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Albion call off David Vaughan chase
Wednesday 6th July 2011, 1:58PM BST.
Albion today dramatically pulled the plug on their bid to sign midfielder David Vaughan.
The Baggies unexpectedly withdrew from the race to sign the Wales international after a last-minute change of heart by the Hawthorns hierarchy.
Vaughan had been due to deliver his decision to Albion today, following a summer of discussions with several Premier League clubs following his departure from Blackpool.
But the Baggies pre-empted the 28-year-old’s announcement by opting out – a decision that could open the door for new discussions with former Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker.
Albion boss Roy Hodgson is an admirer of Vaughan and the club had held positive discussions with the player over personal terms at the Hawthorns.
But Baggies transfer chiefs – including Hodgson, sporting director Dan Ashworth and chairman Jeremy Peace – have now decided to focus that slice of the playing budget on other targets.
That could yet prompt them to revisit Reo-Coker, after they held intitial talks with his representatives before negotiations went on the back-burner.
The former West Ham captain left Villa as a free agent at the end of last season and is yet to find a new club, despite talks with potential new employers across Europe.
But his wage demands could still pose a problem for Albion, should they decide to make a move.
The latest developments regarding Vaughan are certain to be noted at Wolves and Birmingham, both of whom lodged an interest with the Welshman’s representatives.
Vaughan is not thought to be a priority target for Molineux boss Mick McCarthy while Alex McLeish, the Blues manager who expressed an interest in the player, has since moved to Villa.
Albion are still expected to complete a deal to re-sign Zoltan Gera on a free transfer before the weekend after the 32-year-old held talks and underwent a medical.
And the Baggies are continuing their hunt for a new goalkeeper, amid reports from Poland that Manchester United have slapped a £4million valuation on Tomasz Kuszczak.
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Have it on good authority that we’re putting in a bid for Charlie Adam.
Blackpool keep announcing that they have not received a bid for him and then put a £9m target on him to try and keep him in the news. Yet Liverpool have opted to try and get Downing instead.
Think it’ll probably flush out Spurs since they might lose Modric, but apparently we’re offering £6m for him
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Strange one but a clear strategy from Mr Peace for someone else.
£4m for Kuzcack is ridiculous, why don’t we be done and buy Robert Green for £3m.
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Good decision. By my reckoning we have 21 players in the squad allowing us only 4 more buys and 2 of those will be keepers. I`ve included Gera in the list and excluded czech and Bednar as I presume they will be moved on.
As such we need to buy better than Vaughan, he`s the sort you buy if you`ve just come out the championship.
Our last 2 additions to make our 25 will be a quality striker and a quality midfielder or defender.
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Adam will sign for Liverpool in the next 48 hours!
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Good luck if you can get him but your like us there are about 15 other clubs that might have better pulling power than both of us its sad to say.
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What’s this good authority you claim? No offence but I’m always suspicious when I read something like that. It’s a bit like the guy who claimed to play golf with Shorey and said that he’d confirmed Mulumbu was leaving…utter BS!
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I never understood the interest in Vaughn – he is a good player but certainly no better than Dorrens, Morrison, Cox or even Gera… so where when would he play ??
More interested in Reo-Cocker to back up Mulumbu.
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It does sound like there must be developments elsewhere,otherwise why would you pull out of negotiations so suddenly after talking to the guy through the Summer?
Maybe we’ll get an announcement soon to say someone else has agreed to sign instead.
We could do with a bit of solid action to relieve the current boredom.
As for the ‘transfer rumour’ thread saying Reading want at least 10 mil. for Shane Long,they must be havin’ a laff.
If a championship player who averages 1 goal per 4 games is worth that much,what would you pay for a premiership player who scored 15 goals last season (against the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea),and won ‘prem. player of the month’ twice?
It’s no wonder we look to do business abroad,players over here have overblown value and obscene salaries.
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6 LordsMyShepherd-
The guy who said he plays golf with Shorey happens to have the word ‘wolf’ in his name.
Which explains why he talks BS!
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Disappointing for me, was looking forward to this player (at the right price) because not only a class attacking midfielder, it is lesser known that he is well capable of playing defensive midfield, which he has done at international level, a two for one!
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1,why wud we want charlie adam when he is the same kind of player as dorrans.
as for david vaughan we don’t want him he as messed the club about on which club he wants 2 join let sunderland av him he aint that good anyway dorrans is miles better than him,reo-coker wud be a good signing for the club but the main problem we av is gettin a goalkeeper in there is noway we wud pay 4million for kuscack, go for green or steve harper, or let the break the bank and go and get a decent keeper
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How suspicous is this!
Like people have said, he wasn’t a huge priority so im not hugely disappointed but just what on earth is going on!
What next, we ‘pull the plug’ on the Gera deal. We should sign Gera before this weekend?? They said that last weekend. Think what you want about him, but we also sell Carson with obviously no replacement lined up. We were also told Odemwingie would have signed a new contract within a few days, that was almost a month ago…
Do we keep moving the goalposts on what we have initially agreed/told the player when having these ‘positive talks’ because it seems like we might be saying we have pulled the plug just to save face to me.
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I really rate Vaughan so am slightly disappointed – think he has been a class act over the past couple of seasons for Blackpool. Very much the unsung hero behind Adam and DJ Campbell’s goals. I do not believe a word about the Adam to WBA posting at the top…..
I agree with Happy though that we have enough strength in depth when it comes to centre midfield. Dorrans will be like a new signing this season hopefully. I also agree with Happy that our midfield reinforcement focus should be more towards a defensive midfielder to cover/ challenge Mulumbu. I’m not keen on Reo-Coker though as will demand very big wages compared to the rest of our squad and I question his attitude. Has been disruptive at both West Ham and Villa in the past
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1,charlie adam is a no go he’s off 2 liverpool for silly money,we wudnt sign him he wudnt fit into our squad,the club need 2 pull there fingers out and sign a keeper cos we desperatly need 1,we need 2strikers and 2 defenders and possibly one more midfielder vaughan in fairness wudnt get in the team or the subs bench,the reason we dont want him is cos the club want reo-coker on a free who can help the team much better than vaughan cud
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I get the impression that we are getting the free transfers sorted early so that we can move onto the more time consuming and more difficult task of transfers involving fees. Gera will probably be the last of the free transfers, then onto a keeper, a centre half and a striker.
The sale of Carson and Valero has put some funds into the pot, and the likes of Mattock, Bednar, Miller, and Cech all have a chance of being sold.
I am sure Dan Ashworth and Roy Hodgson have their targets in sight for which the funds will be required through transfer fees.
I am waiting for the day that we sign a European based player who we have never heard of that becomes another star amongst Mulumbu, Odemwingie, Tchoyi, Olsson, and Dorrans.
All the rumours so far have involved mainly English based players and we all know that we have a scouting network that goes far beyond these borders. I would be amazed if we do not see another possible gem signed from abroad.
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Gabriel Heinze……
watch this space
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As for the keeper situation, Harper is too inury prone, i do not see the PIG as too much of an improvement on Carson (especially at £4mill) Rob Green would possibly be a reasonable signing, but the only one that made me say oh yes please was Given, and he has reportedly already ruled out a move to us.
As i have mentioned above, dont be surprised if we see a keeper come in from abroad.
English based, i like Lee Camp, but we havent been linked with him.
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11) Lets not forget Adam got 12 goals last season with a relegated team, that’s one more than Drogba! and puts him only one goal behind Carroll, Hernandez, Kuyt, Malouda and Van Der Vaart, imagine what he could do with a class team, although I do admit 9 mill is too high.
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Cantello, How can you be bored? I would have thought you’d have plenty to do being a new house husband, honing your cooking skills etc.
I’ve stopped worrying about Max, he’s escaped from Sandwell Valley and is beginning to sharpen his tongue.
Hope you are well,I am.
Adéu
PS. Are you joining me next season or have you decided to play safe?
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David Vaughan is too diminutive for my liking. Lets concentrate on a couple of keepers and a tall striker. I believe our midfield is strong enough. Remember, Roy is with us from the outset this term.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
P.S. I don’t think the Dingles are numpties. They realise what they have, isn’t good enough.
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Surprised , he was on a free.
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Being reported else where that Adam had met Albion medical team???? perhaps there’s more to this then meets the eye.
Bargain of the day Earnies gone to Cardiff on a free, good luck son.
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22) Correction, Vaughan had met medical team.
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beevower.
I wouldn’t worry about JP paying anybody wages that are not in line with the rest of the squad,they sign on his terms not theirs.
He might make an exception for Messi though!
Bomber.
You’re just like my donkey’s,give ‘em some carrots and they want more and more.
DA etc have spoilt ya, give you one Mulumbu or Odemwingie and you want more and more, now calm down you’re getting too excited!
Adéu
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20) I have to disagree with you about Vaughan being too diminutive, as we don’t exactly have a team of amazonians in our midfield and defence, being 6 foot 2 myself, which is pretty average now days, a lot of the team to me are “munchkins” but doesn’t seem to hinder them,
Morrison 5’10
Thomas 5’10
Dorrans 5’9
Mulumbu 5’10
Jara 5’10
Shorey 5’9
Olsson on the other hand, 6’4, flipping huge!
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It was reported that Kiley had put on his twitter thingy lol…that he is very excited by the prospects over the next week and to watch this space.. then he added later he is working off facts and not speculation ….read into that it sounds like we have some decent signing lined up
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Cantello (8)
I think we have all been of the opinion, for several years, that financially, football has indeed gone mad.
The fee being quoted for Shane Long, has now propelled this madness into sanity oblivion.
The recent dealings have pushed it into this state, £20M for Jordan Henderson !!!!!
£16M for Connor Whickham, it makes it even more laughable and devoid of reality when you hear figures of £4M being bandied about for Mulumbu.
Football will surely implode if this madness is allowed to continue.
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19 Kev-
I said it needs something to relieve the boredom in general (I think there were about nine stories before this one that had nothing to them or didn’t allow comments).
I never get bored meself,because I’ve now got the home,the wife,and a 17 year-old pet dog to look after,plus a load of hobbies,and Jeremy Kyle on the telly.
Max pops up for a quick post,then disappears for weeks.
It’s like those Japanese snipers hiding in the jungle,that thought the war was still on years after it finished,and could only be seen sticking their head up from time to time.
I had a good think about the seat,but because I sit in the East Stand on the half way line,facing the TV cameras,me missus wants to see me on the telly,because as you know she kits me out,so she likes to see me wearing one of her creations on the box.
But I’ll still see you in the Vine before the games so you can buy me a pint and chicken tikka.
Glad that you’re well,see you next month
Adeu.
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Oh dear oh dear. Another one slipped through the net eh ?
Almost done and dusted, when, and picture the scene, JP says,, ” What due mean, he wants triple the minimum wage, not on my watch.”
I cant help but hear “Queen singing Another one bites the dust” as i type this.
Still, all is not lost. Them couple of frebies from Ipswich or wherever, and Gera hobbling back may be enough.
As most clubs build from the back, aint it a goalie you need first ?
It would be a start.
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26 The Real Baggie Boy-
are you sure Kiely wasn’t getting excited about the fact that he starts getting his state pension next week?
He phoned Jody Craddock up to say he’ll meet him in the post office queue………
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29 Lonely-
the problem is that,when you cruise to a comfortable mid-table position,all you need is a bit of ‘fine tuning’.
The players we’ve signed so far are just replacements for the reserve guys that we released.
On the other hand,over in wulferhampton,it’s not just the old mol. that needs to be completely re-built,is it?
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Direct from dean kiely’s twitter: “Very excited about the next 7/10 days at the Baggies, if it all falls into place then WOW!!! Fingers crossed everyone!!!” …
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Charlie Adam ??? Gabriel Heinze ???? may as well throw Fabregas, Nasri and Tevez into the mix as well .
Oh well off to sharpen me bayonet , BANZAI !!!!.
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28, Rocket, Whats all this ? Retiring at your relatively young age ? This is not good mucker ! Once you have nowt to get up for anymore things go downhill faster than Klaus meyer on speed.
You cant sit at home watching the telly allday pal, what you need is summet to do ;
How about putting your name down at the Hawthorns for novelty/celebrity ball-boy ?
I can see it now as a feature at the end of match-of-the-day (just before the Albion game )
You, with your 5″ platform boots, stuck-on porkchop sidies, and a top hat with shiney stars on it, throwing the ball back with the crowd singing “Mama were all crazy now”
Could put Albion on the map.
Have a think about it.
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Funnily enough I’ve heard a few people mention Heinze as he’s on a free and with his experience would be fantastic signing for one, possibly 2 seasons…but then I imagine he’d want astronomical wages seeing as it would be his last pay day.
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Been following DK’s twitter for the last few weeks and he seems more and more excited by the day about possible signings! I get the feeling we’ll be bagging a couple of names that haven’t been mentioned yet but will really make people sit up and realise we mean business…hopefully!
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34 lonely-
when you say I’m ‘relatively’ young,is that in comparison to you,when you told us you were 127 earlier?
Like I said,I don’t get bored,but the place I worked at for 20 odd years had to close down,because they mistook it for the old mol.,and slammed a bulldozer into it.
It’s not a bad idea of yours though.
I’ve still got some platforms I’ve kept since the 70′s.
They were state-of-the-art at the time.
Genuine PVC,trendy wet-look (although that was usually after visiting the Men’s Room just before closing time),and WOODEN platforms.
They just need a re-varnish and woodworm treatment.
If I can get a Abe Lincoln hat,I’ve got some old shiny CD’s I can stick on it…….hmmmmmm.
You know,Noddy was a real fashion icon.Big hair,loud voice,multi-coloured suits,big platforms,red bracers.
It’s good to know that the people of his home town,wolverhampton,still wear the same clothes in honour of him……….
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37, Rocket. Class act you pal. Dont think ive ever had the last word with you. Respect !
If you are ever at a lose end and need to kill a day ill take you fishin if you want. Show you how its done proper. Broke me PB a couple of weeks back in France. Propper fish.
Great SOH Rocket.
Cant wear your Albion top though. Put the fish off.
PS. Nice body swerve earlier. I wouldnt want to sit next to Kev either. Haha.
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What a damned shame.
As ‘We only need one half’ so astutely pointed out, we could have done with a commanding defender who could have also nicked headed goals off corners and free kicks.
Oh well maybe we’ll beat the dingles to Ridgewell. Whatcher think One Half ?
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Have it on good authority that we’re putting in a bid for Mickey Adams
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YEEEEEEEE HAAA!!!!!
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29. Lone wolf more stupid remarks.
You make us all laugh though.
The club pulled out, not the player refused.
There is a diference.
See all your targets have come to your great club.
lol NOT.
Now remember last pre-season, nearly everyone was moaning and being impatient.
JP,RH,DA and their team know what’s going on and who they want to get, for the good of the club,team and supporters.
I’m happy just to sit it out and wait for formal announcements, as and when, even if it’s the last day of transfer activity.
Knowing that everything has been done in the correct manner, for the good of the club.
BAGGIESBAGGIESBAGGIES
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All Alone.
Go on give it a try, just for the Man U game, I’ll buy the ticket, let me know as quick as you can before the seats by me are snapped up.
We could meet up in the Vine,I’m sure we’ll have some fun,I promise I won’t tell anybody who you are.
Adéu
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38 lonely-
thanks for ‘bigging me up’,as those jolly young types say today,but I only get the inspiration because of your funny and challenging posts,which as you may have noticed from the feedback,entertain most of the guys over this side.
Are you sure you’re really a wulf?
Anyway,before it descends into back-slapping,shouldn’t we be talking about football and biting each others heads off?
Maybe next month we can get down to the serious insults and name calling……
p.s.- appreciate the offer to go fishing,but spending hours looking at a bite-alarm would drive me mad,and send me cross-eyed.
As a match angler,I’m more used to checking me watch,and wondering how much stoppage time’s left to catch a last minute,match-winning roach or bream.
And non-anglers think it’s boring……….
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My brothers in blue and white what are your views on fulhams David Stockdale? I personally would love to see him down the hawthorns…
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Ishmael sold, number 15? Who is going to buy him? Bristol Rovers? He will be our most difficult player to shift at £18,000 a week, with three years remaining on his contract. I know Peace is a wonder on the transfer market, but If he gets rid of him for even half a million, given his current salary level, he will have achieved a minor miracle. Either that, or Ishmael starts putting in the work, pre-season, quits the club scene and starts showing he wants to become a top professional footballer again.
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I’m sure Deano would have needed permission to post important ‘maybes’ on his Twitter site. WE would not be in a panic about goalkeepers had we been more accommodating with the one just gone. Now we are looking at similar ones for more cash and MUCH older!
Daft I call it. Cash could have been spent on a centre forward because I am now getting quite concerned that St.Peter’s demands, (or his agent’s) are stalling his new contract.
In my opinion he would be foolish to pee in his own bed after being warm and comfortable.
That soon gets cold and uncomfortable. Modern football and its money grabbing gets on my bosom. Not that I have much.
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One Half,
Olsson 6’4″
Pablo 6’4″
Tchoi 6’3″
Bednar 6’3″
Scharner 6’3″
Miller 6’3″
Myhill 6’3″
Wood 6’2″
Tamas 6’2″
Thorne 6’2″
Cech 6’1″
Brunt 6’1″
Reid 6’1″
Osaze 6’0″
As underdog says “Not so diminutive now, are we?”.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
P.S. Might have missed some.
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Liam Ridgewell would be a good aquisition. Oh, and he is 6’2″.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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39) What I think is that anyone who can play in a position at international level should be able to replicate it at domestic level, wouldn’t you agree. What is your obsession with height? were you happy slapped by a dwarf or something? I fail to see what size has to do with it, given the height of current team I have already pointed out. I wouldn’t care if they were 4’3 as long as they can do the job. Presumably with you in charge, given the chance, we would have turned down forwards such as Maradona 5’5, Pele 5’8, Bobby Charlton 5’8, or Keegan 5’8 because at that size they couldn’t possibly have been any good as forwards could they? Tevez at 5’8 and Messi at 5’6 must be rubbish too, is that what you are claiming? I mean at those heights they couldnt possibly “have also nicked headed goals off corners and free kicks” as you put it. As for other modern players, Xavi Hernandez 5’7, Iniesta 5’7, Sneijder 5’7, Fabregas 5’9 or Ribery 5’7, all too short by your logic. Pity, Ashley Cole at 5’9 wont want to come now has he heard he is too short to possibly play a defensive role isn’t he?
How long have you been waiting in the wings to get that in by the way? was it worth it? (rhetorical question) don’t recall you commenting on anything else recently, so one must assume just some one I have upset at some point trying an allyarse to be clever, trust me, its not working, I suggest you come back when you “actually” have something to contribute or original to say. The floor is yours.
p.s. not bad for a selection of “midgets” are they?
p.p.s. knowing how obsessed you are with spelling mistakes (Hughton not Houghton) if I have miss read you, and you mean Vaughn and not Vaughan, yes, at 5′ 10, he was too short to play Napoleon Solo.
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46. Where has the figure of 18k a week come from for Miller. Have you had this confirmed or has this been suggested in the press?
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43, Kev, If the offer is a serous one (which i doubt ) thanks. Let me check me diary first before you spend the fiver it takes to buy a ticket at your place.
Im not a scaredy-cat by any stretch of the imagination, but the thought of having me cover blown in the Vine, or even worse, the brummie road end does worry me.
Im too young to die and i fear my death would not be an easy one. I can see it now ,, Impalled on a blunt spike on the centre circle at half time.
PS. I do actually hope Albion beat MUFC.
After all, it cant be that hard to do,, we did it. :)
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All Alone
Completely serious, but please don’t judge all football supporters by the standards you are used too,not personally I’m sure.
I can personally guarantee your well being and assure you it will only be jovial banter,in the Vine and in the Brummie.
I won’t be announcing your arrival by shouting it from the rooftops, just a hand shake and a kick in the rollocks,Ha Ha! I’m sure you’ve got more chance of being injured by me in my excitement at the match or Cantello’s demonstration of his fly fishing prowess in the Vine.
Adéu
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52 Lonely-
I don’t know about you being ‘impaled on a blunt spike’ on the centre circle.
It’s more likely that you’d be ‘knocked senseless by a Brunt strike’ from the centre circle.
(where do I get them from?…and I haven’t woke up yet…..)
And yes,we can beat Man.U.,if,like wolves,we catch them with key players missing,and completely off form.
p.s.- if you knew Kev like me,you’d know he IS serious about the ticket-but you’d have to pay him back a quid a week.
Now what station’s Jeremy Kyle on?………
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Everybody knows its easy to beat Manure at the begining of the season we did it when they were on a record run !!
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The Vaughan deal as some have already alluded to, has most probably fallen through due to wage his demands. Though somebody has mentioned there could be a big signing imminent, which is an interesting point, after all our work in the transfer market is understated in the main.
By the way Lonely, ignore those having a pop at you, your posts are welcome on here. Personally I’m loving the banter between Lone, CR78, and Kev. Why else would anyone want their daytime TV viewing interrupted!
Boing Boing!!
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55 kenny’s foot-
yes,you did beat them,and one or two of the other top clubs.
It was just the other 30-odd games that you had trouble with,wasn’t it?
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Relax people, last year we were linked with all and sundry, Djemba-Djemba all but signed….didn’t sign….nobody knows why…..we went on to sign Scharner, Odemwingie etc etc.
TRBB mention’s Dean Kiely’s Twitter, he makes a point of saying the target list (for a keeper at least) has been well and truly drafted for weeks. People will be working on it, but I imagine it’s difficult to conclude stuff with most of the football world on holiday/whilst clubs are waiting to replace the players they’re getting rid of.
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JtH
I don’t want to cast doubt on your height post as I’m sure you’ve researched it and most of them seem believable, BUT I’m 6 ft 1 and I stood next to Marek Cech at the Old Trafford turnstile last season. I don’t think I was wearing CR78′s platform boots, but I could be wrong…..
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58 Warren-
I said at the end of last season that we’d need to be patient,because these things do take time.
As you say,Peter O.,Scharner,Tchoyi(maybe others??)signed in August,just before the deadline.
I suppose Vaughan is a typical example of ‘the system’,that is if a player has some ability,and more than one club are interested,he will sit back and carefully choose what suits HIM,and his agent will play clubs off each other to secure the best possible deal.
In this case,you feel that either Vaughan wanted terms that Albion weren’t willing to match,or another more promising alternative may now be in the pipeline?
Either way,as I’ve said before,I can’t think of better people than JP,RH,and DA sorting out these potential transfer deals.
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50 One Half
But how many of them played centre back which was your original statement ?
Looks like the dingles or Eric Houghton are going to get him now.
PS Over 250 words…. hmmm ! your cage has been well and truly rattled
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One Half,
In answer to your reply to (39) Peace in the valley. Vaughan at 5’5″ is too diminutive. The names you list are all taller than him. Also I thought we were on about AlBION players. Hope we don’t sign a 5’5″ keeper.
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Warren,
I just took Cech’s height from his pen picture, pal.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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61) and being Welsh and short as a negative was your original statement, so your point is.
Its nice you take so much interest in my posts to the point of counting the words, now that’s devotion, as for my cage being rattled I think you will find I was correcting you (again) would you prefer I just ignore you?
p.s. still nothing original or interesting to write I see?
62) He is 5’7, not 5’5, and I say it again, if hes good enough at international level whats his height got to do with it? its simple, can he do it, yes/no?, and we are talking about Albion players, I was making the point that P.I.V., given the option, would have turned down Maradona simply on the grounds he is 5’5 (and foreign presumably?) as for your post at 48) listing all the players we have over 6 foot, what is the relevance in this context? P.I.V. was stating that because he was 5’7 (and Welsh?) he couldn’t possibly play for us in a defensive midfield role, even though he has at international level, if we are to judge players merely by how many inches tall they are Peter Crouch would be the best forward in the Prem, where as we both know he clearly is not.
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63 One half
Give me the moonlight, give me a leg up at corners and free kicks, and leave the rest to me
Counted your words ? do me a favour, how conceited are you !
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Wee Tommy Magee was only 5ft 2 and a half inches tall – our smallest player, ever – and won a League Championship medal in 1920 and an FA Cup Final medal in 1931. He also played 400 games for us and had five England caps. We called him the Mighty Atom. But, then again, if outfield players reached six feet in those days they were “giants.” I am not sure that tiny players can now make the same long-term impact. Good luck to Vaughan, though, wherever he ends up.
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64) Oh I do apologies, when you said you had counted my words (61) I took as read it you dont tell lies, my mistake. Still nothing actually football related to talk about I see, well that’s ok too, I can shoot the breeze with you all day.
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One Half,
Stand corrected on David Vaughan’s height, But he is still two inches shorter than the ALBION players you mention. The only thing height has to do with it is, you mentioned ALBION’s smaller players, so I had a look at the bigger picture just to balance your statement. No insult intended to anyone.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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67) non taken my friend, you made my think though, small keepers, Jorge Campos, 5’6, I would have took him in his day, he wouldnt have satisfied P.I.V. though, as although a goalkeeper, and scored 14 goals in one season for Puma’s,if P.I.V. had been in charge would never have been allowed?????
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Billy Dane was only 4’10″ and 12 years old but he put his magic boots on and was unstoppable…. so maybe David vaughan has some magic boots too – ever think of that ???
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53, Kev, Your very kind offer is much appreciated and your further offer of being me minder i know holds water, cus ive seen the size of you in that photo. With you fists of “ham joints”, and size, i would feel reasonably safe. ( mind you, anybody would look tall stood next to Rocket.)
Me Wolves mates think im mad for even concidering it and remind me that Wolves are playing on the 13th aswell. ( they stay over at mine when we play in the north west )
So on this occasion, with it being the first day of the new season, which we are all gagging for to start, i am going to have to decline. This time.
I still aint sure you are only winding me up, (cus God knows i deserve it ) And i thought i got up your nose more than most, but i can only read the words as i see them, so if you were serious, then i would love to on another occasion. Thanks again.
Adeu.
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Now Happy, Don’t know about magic boots, but the wolves have all the CLOGS.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Lone, we all know you are a Baggyboy at heart, but you really have to watch The Wulfies on opening day. We don’t mind, honestly. There’s a chance we’ll be on TV anyway so you could get to see both and be as confused as ever as to who you love most. Better to have TWO girlfriends than none.
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