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Is Burey an upgrade on Mills? No
Given that Stanley Mills has a significant knee injury, I would say you're wrong.
Is Burey an upgrade on Mills? No
Yes pompey have injuries like ours but the difference is they can grind out resultsWe've brought in three players this window - Burey, Cumming, Goodwin (I'm not counting Edwards).
As of today, that's more than Pompey, Derby, Barnsley, Blackpool, Bolton or Peterborough. Bolton haven't signed anyone! Of the other teams near the top, only Stevenage have done as much business as us.
Yes, we have some injuries, but so do many of the others. Pompey's injury list is every bit as bad as ours.
So how come the narrative is still that we're the ones who are slow off the mark compared to the competition?
Yes, some of our business will happen at the end of the window. So will everyone's - that's January!
Does anyone actually know what our budget was exactly? People say âTop 6 Budgetâ or â3rd biggest budget this seasonâ but how much is that? Have we spent it all? How much more than the others below are we?We sit in the playoffs and itâs way above our levelâŚ
Can you remind me what our budget is this season.
Having a Top Six, maybe top Four, budget is all well and good, but much of that was spent by Karl Robinson so it isnât really a fair gauge of where we should finish.We sit in the playoffs and itâs way above our levelâŚ
Can you remind me what our budget is this season.
Does anyone actually know what our budget was exactly? People say âTop 6 Budgetâ or â3rd biggest budget this seasonâ but how much is that? Have we spent it all? How much more than the others below are we?
We may be a Top 6 budget, but that doesnât equal instant success. We had a HUGE rebuild at the start of the season, to basically replace a relegation battling squad. Ed Waldron said it would take 3 windows to get it done. Weâre 1 and a bit through, and theyâve done a superb job.
Coming into the season there was 100% 6 other clubs you could expect to finish higher than us this year, the current 5 above us and Iâd say Blackpool also.
With our so called huge budget it would be easy to build a team that challenges the top 6, by signing the likes of JCH and other players of that age and profile, but where does that put us in 2/3 years time when theyâre aging on huge money, needing to be offloaded.
I think, everyone at the club has done a fantastic job on rebuilding a side that just survived last year, into one we can believe in and could get top 6 even more if the correct names come in still.
People moan, whatâs the point? We lose a game MELTDOWN. Just back the club for doing and good job, we canât have it all our way
Heâs not listeningOi Tim, do us a favour and get the planning application in and a fans forum sorted.
Best wishes,
EC.
Wouldnât hold your breathI wonder who will be announced today .
But didnât DB say 6 incoming this window and even by his own maths weâve only had 5 so farâŚ..Wouldnât hold your breath
Burns and Chaplin are not CFs. It's like suggesting that Ruben and Mills were strikers.Not such an issue when you already have Hirst, Jackson, Chaplin, Broadhead and Burns as options to play there mind, as opposed to us having *checks notes* Harris.
OM this morning saying Des doesn't feel he needs any reinforcements in midfield....
Maybe this is one reason Kip didn't get the vacant managers job at CharltonBurns and Chaplin are not CFs. It's like suggesting that Ruben and Mills were strikers.
Hirst is injured- and has been their main striker all season.
Ladipo and Jackson have been the back up strikers and Ladipo has been deemed not good enough.
So I can see why Ipswich need a striker.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!Yes just reading the OM
With our injuries, I think we've done well.Yes pompey have injuries like ours but the difference is they can grind out results
not once has he said by this weekendYes just reading the OM slightly depressing, gone from in by this weekend to now before the window ends. And happy with the midfield, it works against average teams but not against the best teams ,let's hope for good signings. And hopefully a good end to the season ,but we have got a great chance of the play offs we aren't going up automatically Peterborough, Derby ,Bolton or Portsmouth will fill those slots ,but we have got the chance of the play offs which gives you more chance of attracting players for next season. So can't see anyone coming in today .
Big big mistake.Technically we don't if we're going to settle for mid table this season.