absolutely but to expect us to get all of our targets is a tad naive. So considering we need 8 we would have to be in discussions with at least double that i would say? 

 

which takes me back to my original point. At some point in the next week or 2 at the most it then purely becomes a numbers game 

 

Ken isn't naive, I'm sure he has plan A, B and C for all eventualities.

 

He's a good track record of making things happen.

 

Like I say, if we start re-signing those we released, that is when it looks a problem in my view. 

Ken isn't naive, I'm sure he has plan A, B and C for all eventualities.

 

He's a good track record of making things happen.

 

Like I say, if we start re-signing those we released, that is when it looks a problem in my view. 

 

i dont mean Ken, i mean anyone who thinks that because we have primary targets we will be signing them.

 

3 weeks until the window closes, 4 weeks until the season starts, we need 8 players for the 1st team. The next week / 2 weeks at the most needs 90% of that business done for me 

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i dont mean Ken, i mean anyone who thinks that because we have primary targets we will be signing them.

 

3 weeks until the window closes, 4 weeks until the season starts, we need 8 players for the 1st team. The next week / 2 weeks at the most needs 90% of that business done for me 

 

8 for the first team squad maybe. Not 8 for the first team at West Brom. 

Think the 8 players figure is confusing things.

If West Brom was tomorrow we could field an okay team

 

Alnwick

Little wheater beevers taylor

Vela Lowe Turk

Noone donaldson amoebi

 

Buckley, turner, Darby, buckley, alf, hall.

 

Might be unbalanced etc but it’s a team.

 

Suspect we’ll get 5 before start of the season

ok ive missed squad off my posts. obviously we would line a team up if the game was tomorrow 

 

point still remains, 8 players needed in 3 weeks to make us competitive. Not only for the first game but to get us through to January.

 

As i said in my first post the worry is if the majority of that isnt done pretty sharpish we are then panicking and bringing in people we may not necessarily have wanted but we need to fill out the squad

 

i thought that was pretty self explanatory. obviously not 

ok ive missed squad off my posts. obviously we would line a team up if the game was tomorrow 

 

point still remains, 8 players needed in 3 weeks to make us competitive. Not only for the first game but to get us through to January.

 

As i said in my first post the worry is if the majority of that isnt done pretty sharpish we are then panicking and bringing in people we may not necessarily have wanted but we need to fill out the squad

 

i thought that was pretty self explanatory. obviously not 

 

Loans can be done up till the end of August. By season start I'd say we need another centre mid, centre back, left back and a proper striker. Absolute musts. 

 

That is 4 signings. We could then use 4 loans to provide other cover, sign some utility players etc....

Transfer window closes 9 August not end of this month

Transfer window closes 9 August not end of this month

End of the month for loans.

Loans can be done up till the end of August. 

 

Transfer window closes 9 August not end of this month

 

absolutely zero concerns then

On a scale of 1 to 10 

 

Where 1 is - "not giving a fucking fuck about signings at the moment"

and 10 is - "Rabidly salivating and fuming at our current size"

 

Id put myself at 2.

 

Ive only just jumped on the "its coming home" band waggon and thought Jesse Lingaard was Danish until two weeks before world cup........

 

#lowerleaguelife

On a scale of 1 to 10 

 

Where 1 is - "not giving a fucking fuck about signings at the moment"

and 10 is - "Rabidly salivating and fuming at our current size"

 

Id put myself at 2.

 

Ive only just jumped on the "its coming home" band waggon and thought Jesse Lingaard was Danish until two weeks before world cup........

 

#lowerleaguelife

im bobbing around the 2-3 mark

 

But with everyone potentially wrapped up in the World Cup for the next week fingers crossed if there hasnt been anything concrete from the club by then id be at a 4-5 

The players we are looking at won’t be wrapped up in the World Cup other than watching at home like the rest of us

The players we are looking at won’t be wrapped up in the World Cup other than watching at home like the rest of us

 

i dont mean players we're looking at. Whilst the club will no doubt be working on things, peoples attention certainly tomorrow and mid week will be in Russia then bang another week has rolled by with not much progress made 

i dont mean players we're looking at. Whilst the club will no doubt be working on things, peoples attention certainly tomorrow and mid week will be in Russia then bang another week has rolled by with not much progress made 

 

Ha, imagine Monday morning with no further signing news and England having been beaten. BWFC Twitter will be in full on meltdown. 

BWFC Twitter will be in full on meltdown. 

 

always is but at least the Twitter idiots have their attention elsewhere at the moment. Hope LA is bracing himself for when we do get knocked out

Wasn't it mentioned we was close to 2signings this week or am I imagining it.

Wasn't it mentioned we was close to 2signings this week or am I imagining it.

 

yeh i think they said they were hoping to make an announcement by the end of the week. or words to that effect 

yeh i think they said they were hoping to make an announcement by the end of the week. or words to that effect

The 2 targets are still involved in World Cup action maybe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

????

Wasn't it mentioned we was close to 2signings this week or am I imagining it.

The BN said that. Ken said they were ‘making progress’,

The 2 targets are still involved in World Cup action maybe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kane and Maguire I heard. Contracts all done just waiting for them to sign when they come home.

The 2 targets are still involved in World Cup action maybe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aye Neymar and Modric said talks will only open as their respective teams go out.

The 2 targets are still involved in World Cup action maybe?

 

It's hard to lock the fuckers in the hotel til they sign if they're in Russia

Howard signed for Blackpool

 

started off strongly but for some reason never recovered to those levels after injury

 

still played his part in promotion and staying up, so good luck to him

I'd say I'm 5. We need a lot of bodies. I don't think anyone can dispute it would be better if we had more bodies in now for full pre season.

 

I fear late arrivals for numbers of that magnitude could well mean another slow start.

I'd say I'm 5. We need a lot of bodies. I don't think anyone can dispute it would be better if we had more bodies in now for full pre season.

 

I fear late arrivals for numbers of that magnitude could well mean another slow start.

 

I suspect its more important we get the right ones rather than sign them in a specific timeframe. Sure it would be better to have them already done. But equally if we have to wait for the right players, better that then ones who are average.