Albion in talks over Ben Foster move
Thursday 21st July 2011, 12:00PM BST.
Albion wrapped up their United States tour today with a win as boss Roy Hodgson confirmed the club are in talks over signing Ben Foster.
Reports suggest Birmingham could allow the goalkeeper to move on loan.
Boss Hodgson confirmed discussions have been held between the clubs over the 28-year-old former England international, who is the Baggies’ top goalkeeping target.
And sources close to St Andrew’s today claimed Blues will release Foster on loan for the season to remove him from their wage bill as they count the cost of relegation to the Championship.
Hodgson said: “I am aware of our interest in Ben Foster but I am not aware of how far down the line we are with our negotiations with Birmingham, so I can’t make any comments on that.
“But Ben Foster is a goalkeeper who interests us and, if we can get him to West Bromwich Albion on loan or on a permanent deal, that would be something we would be very happy about.”
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sign him, shane long and Owen hargreaves please
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Smart move, takes the urgency out of our way, and if Birmingham are promoted they still have a fist class keeper. Suits everybody.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Hope it can be a permenant deal as I do rate him quite highly. But in saying that maybe that will give us more clout in other areas.
If we sign Ben Foster and Owen Hargreaves then I can’t fault the board one bit.
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1.5 mil loan fee with view to permanent signing at end of season for 4.5
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There is a God…… SIGN HIM UP!!!
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This would be a great signing for you. I rate him very highly. Way better than Green
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If we can get him brilliant!
3 – this is how we do business, sign on loan to avoid tax issues but make the contract binding so we can have him permanently next summer.
Also like to see Hargreaves on a pay-as-you-play deal because if he’s fit then we’d have one of the best central midfielders in the league.
No thanks to Shane Long though, £8m is way too much for a Championship striker and I wouldn’t put him in the same bracket as Odemwingie, Tchoyi or Cox so I hope we find another suitable European striker to fill the void left by the AFCN in the new year.
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Wolves fan in peace! I think Hargreaves is a massive gamble. I know he is on pay as you play but he is not going to be a a stupidly low “basic pay” anyway. Probably £10k plus £15k for verey match he plays maybe? Just a guess, I am probably way of the mark but you get my drift.
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If we get Foster it is a definate step in the right direction, he has prooved his worth at Watford and Blues respectively.
Im a bit worried about the lack of defensive cover but in Roy i trust.
For a giggle has anyone read about Roger Johnsons wife ? she says :
“He (Roger)could have held out for a bigger club. Lot’s of people expected that
Love it, maybe he was hoping for Crewe to put a bid in !!
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Sounds great – a year long loan will suit Blues but will also take Foster a year closer to the end of his contract and so reduce his value…. and lets face it, after playing at the shrine he aint gonna want to go back there is he !!!!
Also keeps a bit more cash available for Shane Long…… could be another JP master stroke !!!
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Aimed at 1)Baggie by the way as I know this thread is about Foster before I get berated as a thick Dingle !
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and still got a full piggy bank for any late surprise bargains….Happy days! whilst other teams spend out on one player, and now have their fans in uproar because they still need this and they still need that, and so have to start a fire sale just to balance the books! Maybe we should put our financial nous forward to the Bank Of England!
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11) still think Hargreaves is well worth the risk, i have faith in our physios and if he was fit what a signing. If he breaks down again well so be it.A little gamble here and there is good for you
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heard this last week…. loan and permanant if blues dont come back up
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8.. Retainer of 2.5k per week and more if he plays obviously
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This would be a good signing, as would Hargreaves, get them signed up Albion.
By the way, nice to see some Wulfies with positive comments rather than being negative for the sake of it.
Boing Boing!!
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It will be a great bit of business if it comes off,but the deals being knocked out these days can be complicated,,so I just want to hear an official announcement that he’s signed before getting carried away.
Let’s just hope that whoever’s in goal next season get’s everyone’s full support.
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I heard this rumour a few weeks ago, Foster on loan with a view to a permenant, if Blues come back up he goes back, if we stay up and Blues stay down it turns into a permenant deal. This makes perfect sense. I would be well happy with Foster, fingers crossed this happens.
On Shane Long i think 8M is too much money although i like him as a player, lively, quick and knows where the net is. I think 5- 6M tops is enough for Long bearing in mind he is not proven at prem level and only has a year left on his contract.
As for Hargeaves it’s a no brainer as DA puts it. If we can get him on our terms on a pay as you play deal and it works we have a world class midfielder on our hands on the right terms, if it doesn’t work there is no great financial risk to us.
I just wish we would get these deals done im going stir crazy with no football! Come on you Baggie boys!
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I hope this gets wrapped up, I’d like Foster, not sure he’s faultless but he’s a good keeper for a club like us and he’s the man most seem to want. If we got Green, can’t help judging by a few reactions I’ve heard, there’d be another Carson situation in the making i.e. people waiting for the first clanger.
Had a wander onto a couple of Portland Timbers websites, there are some absolute corkers on there:
‘The Baggies wrapped up their 3-game pre-season tour of western US with a 2-1-0 mark’
‘speedy play from Nagbe and Zizzo opened things up for the Portland offense’
followed by, on some local newspaper forums:
‘What do they feed those boys in West Bromwich? They looked like they do nothing but eat steak, run sprints and lift weights’
then a lengthy debate between posters on how many teams get promoted FROM the Premier League……
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Great signing if you can get him, always thought Green was no better than Carson, so if you can !!!! pull it off great bit of business
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13) I initially was against Hargreaves when I first heard him mentioned, as I did say we didn’t want a O Hara, or to be carrying passengers. However, on reflection a play and pay set up could be a very good solution all round. After all, with the best medical team in the Prem last season (official, Albion was the club least troubled by injuries in the 2010-11 Premier League season, we lost only 432 days to player-injuries throughout the season, and before you ask no it wasn’t, contrary to what they would have you believe, it was Sunderland with 2001 days lost), our sports science department must be top notch too!, if anyone can fix him, we can!
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7. LMS – in this case I don’t believe it would be a tax benefit approach – simply believe it’s Blues want to offload Foster’s wages for a season and retain the player for the following season should they get promoted at the first attempt. As stated above the likely outcome would be a fee will be agreed now to take him permanent in the summer should Blues fail to get promoted and we were to stay up again.
Am I the only one who can’t get excited about Shane Long? Can’t say I’ve been massively bowled over by what I’ve seen of him over the past 3/4 seasons (admittedly only via WBA v Reading games/ TV coverage). Also read somewhere that his goalscoring ratio is currently 1 in 4…….considering most of his appearances have come at Championship level it doesn’t really inspire. As for the amounts of £8m+ being thrown around – crazy!
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If Foster is valued at 9 mill and we get him on a 5 year deal thats 1.8 mill a year over 5 years, So 1 year at 1 mill makes perfect sense and it helps the cash flow
Hargreave’s is worth a gamble if it don’t work we can bring in someone else at christmas.But our medical boys seem to have a good track record with this type of player.
A fit Hargreaves at the top of his game is worth 15-20 mill which we don’t have.These
oppertunity’s dont come round to often we have to take it
Shane long as ive said before at 8 mill walk away stick with what we have (although i hpoe we can off load Miller)
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He looked good behind Johnson.
9)Chris 5 ways, reading the wags comments and giggling.Whatever floats your boat.
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This would be awesome. Also I’d like to see Nickolas Bentner come if he’s still available.
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Re Shane Long, he looks a decent player but as everyone states, 8m is way way too much. Regardless of the price, one benefit of signing him would be to increase our chances of beating Reading in the FA Cup this year!
Warren – loving the US match reports of the Albion too. I played college football in the States, well “soccer”, and their footballing vocabulary was comical. I remember one of our match reports talked about a “spike ball into the PK area.”
Calling the refs ‘sir’ was something I could never get used to…
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Try before you buy is always good to do with ‘keepers.
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Hope we get him, i reckon his signing could make the difference between relagation and staying up, or maybe the different between top and bottom half of the table.
With dorrans back, tchoyi proving himself, we have a nice healty midfield and strikeforce. Id like to see a top class defender next. No clean sheets in the us games AGAIN !
I’m sure i read hargreaves was off to canada though ? if not……..
I think if albion were savvy here they could sign him on a 2, maybe 3 year deal, get his health and fitness sorted and then punt him on for a nice bit of profit ! pay as you play would mean the second hes proven hes fit he’ll be off anyway !
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Regarding Hargreaves, given what we have done with JT and GB in recent times I do have faith in our current medical set up to make this work for us. If he signes, hopefully Hargreaves will prove to be more motivated than GB proved to be.
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22)23) I have been saying it for weeks, Long is over priced, to my mind, and I could be wrong, he is more on a par with Danny Graham, who’s price of 3.5 mill mark is much nearer the mark. I still say on proven ability (although he has had some ropey seasons too) based on last season alone, DJ Campbell is the best value out there, by far. Go find another player who has “recently” scored 13 goals in a Prem season around the price he is likely to go for? You will be searching for a very, very long time!
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I agree with comments about Hargreaves (can’t bring myself to call him Hargo as the press seem to like doing)… if he is fit he will be awesome and its well worth 2.5k a week to find out.
I think Shane Long is a great prospect – but 8 million is too much – 5/6 would seem more realistic but its JP’s call (can’t believe we may be accusing JP of spending too much money…..)
I still have a feeling we may see Carlton Cole – possibly on a similar loan deal to Foster – and that would be a good shout !!!
Remember Dan Ashworth’s comments last week about possibly looking at a foreign keeper… the lesson is don’t believe ANYTHING until its done !!!
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9 Chris-
re: Johnson’s wife,when she said ‘he could have held out for a bigger club’,what she means is that he waited a couple of months,but no one else made an offer.
So because Blues wouldn’t lower the asking price any further,he could either go to wolves or stay at Blues in the championship.
No sour grapes,but I honestly feel Albion and other clubs would have only been interested if 2 or 3 million had been knocked off his value.
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De Vries Would Have been better on a Free…
O well The better man got him
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Pip 24 – he had to !!!!!
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let’s hope this rumour on foster becomes reality.he would be a great signing.hargreaves too is well worth a pay as you play deal.its onlt a gamble as far as the squad numbers go.
i agree with almost everyone too,shane long is not worth 8 million.weve much better players than him already in cox,miller,wood,tchoyi etc
we need to get a top notch centre half,thats the most important type of player we need.weve a very good midfield,very good striker force and hopefully a top notch keeper coming.just add a centre half and we will have another good season.
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p.s. as a Englishman, was only behind Darren Bent in the Prem top scorers, remind me, Bent went for how much? 18 million was it? and we are umming and erring over triggering a 1.25 mill release clause! is it me?
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33) Ah God luv you, that really made me smile ;-)
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Would be a good move if we could get Foster on loan. Let’s hope JP takes the padlock off his wallet to sanction the deal.
No to Owen Hargreaves despite some of you saying we have the best medical team in the world.
It sounds like the opening credits to The Six Million Dollar Man. We can rebuild him, doo, doo, doo, doo. We will give him bionic knees, doo, doo, doo, doo. My 90 year old grandmother has better knees than him and I will fly her over tomorrow to slot into our midfield for a couple of hundred a week and a bag of wurthers original. Should fit into JP’S budget.
G DAY.
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Well if Hargreaves is only on £2.5k a week if he doesn’t play thats WELL worth a gamble but I thought he would be on at least 4 times that. If people know the figures though thats fair enough, its a very good deal. Still a player out of the 25 if he doesn’t play though.
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On the Dark Side, the McCarthy five years anniversary thread, it would be nice if you went across and wished him many more years in charge there. I know I do!
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So you think Doris is as cheap as chips?.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Owen Hargreaves and Ben Foster would be great additions to the team and i hope we can push both deals through. Shane Long`s transfer fee is a bit risky considering he has no Premier League experience. Robbie Keane to cross the divide maybe?
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I almost forgot one:
‘Shorey’s shot was altered by Timbers defender Purdy’
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Question, with Birmingham’s worsening financial situation forcing the club to take desperate measures, and the fact that no one else were realistically in for Johnson, if Wolves had held their nerve, how much could they have got him for?
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Warren, Warren, Warren…………
Can i make you an appointment at a spiritualist or something to exorcise the Scott Carson demons? lol
Let’s start with a positive spin on the potential signing of Ben Foster. After all SC was given 3 years support before people started getting on his back albiet a minority. Some of the stick he took was unfair and disproportionate but he wasn’t blameless in all the stick he took. He has moved on so i think we need to move on now man. Whoever our new keeper is im sure all Baggies fans will get behind him.
Cue Kev in Mallorca……… lol
Boing Boing
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Its the goalkeeping signing everyone wants so lets get it done!
If were serious about him it should be a done deal within the next week.
The loan deal would also be a very wise, business savvy move.
Agree with the post 9 – Chris5Ways
I think defence is still an area to improve on, I know pre-season results mean nothing but clean sheets seem to still be illusive.
As the club says we only need tweaking/slightly improving so I hope the few quality signings Hodgson talks about will be the basic spine of a team:
GK Foster
A proven CB (Ridgewell fits the bill)
ST Robbie Keane
And would be nice to see Hargreaves and or one of our usual speciality forren gems, preferably an attacking midfielder.
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36. Wonoh, what gives you the idea that ‘we are umming and erring’ over signing DJ?
Perhaps he IS a target, I dont know, do you? But if he is perhaps we are umming and erring about signing a BETTER Striker? What’s think?
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46) Well the fact we haven’t had the remotest connection to him suggested makes me think we are umming and erring, by your logic we are connected with any player in the world who has not been mentioned, Ronaldo, Kaka, Tevez, because it has not been mentioned, but what are the chances? So, based on that I would suggest no, he is not a target.
As for a better striker, bring it on, love one, who are you realistically proposing for around the 1.25 – 2.5 mill mark?
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sorry, that should be 47.
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Max
You could have told us you were posting from the USA,I would have come with you if you’ve said,
just seen you on the Portland highlights video in the E&S.
Reading the reports,I hope we can look forward to the real Jimmy Morrison in the coming season.
Adéu
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Just read McCarthy’s anniversary blog. states, he would love a trophy, but not at the expense of relegation. So he makes a cheap snidey remark about another Midland club, in true Dingle fashion. No wonder other Fans down wolves.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Foster deal would be awesome!!! If loan makes it work then go for it – Cant see Blues getting back up with their fire sale and money troubles so it will become perm anyway!
Hargreaves – get him if its right with the pay as you play ( Why isnt he training with us rather than planning a meeting!!! – Lets have a look at him first and if he looks semi fit then talk! )
Long – My first choice all season for numerous reasons, mainly the fact he is like Odem and an all-rounder that can play on his own / in a two / enough pace but has strength as well, finishes etc.
As for being overvalued as you all keep on – He is only overvalued if we bought him at £8m – which we never will.
Reading just want that amount for him now. I think you will find the price will come down to around £4m plus add ons by end of August with him having 1 year left. It will then be classed as Undisclosed fee to protect everyone.
It will then just be a case of if he comes to us or elsewhere.
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Romsley
Sorry for mentioning that bloke’s name, it’s a slip on my part. I am being positive and I really hope we get Foster.
All I meant- and this applies to all players in all positions, not just a keeper- is that when we’re linked with someone, we all get a feel for that player, have an opinion and general warmth/apathy towards a player from the off. For example Odemwingie, we all liked him from game one. Others, Phil Whitehead springs to mind, found it harder to win the crowd over because he was following the reasonably successful Alan Miller.
Whoever follows, err you know, will I’m sure be given a bit of a chance. But I detect a lot more warmth towards the Foster deal than to the Green one and as such think it’d be better for the club and for us all if we got him.
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Pip,
Foster had to be good behind Johnson or it would have been more that three goals. When we did the double over the Blues.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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56 posts on the Mick Congrats thread, one baggie, me, and I am being told to stay on my own site, couldn’t make it up could you!
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DANOBAGGS – I agree with Liam Ridgwell as he is a versatile player who don’t mind sticking his foot in.
I think the friendly matches have proved a goalkeeper is needed plus a prominent figure in defence alongside Olsson. Midfield seems sorted if we get Hargeaves, and I hope to see Tchoiy used as a striker at some point?
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Same old baggies more bothered about wolves than there own club.
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If you get him it would save a fortune in sun glasses for Myhill…
Lost a keeper, now looks like getting a keeper to go with your other free transfers and injured has beens..
Gotta job yet Jack?
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Warren,
I know what you mean’t mate i was just teasing after all the ” Man who shall not be mentioned ” previous banter and bloggs. I totally agree with your comments regarding the warmth for Foster over Green and really hope we get Foster.
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57) read 55) classic
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and 58) stunning!
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Gary
I assume you must be lost on the irony of you coming onto an Albion board then taking the time to post on there to Albion supporters about us being concerned about you?
Romsley
That’s okay mate, I think you make a fair point and I always enjoy our debates. I’m trying my best to forget about…..you know who…….excuse me, I need a few moments to myself…………….
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58 chris-
wolves have signed an injured spurs reject (who was already playing for you when you almost went down),an overpriced,relegated defender,and a championship ‘keeper.
The E&S claim you probably won’t have the money to buy anyone else.
And you come over here to have a go at our transfer dealings?
I’m afraid the first words that came to mind when I read your post were ‘bitter’ and ‘jealous’.
Which is what we get from the majority of wolves fans on here.
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good solid signing if albion secure this, he is good premier keeper
albion really need to build on last year success story, the promoted sides are weak in my opinion and this is excellent chance to establish yourselves in the top flight
the signings of gera, maccualey and jones dont cut the mustard for me
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57 gary-
there are many days when,for every 10 posts on the Albion site,5 or 6 of them are from wolves fans.
Would you like to pass comment on that?
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SUPER KEV
Must be a double , poor devil . I have not read anything from you for a bit mate ??.I agree 100% with your comments on Morrison.
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57) I know – Every other comment wolves this wolves that, Johnson this, Johnson that. Its OK – when we play you we’ll just stick Craddock in for that game instead he more than handled your lot.
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56 – Astle, definatley. He is the best most realistic option in defence I can think of.
And I agree, a player who sticks in the his foot and tackles. One thing I enjoyed as much as the passing football last season was the sliding tackles and fighting for every ball, something we werent previously used to.
Keeper and a striker yes, but only 2 clean sheets all last season (1 of which was a lucky one) indicate that we still also need to address the defence.
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51 Jack the Hat (with enhancements).
So you would like Albion to win the League Cup and get relegated ?
Use your common sense man.
Nothing snidey about that remark just typical McCarthy, the plain truth.
Just look at the complete mess Birmingham City are in. Total mismanagement at board level. Be happy your a Tesco.
…and you could benefit from the turmoil and land a good goalkeeper on the cheap (not free) which is a darned site better than nailing corregated iron sheets across the goalmouth which was beginning to look likely !
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Farmer Ted, an appropriate name considering what the dingles actually do for a living.
I dont know what Mcarthy said about us, neither do I care.
I just dont know how he’s got the nerve when in all honesty his team shouldn’t even be in the premiership next season.
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Farmer Ted
Some good points to be fair!
Blues are not in a mess because they won the Carling Cup.
They are in a mess because the club isn’t run by a fit and proper organisation. Big Ec had motivational issues with the players post the cup final. I’d be worried if I was a Villa fan.
Neither JP or Roy Hodgson are that naive or disorganised to allow that to happen.
Too right we are happy being Baggies. 11th and rising. Bring on 2011/12.
P.S. This story relates to ifs and maybes. Everyone is of one opinion – Foster is class and up to the standard. Just get it sorted and tell us when it is done.
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Max
Don’t join in very often with the knuckle dragger’s,All Alone’s dad is the the same size as mine and the odd one or two live outside the Forest but the other 95% is utter dross.
As for the rest that goin’ on, naa! I’ll wait till it ‘appens.
Anyway I’m busy practising the greeting sign of the MAS society!
Love and peace
Adéu
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Chris, injured has beens??? Funny boy, that reminds me of O’Hara a bit!
Not very wise coming back here, sent you away with your tail between your legs last time!
Boing Boing!!
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I think I will start a plonker competition for wulfies as they spend so much time on here. I’ll do a daily and weekly competition, today’s award I’m proud to announce goes to (drum roll) ……Chris, congratulations!!
Boing Boing!!
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I feel that every time I post on this site that I have to retaliate to some delusion dingle and it’s the same this time…………..
64 we8albion
Even though you seem to be praising us for how well we did last season you then patronise us as though you are an established Premier League team when the truth is you survived by 3 minutes after losing a must win game
Also we don’t need approval for our signings from you lot; i think we have proven over the years, especially recent, that we have more ‘nous’ in the transfer market and well every other department for that fact than your selves
How rich is it wolves fans coming on our site complaining about our posts on the dark side and saying ‘we’ are more bothered about ‘them’ than ‘ourselves’…irony?
BOING BOING!!
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69 Farmer Ted
Yeah great idea, we was going to do that but you lot had all the corrugated iron sheets from the local factories for that bus you park every week
BOING BOING!!
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Ted69. Be happy your a Tesco. (you’re)
nailing corregated iron (corrugated)
I hate doing that to you, but you’re always picking on Jacques le Chapeau for something or other. Be kinder, please.
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Ted69. PS: Bits of your post were good.
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I said on here the other week that,whenever Albion are linked to a decent player (e.g. Shay Given,Keane,Hargreaves,etc.,)we seem to have a flood of wolves fans posting on this site.
Now that it looks promising for us concerning Foster,back they come.
It’s nice to see one or two are actually saying ‘good news for you’ and ‘good luck’ today,but we still have the same,sad names coming here,trying to put us down.
The fact that these guys only come to ridicule when we have a potentialy promising development shows that it’s all about resentment.
They can’t stand the fact that Albion might be adding genuine quality to our squad,when we’ve already been successful last season.
I bet they stay up all night sticking pins into Baggie’s dolls……very,very sad.
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Mangel Wurzel,
You’ve obviously got to side with Mick, Being of his ilk. Could you honestly see another manager making that side-swipe. You’ve misunderstood my post yet again, I never stated I’d put the League cup before a Premiership place, you surmise that is what I meant. My post related what one manager inferred about another club and their manager. Don’t forget, their once manager is now with another Midland club and I hope he reads Micks blog. Lets see if you can distort this post.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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So everyone is talking about Ben Foster, then six hours later Sky reports a turned down bid for Green!
Funny old game, eh?
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Wolves could sign messi and you idiots would say he was useless
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Foster is a very good keeper. Would not bother with Hargreaves – was a great player 5 years ago but not doing anything since. As for Long, £8m is too much.
12) Grow up. If you are referring to Wolves of being skint? Don’t think so!
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Foster definitely has to be No.1 choice. In my opinion one of the top Prem. keepers last season. What’s more he’s from the West Midlands. With him, another goalscoring striker, plus Gera, I would be more than happy.
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57 & 67, listen to yourselves, your the ones obsessed with your rivals, what are you doing on here!!!
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83, so why’s Mick looking to the loan Market, sounds like panic’s setting in amongst the club and the fans!
Boing Boing!!
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MicMac is looking at the loan market because Morgan thinks Liddypol will be up for sale soon the way Kenny Dalglish is splashing the cash. Look at the profit Morgan will make from rebuilding Moulinex. He bought it for £10, plus add-ons, should get a few hundred for it. Maybe more. Then Sir Jack will re-enter on the Final Scene, all will end happy-ever-after. Smiles and tears all round. Pip and other frustrated Wulfies return to their own blog site swearing their undying love.
The End.
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82 tom-
and we’d be right!!
Because the only way wolves would ever have Messi in their squad,is if they signed Charlie Messi from Darlaston Town.
p.s.- you accuse us of being idiots,so you’ve come over here to join us.
I bet you feel right at home.
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Chris,
I cast my net ,and as usual I catch a dumb Dingle. I have’t a job as I’m retired, NUMBTY. Try explaining to me the origin of the word “Numpty” you Dingles are so fond of using. I await your enlightenment.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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69 farmer ted-
I gather you’re one of Mick’s supporters?
I only mention it,because last season,I had a look at what wolves fans had to say on the match report of several games,and in truth,it was quite embarrassing to see the level of abuse being directed towards your manager.
At times,there were in excess of a hundred posts telling Mick he was useless,didn’t have a clue,should resign,or the club should have kicked him out long ago.
In view of the fact that wolves avoided the drop (just about),and you’ve recently signed Johnson from Blues,it made me laugh the other day when I read the thread about Mick’s 5th. anniversary.
Every wolves fan was saying what a fantastic guy Mick is,and what a brilliant job he’s done down the old mol.Some were absolutely gushing with praise.
So tell me,is the first requirement of being a wolves fan the ability to move in the same direction as the wind,knowing that today you could be going the opposite way to where you were happy to go yesterday?
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CR78
I think that question maybe a bit to subtle for our good friend the Farmer.
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91-’morning Max,
hope you had a good return journey from Portland,U.S.
I guess you travelled back by sea,riding the waves,balancing on that tree you cut down before the game?
Hope you kept the lumberjack shirt,hard hat,and chainsaw.
All the girls like a man in uniform,equipped with such a big weapon.
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Max,
my first reply seems to have turned up here over half an hour later than I sent it.
Am I in a different time zone to other people?
Are you seeing the same as me?
Am I invisible?
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I assume you refer to my large chopper, bit to old for girls mate , side’s which my significant other would kill me !!!
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82) I promise you, if you signed Messi, not only would I congratulate you, I would eat my hat, and yours too, but seeing has that will never happen, I feel my digestive tract is safe, for now.
83) I do apologies, I thought it was now common knowledge, and well documented, from several sources, and, stated by Mick himself, that your club wouldn’t be buying anymore players, and you were having to off load ones you already have, just to balance the wage book of your “new” signings, that sounds to me like a team with no more money to spend, perhaps you would care to enlighten me to what you know different?
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Iknow i maybe the only one on here who wants to keep Miller but i watched the game against the timbers and he changed the game when he came on they could’nt handle him with his pace and power ,he held the ball up well and got some shots in if Uncle Roy can do his magic with him he could be like a new player .I also believe Tchoyi is going to be a star this season.
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90) Cantello Rocket
I think you should look again. Yes there are idiots in the Wolves camp that just don’t seem to understand what has happened at Wolves over the last 5 years compared to the previous twenty five. I won’t name them on here, but, there the same bunch. You got similar morons too, who seem to think it’s all about spending millions on players half of them have never even seen(although I will admit, not as many) IMO Most Wolves fans are behind the 3Ms
Was disappointed with the first paragraph of your 63 post. You lowered yourself to the JtH and Sir terry levels.
Banter yes, debate yes, but not Slagging off.
Cyril. Well spotted, I blame my keyboard.
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97 farmer ted-
I find it very amusing.
A wolves fan,Chris,comes over here and said we’re signing injured ‘has-beens’.
I reply to him,using accurate information.
You then accuse me of ‘slagging’ players off,but say nothing about Chris’ comments.
Excuse me if this gives the impression that you’re more than a little biased towards wolves.
But then we already know this,don’t we?
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Gary 57
To continue Cyril’s theme of words and meanings, please see the below correct usage of the English language.
Their is the possessive form indicating belonging to them. You should only use this when you are indicating possession to a group. Look at the examples below.
The children all ate their sandwiches.
The soldiers polished their rifles.
The Greek people are justifiably proud of their beautiful country.
The passengers complained that the airline had lost their luggage.
There is the place, i.e. not here.
It is also used when saying ‘there is’ and ‘there are’.
Put those books over there please.
I found the old shoes in there.
There are thousands of stars visible from Earth.
There is soot all over the new carpet.
They’re is the contracted form of “they are”. Remember that abbreviations like this should not be used in essays and other formal writing. They are fine in reported speech.
‘They’re all going to the cinema this evening,’ said Paul’s mum.
‘I can’t see where they’re coming from!’ he yelled.
‘They’re waiting for you in the interview room.’
‘Do you know where they’re going to be this afternoon?’
I hope this fills in one of the many aspects of schooling that you clearly missed.
Come on you Baggies
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96 Baggie Postie.
You’re so wrong.
There are two of us. I’m constantly asking people to give him a chance when he’s injury free and then allow the real experts at the club to decide his future. He falls into the easy targets category.
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So the emphasis is on the use of the word There, in case you didn’t notice.
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