Well done Brighton

[usedtobeshearer]

Can you honestly tell me who he was after and what his targets were worth in transfer fees and wages on offer?

Nobody Wilf. ..Joselu was his first choice as the new main striker...
He didn't want a new keeper..wasn't mentioned once!

Manquillo was his first choice as defensive reinforcement.

He didn't want a new No.10.

He really didn't want another midfielder.

Or MAYBE...none of that is true! Is the end of the summer transfer window too far away for your little brain to remember?

How about January? Did Rafa get who he wanted then? Oh I forgot...you and pboro have decided players didn't join because of Rafa, not your beloved Ashley!

[ghostrider]

Nobody Wilf. ..Joselu was his first choice as the new main striker...
He didn't want a new keeper..wasn't mentioned once!

Manquillo was his first choice as defensive reinforcement.

He didn't want a new No.10.

He really didn't want another midfielder.

Or MAYBE...none of that is true! Is the end of the summer transfer window too far away for your little brain to remember?

How about January? Did Rafa get who he wanted then? Oh I forgot...you and pboro have decided players didn't join because of Rafa, not your beloved Ashley!

So you basically don't know who he was after as his first choices, right?

[usedtobeshearer]

So you basically don't know who he was after as his first choices, right?

No I don't. ...I do know that what he ended up with were not his first choices, because he's stated so!

[ghostrider]

No I don't. ...I do know that what he ended up with were not his first choices, because he's stated so!

What exactly did he say?

[pboromag]

Even just a quick google shows that they have:

Two we came up with
Brighton: £57.7 Million
Huddersfield: £50.7 Million

Because they are mentioned
Bournemouth: £31.8 Million

Us:£39.6 Million

So i'll grant you that Bournemouth, this season haven't invested more heavily than us but they were already a premier league side who needed tweaking rather than overhaul. Hence them spending £20 million on Ake.

I'd also point out that both Brighton and Huddersfield spent over £15 million on buying strikers.

what a stupid comparison
look how much we invested the season before and the season before that compared to them

we came up as champions aand had a squad of probabaly 5-6 premier players the

there managers are better and have adapted better to the prem than rafa there managers get more from their players
their managers go out and attack
their managers are not affraid of defat and having a go

they spennt that money just to catch us up from the previous seasons

[pboromag]

No I don't. ...I do know that what he ended up with were not his first choices, because he's stated so!

not many mangers get first choices

many wouldnt want to play for rafa
if you was a striker would you
knowing you would mostly be asked to defend and that chances would be limited

so he isnt going to get his firt choice striker

its pathetic that anyone would think rafa hasnt had a hand in all that has come in

he bithches like a stuffed pig when he doesnt get his way and keeps threatening to walk

and why let mitro go
did he not cost more than 15 mill

[pboromag]

You've got to be a bit sad to have multiple accounts on the same forum by the way.

you have fallen into the same trap as ll the others when they loose an argument to ghost
start the accusations of multi users etc

how very sad
you were doing so well

[HughieG]

you have fallen into the same trap as ll the others when they loose an argument to ghost
start the accusations of multi users etc

how very sad
you were doing so well

I agree, those accusations have nowt to do with nowt and usually do no good. And they're not particularly convincing in a debate situation.

However, I disagree with all the cr@p you're talking about Rafa. You and Ghost may not be the same users, but you're equally naive; if one of you were the manager of our club, we'd lose every match 6 or 7 - 0 because you always "want to give it a go". Rafa did the only thing he could against Liverpool and for some it looked like we could mayyyybe get away with something. But the best attackers in Europe were too good for us.

There are many ways of trying to get back into a game lads; you seem to think that if Rafa doesn't do it your way then he's wrong. If he had gone all out attacking we'd of lost 5 or 6 - 0 without a doubt. We tried to take advantage on the counter, and that was the sensible thing to do. So have some sense.

I agree letting Mitro go was a mistake though.

[Jammy89]

If we'd of lost 4 or 5 - 0 then they'd be on here complaining that Rafa was supposed to be a defensive manager where was the defence.

They won't be happy till we go down so they can blame Rafa for that, if we stay up they'll give credit to everybody except Rafa.

[HughieG]

If we'd of lost 4 or 5 - 0 then they'd be on here complaining that Rafa was supposed to be a defensive manager where was the defence.

They won't be happy till we go down so they can blame Rafa for that, if we stay up they'll give credit to everybody except Rafa.

I suspect you're on the money here.