that detracts from the fact that WE NEED QUALITY PLAYERS BROUGHT IN - NOW!
I'm about as patient a fan as it gets (maybe) but even I'm getting inebriated off now.
This is something that needed doing at the start of last season.