08-05-2020, 07:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2020, 07:20 AM by Johnnykayeengland.)
(08-04-2020, 09:45 PM)Duffers Wrote:That comment made me laugh.(08-04-2020, 09:40 PM)ColliersWoodBaggie Wrote:(08-04-2020, 06:32 PM)SW4Baggie Wrote: Not wrong though are they?
With our loan players having returned, Brentford and Fulham probably have stronger squads than both us and Leeds.
Based on current starting XIs there’s not a lot between us and Leeds -but they allegedly have more cash.
Yes they are. We will strengthen. Plus it has been said before and the pundits were wrong. I think we'll be ok. Let's just watch ourselves, fuck the others and the know -nothing pundits. They all thought Brentford were nailed on to go up and they didn't.
Bookies odds are largely reflective of the situation right now, and at this exact moment I’d say we were one of the favourites for the bottom three. Yes, we’ll strengthen but then so will the other 19 teams. Some will buy well, others won’t. Hopefully we’ll be in the first group. Sign a few players and our odds might change slightly, who knows?
Either way calling a betting firm “wankers” for daring to suggest we’ll go down is pretty childish.
Half the comments on here therefore fall into the"childish" category!
Page 3 of most threads is where the name calling starts, and where I, and most of us I guess, switch off.
I've noticed lately more thoughtful comments though.
Which is why it's worth reading.
(08-04-2020, 10:08 PM)Duffers Wrote:(08-04-2020, 10:07 PM)Big Daddy Cool Wrote: If we get 38 points we'll stay up. Let's not worry about other sides.
I worry they’ll get 39 points.
Ah! An Albion fan !
(08-04-2020, 10:12 PM)SW4Baggie Wrote:I'm not very clued up on Fulham and Leeds squads. But Leeds have White on loan, Fulham have Reed, crucial players. Probably others.(08-04-2020, 09:41 PM)billybassett Wrote:(08-04-2020, 06:32 PM)SW4Baggie Wrote: Not wrong though are they?
With our loan players having returned, Brentford and Fulham probably have stronger squads than both us and Leeds.
Based on current starting XIs there’s not a lot between us and Leeds -but they allegedly have more cash.
Not according to our wage bill
Leeds and Fulham have higher wage bills than us...
Ours was £46m last season and was reduced substantially this summer.
Leeds’ was £46m last season and wasn’t...
Fulham’s was well over £100m when they came down, so would expect it’s comfortably above ours again...
(08-04-2020, 09:40 PM)ColliersWoodBaggie Wrote:(08-04-2020, 06:32 PM)SW4Baggie Wrote: Not wrong though are they?
With our loan players having returned, Brentford and Fulham probably have stronger squads than both us and Leeds.
Based on current starting XIs there’s not a lot between us and Leeds -but they allegedly have more cash.
Yes they are. We will strengthen. Plus it has been said before and the pundits were wrong. I think we'll be ok. Let's just watch ourselves, fuck the others and the know -nothing pundits. They all thought Brentford were nailed on to go up and they didn't.
I’m not writing us off, I’m merely saying that out of us, Leeds and Fulham, we probably have the weaker of the 3 squads given we’ve lost 3 first team regulars.
I realise we’ll strengthen, but so will they... and they will be doing so from a stronger starting point, and presumably with more money.
We just have to be far more savvy in the market then they are.
We're all probably in the same boat..