Albion set to seal Ben Foster signing
Wednesday 27th July 2011, 11:45AM BST.
Albion were today poised to complete the signing of Ben Foster as their goalkeeper hunt neared its conclusion.
The Baggies are close to finalising deals with Foster and Birmingham and the transfer could even be completed later today.
The 28-year-old is set to move to the Hawthorns initially on loan, but the transfer is likely to become permanent next summer in a deal worth around £4million.
The former England international will become Roy Hodgson’s new No 1 in a significant coup for Albion, who sold previous goalkeeper Scott Carson to Turkish club Bursaspor earlier this month.
The Baggies considered a host of alternative targets, most notably West Ham’s Robert Green, but top target Foster leapt back to the head of the list when the extent of Blues’ financial problems became clear.
St Andrew’s officials are anxious to get his £1.5million annual salary off their books.
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Great news if it goes through!
Blues must be in dire straights – £4 million for Ben Foster and as we know now only £4 million for Johnson.
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FINALLYYYYYYYYY!!!!
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yessss this is the signing i wanted,Now were going places!!!
To the trbt you are a tool
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Brilliant. Well worth the wait and all the pages of doom mongering from others. O ye of little faith. This represents typically shrewd and tactical negotiations by arguably the best team of negotiators in the Midlands.
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4mil for Foster, 4mil for Johnson………. Blues look like a team on the brink of admin.
Good signing for WBA.
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What was it you were all saying about Wolves signing players from relagated clubs ????
Now that the Albion have copied us its probably a clever move etc etc.
At least when Wolves do it we actually buy them and not borrow em.
Cant wait to see what spin you put on this one !
My honest opinion,, Half decent keeper but no better than Carson.
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YES! What a signing. Feel sorry for the blues fans as no fan wants to suffer like the blues are at the moment
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Don’t want to get to excited yet until it is official but I’m bursting at the seams waiting lol.
Will be a fantastic signing if it does materialise, especially with Mulumbu signing a new deal.
Come on Odemwingie get your pen out and follow Mulumbu’s example.
BoInG BoInG!!!!
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A fantastic bit of business ,come you baggies !!
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see wot happens when u get foreign owners all u peace haters u can stick um were the sun dont shine,shall we av a whip round so they can pay there electrisity bill
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Bloody brilliant signing!!!!
lets hope the fans support him more than they did Carson, either way, quality goalkeeper!!!
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Massive sigh of relief – now Shane Long asap please!!
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After Rochdale last night we so need this good news, If we can seal this deal it would be great. listening to WM this morning it does not sound good for the blues at the moment. I for one wish them well for next season. Now lets get a strike partner for Pete and possibly another 2 in and then we might just be ready for the Red devils!!
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Would be great news if it goes through. And then…Liam Ridgewell and a good striker!
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All that is required is for him to cross the t’s and dot the i’s then deal done. Slight concern that he dropped the pen before signing.
Joking aside what a signing.
Strengthen our back line just what we needed. We all have blue nose friends im sure and they will be sad to see him go.
I have heard nothing but good reports about his attitude etc. not sure about his 1.5 mill yearly sallery though.
still need another center half, not sure about macauley big step up.
Not impressive against good european players for nothern ireland.
Hope im wrong.
Boing boing baggies
Always believe
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Good news indeed, I think Myhill can learn from him also, as he’s a good keeper himself, just not the finished article yet.
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Great signing for you, if we didnt have such an array of quality keepers |I would have wanted him at Wolves, Blues must be in deep deep trouble
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7.Lonely Wolf: Both Caron and Foster are both England Internationals and by the way better than the crud keepers you have!!
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Sorry Blues,but if the shoe was on the other foot etc. Cracking signing if we finally manage to pull it off. COME ON YOU BAGGIES!!!!!!!!
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It’s taken a long time and still has to be confirmed by the clubs but once again our chairman has demonstrated how astute he is.
The situation with Shaun Long mystifies me. On one hand you have West Ham which supposedly has financial problems making a bid higher than ours and appears to be close to what Reading want but they have rejected the bid on the basis that they want him to move to Premier club. Our lower bid has also been rejected but I wonder if Reading would prefer to do business with a club more likely to meet it’s financial commitment. Lets leave Mr Peace to unravel the mystery.
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what do you mean after rochdale last night?
a young reserve team got beat!
nothing to do with the first team and what goes on with them.
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I think overall he’s a better keeper than Carson or Green and 4 mill is a good price
so the squad is improved again
Noticing a lot of papers this morning claiming Defoe is wanted by Newcastle
for 10 Mill. If Long is valued at 8 mill
surely Defoe at 10 is worth an look (even
with bigger wages)
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ok we shall c if it goes thru hope so..then lets go 4 shane long 2 partner odem.? GET YR MONEY OUT OK
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TJS
The team at Rochdale didn’t do to well last night but they were the kids mainly:- only Reid and Bednar really could claim to have great expectations of being in the final 25 squad.
Rochdale put out their first team and their experience proved to much.
More interested in the game at St Mary’s tonight and at Ashton Gate on Saturday.
Moving on from Foster to Long Read this comment from a Reading forum. Didn’t realise that SL only has 1 year left on his contract.
“LONG scored 21 goals last season but that is his job nothing special and there were a few penalties. This is the only season he has done this and it has to be said it was from Xmas onwards, prior to that people were calling for him to be axed. Previous seasons he only managed around 12 goals or less but now all of a sudden he is the best striker in the league. Yes he is an international player but not first choice. Sell him now or for free in 12 months, i know what i would do and i can pretty much guess what the club will do… There is no gaurantee LONG will score 20 goals + this season and as that is what fans will expect, they will soon be on his back if he fails to do so. Does it matter who he is sold to ? not really because … This is about money and getting the right price, IMO £8 million is very good!”
On this basis even the 5 million already allegedly offered by West Ham would be good for Reading. I would be surprised if we will break our transfer record on Long given this.
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Oh well,it looks like we’ve sold one England international so that we can bring in another one.
That’s apart from tying up the very classy Mulumbu long term.
This should arouse the interest of those resentful wolves fans that watch everything we do.
Oh………..hiya,Lonely Even More Hot Air……….
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Bargain!
7) I thought to copy someone, they needed to have it done it first, correct me if I m wrong, didn’t we sign Billy Jones before you signed anyone? so how can we be copying Wolves?
Nowt wrong with borrowing for a year, just means money in the bank accumulating even more interest for the club, and we still get our man. “That Ben’s the best England goalkeeper” Alex Ferguson quote.
Spun enough for you Lone?
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7 Lone Wolf.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but yours is wrong.
Foster is better than Carson by a country mile.
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Lone
My honest opinion of Johnson? Hald decent with Dann next to him, no better than Berra without.
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7 Lonely.
I’m not technomologically minded and it would never have occured to me previously to ponder whether colours could permeate through the printed word via the miracle of the InterWeb or whatever it’s called but I’m about to submit a scientific paper on the subject as the green is coming through as clear as day.
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What stone do you reside under?.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Lonely, oh dear an England international virtually on the books, might not be able to gift your boys 3 points next season ;-)
That aside, once it is confirmed, this will be a top signing. Well done again Albion.
Boing Boing!!
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You see all this worrying and bickering amongst yourselves have come to nothing, whats with the negative waves man!
I think I posted about 10 days ago that it was inevitable he signed but it would drag out until we got the deal we wanted. It’s obvious Blues are desperate but were not so no need to rush. The guy is settled in the midlands so I doubt he would move anywhere else.
Talking of Blues being desperate maybe we could have a pop at Liam Ridgewell perhaps?????
I’d say Owen Hargreaves will be with us shortly now Ben Foster has signed.
Albion til I die!
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Just seen on the Sky site that Reading are saying no one has offered what they think Long is worth. Looks as if they’re trying to whip up a bidding war. I don’t blame them for this but hope we walk away and look elsewhere. A decent player but they’re talking silly money now.
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Another graphic example of what happens when a club’s owners lets ambition run wild.
Their inability to fund the huge losses incurred by relegation will cost them dear. And when the chairman fails the ‘fit and proper person’ parameters, and his dodgy money is removed from the equation, administration looms…
Strange that the only 2 Greed League clubs that seem to be approaching financial matters with the correct level of caution are here in the BC.
IF the deal goes through, I’d be happy with the squad as it stands (although a couple more QUALITY signings would not go amiss)
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14) See if you can square this one, we put out a team last night with two “first” team players and its billed as a West Bromwich Albion team.
Spurs put out a team with Pavlyuchenko, Kranjcar, Defoe and Corluka, but apparently that’s only a Tottenham XI?
Confused???
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7-I’m a better keeper than Carson .By the way wasn’t Ohara on loan with you last season, Keep spending and you might just finish 11th in the league
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Apparently Liverpool are looking at Shane Long as well.
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Glad we are about to sign Foster , good keeper IMO and twice the keeper Carson is, but forget Shane Long , ONE YEAR left on his contract and Reading want 8 million ! They can stuff that greed where the sun don’t shine. Come on Albion lets look elsewhere. Boing boing
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Strange, im confused, he’s a good keeper an all that, but why have Albion loaned him rather than buying him for a bargin when Blues are so desperate for cash??
Is it because…
1. You don’t have the loot. (£4m) snigger!
2. He does’t want to commit himself to a serious contract with WBA ( wait and see if a better offer/club comes along)
3. Peace doesn’t want to commit him to a long term contract, because he would be happy if Albion went down again and knows he couldn’t pay him his terms when, h-erm sorry, if, you get relegated)
I would of thought the time was ripe to buy him? particulary as Blues could change the goalposts on the transfer fee at the end of the season.
I await your excuses/thoughts
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39) My thoughts on Long have been well documented on here, decent player, way over valued.
Still say Campbell is best value out there, and whats happened with the Robbie Keane link?
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Just hope its through sooner than later. With regard top long, if its 8 million, id rather spend 9 million on crouch, just a thought, plenty of supply left and right and perfect for the knock downs to st peter
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Really excited about this signing. I think Foster is a class act and really strengthens the team where it’s needed. Not sure about Shane Long tho, certainly not worth 8 million.
On a different note, being from Kingswinford there are a fair amount of Dingles around here. Does anyone know where there is an Albion friendly pub close by so I can watch the away games without mobs of Dingles everywhere?
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Everything crossed that this happens. IMO a much better all round goalkeeper than SC and could easily be Englands number 1 if he decided to come out of his self retirement. I myself have been a critic of JP in the past but i will happily admit that i was wrong and over the past few seasons he has demonstrated just what a clever man he is. Ok it’s very frustrating at times but we very rarely leave ourselves financially exposed and we inveriably get our man on our terms. If this happens i believe JP deserves an enormous ammount of credit, Englands best goalkeeper for 4M, job well done, keep up the good work.
Very excited about our future.
Boing Boing
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7 Lonely-have you never heard of ‘try before you buy’? Supermarkets do this all the time. That way you don’t buy things that aren’t fit for purpose-hence the reason you lot are trying desperately to offload players.
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Re: Shane Long-
considering Albion paid 2 mil. for Peter O.,and the figures flying around suggest Long would cost at least 8 mil.,plus salary,probably totaling 10 mil.+,what are the chances of JP forking out that much for a championship player who averages 1 goal per 4 games (outside the prem.) ?
I would say to Reading ‘If he played for another championship club,and you wanted him,what would be YOUR honest valuation of him?’.
If they were honest,I’m sure it would be a much lower figure than what we’re hearing.
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Great signing, so much better than carson, so then picking from only wolves and albion players what would your 11 be?
im going
Foster gk
Foley rb
Ollson cb
johnson cb
shorey lb
Hunt lw
Mulumbu cm
O Hara cm
Jarvis rm
Doyle cf
Odemwingie cf
Subs
Brunt
Fletcher
Dorrens
Tamas
Zubar
Hennesey
Ebanks Blake
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Good point Hill Top (41), add 1m and get Crouch! Wages may be a problem though.
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43Romsley. We are still accepting nominations for the MAS on here mate, although the growing admiration for JP is such the applications for membership are swamping us right now. Chairman Cyril.
My heart goes out to the Blues. A few measly months ago they were flying, now the danger could be enormous! Let’s hope someone steps in and picks up the pieces. As someone above said, ‘stick the foreign money where the sun don’t shine’. I look forward to the day when all clubs MUST balance their books within say £5million. Then sanity will return and ANY WELL RUN CLUB can win the prizes.
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44, Boing boing ( i hate typing that it brings me out in a rash )
Two trains of thinking here ;
Foster has a great season for the stripes and helps to keep you up ( a long shot i know but bare with me ) and his value goes up to say, £5.5million. Too steep for JP and off he trots to a premier league club.
OR,
Foster has a mare of a season,leeks goals like a siv and you go down with a keeper that aint yours, and off he trots to a premier league club with a proper defence.
Either way, from what i hear its the administrators that will be calling the shots down Small heath way any day soon.
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38, Jeff
Odds are if Liverpool are looking, that’s where Long will be heading. No problem! I don’t think he was the player Roy wanted anyway.
How about this….
With everyone fit and well, our bench last season usually contained amongst others Fortune and Vela, and more often than not it was Fortune who got the call.
There has been alot of paper talk about Andy Johnson and Shane Long but these two are in the Vela mould. Could it not be that Roy’s main target is a big man up front?
To our surprise he had Bednar back when we all thought he’d be released, maybe this was to have a good look at him?
No! I think he’s after a big man so who could it be?
Cameron Jerome….No, don’t think so, not good enough.
Another Ashworth nugget…Possibly.
Carlton Cole….???????????????
What do you think?
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40) Sir Luni
Maybe your allegiances cloud your judgment on this, JP gave RH £800k per head to spend on players this pre-season, so far he has brought in 2 free players, Gera on the radar with the possibility of Hargreaves on the free as well. Now we sign a solid keeper on a loan deal, hence saving on even more transfer funds, us Baggies fans are jumping for joy and we haven’t even spent a penny! Imagine what we can do when we start spending our budget!!
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ALBION state, Ben Foster is near to signing. Therefore he must have the pen in his hand. Well done yet again Jeremy, Roy, Dan. Tell Readings chairman, The highwaymans mask suits him.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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40.
Glad to see you revealing your own stupidity.
1. Obviously, any Greed League club has the money.
2. If you had bothered to observe JP’s modus operandi, over the last 4 years, you would have known that loans (with watertight permanent deals to follow) are one of his chosen methods of buying/selling. Bloose will have 0% chance of ‘moving the goalposts’.
Could it be that you are too dense to notice this, or did your goldfish memory let this knowledge erode?
3. Every player at the Albion has a contract which would drastically reduce their GL wages. Only clowns like Blues (and West Ham) don’t cater for the relegation threat. Wolves have such measures too, and look how close you came to invoking these clauses last season. Snigger.
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43, kford snooker club.
Good signing for us hope more to come. Boing boing
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47 Redge999 my Albion Wolves 11 would be…..
GK Foster
RB Reid
LB Shorey
CH Ollson
CH McAuley
RM Gera
CM Mulumbu
CM Sharner
CM Dorrans
LM Brunt
CF Odemwingie
Subs
Fortune
Thomas
Tchoyi
Cox
Myhill
Cech
Bednar
Thorne
Great side!
Boing Boing
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Sir Lupi
Albion always do deals like this – a loan that has a binding contract to become permanent the following year. I believe we do it to lower the taxation on the fees…but then again being from Wolverhampton I suppose you know nothing of paying taxes do you?
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Fair play, that is a quality signing. Should be a good battle between us next season
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great news if/when it happens.everyone seems to be jumping the gun a bit though.if you check out appys interview from last night,he thinks this could still be weeks away.it needs to be soon as our retired keeper was a sub last night and tonight as weve so little cover in that position!
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psalm 23
just trying to be helpful here, so i don’t expect this to get posted. but if it does…park tavern, cot lane. good ale, good (by today’s standards) prices. wolves fans do drink in there, but they’re the mature, rational, reasonable type with a fair few brain cells between them. absolutely nothing like most of the imbeciles posting their bile on this article (you know who you are)
p.s. very happy with the mulumbu contract and the impending arrival of a good solid keeper.
p.p.s. no i don’t run the park tavern
p.p.p.s. yes i do get to matches, though unfortunately not many away games in recent seasons
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redge 47)what planet are you on,a wwfc and Albion combined team,never.
Foster is a good keeper he did wolves a favour when he couldnt see the shots from over 20 yds against Spurs.
60)cheers bagijono thats my local.
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Would be a great signing for the baggies if they can get Foster and I am sure if they get him for 1 year loan they will have an option to buy at an agreed price. A lot of baggies on here did have a go at the Wolves for signing from teams relegated from the Premier; does it matter, you buy the best players that are available and for the right wages and transfer fees that suit our clubs. Looking forward to next season for both Wolves and Baggies. Both our clubs are run so we will not go the same way as Blues seem to be going. I hope for all genuine Blues fans that you can get this mess sorted and get decent owners running your club.
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Lonely your comments are as usual full of delusional notions. However today you seem a little bitter; even towards the blouses. Now I aint a fan of theirs any more than you but I don’t want to see them in administration and I also think talk of it is premature and in your case just immature.
Be careful what you say with a couple of injuries and a bit of bad luck any one of us could be back in the Championship next season. This is the Premier League. It’s tough and everyone will be out to improve their squads in the next month just to try to stand still – lets see who we have in by the end of August shall we.
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60, Baggyjohnny, Hear hear. About time someone stood up and showed these imbeciles the door. Im glad im not the only one that feels this way also.
I try to ignore them, but somtimes its imposible.
Forever comming on here spewing their bile and hitting our spots with poorly thought out posts. ( they know who they are )
I long for the days when we all used to agree with each other about everything baggy, and hurt our hands with our communal back slapping twice daily.
But alas. The Rocket, Bully, Moniker and the rest ( they know who they are ) will insist on daily visits to try to upset the apple cart.
Sad really, but what we gona do eh ?
Pity em i do.
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jealous wolves fans ,,my god .you just consontrate on your relagation battle and leave the europe battle to us ,,,boingboing down ya go ,,oh yes in style of course…
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50. If this loan transfer goes through then I’m sure the loan to perm aspect will be a done deal at the agreed price (believed to be £4m) and under the circumstances JP wants.
i.e. if we get relegated and JP believes he will be too expensive to keep in teh championship then I’m sure the deal will not be enforced. Other than that I’m sure we sign him for the agreed anmount this summer whether he has a good season or not and whether Blues could potentially get a better price from a different club.
It’s not rocket science……then again for a dingle maybe it is.
He is still not signed yet though
Am still laughing at your “Doyle is world class” comment from the other day. That was a belter!
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Odd fellow,
Once in a while try talking sense. The deal for Foster will be, Twelve months loan followed by a permanent deal. Try letting it sink in slowly. Suppose your last sentence would make you so happy. Have you signed a loaner yet?.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Well done baggies
Let’s have a look at upson on a free
Get Gera and Hargreaves in on a free
Spend whatever we have on a striker
If we don’t get another striker
I’m still really interested to see what tchoyi and odem can do up front. I was saying tchoyi should be played up front last season
Boing boing
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Are there no available players abroad? All the rumours are about British players.
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36 WONOH.
Likewise tonight’s squad keeps being described as a strong Albion line-up yet apart from GD who was injured for most of the season and Simon Cox who forced his way in at the end of the season none could be described as anything like regular first teamers. Four Myhill, Cech, Ibanez and Fortune were regularly on the bench and the rest are youngsters or the likes of Mattock and Miller that were out on loan so how does that make it a ‘strong first team line-up?’
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50.Lone. I’m beginning to think someone is using your nom-de-plume. There is evidence of nasty comments coming our way but without the humour we so love. Oh and please don’t ask the MAS to ‘bare with you’ even when you become ‘Rebecca’. BEAR with you we already do cocka, but there’s no way I want to see your exposed credentials.
40. Sir Loopy. Yow’m saft. Snigger.
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Joke-up,
Merlin Mick states ” It’s Mat Jarvis the England international now!”. Wonder what Mick will call him IF he ever plays for fifteen minutes, yes it’s a big one. The mind boggles.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Everything crossed and hoping we don’t get gazumped at the last minute. He is the best option for us by far. Green would be good but Foster is by far the best English keeper next to Joe Hart.
I still think the defence needs shoring up and of course we need a striker so we don’t have to worry if PO misses a game, but so far (touch wood) the management seem to have everything in hand.
Boing Boing
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long aint worth what theyre asking, its a ploy to get the most for him,, keep him i say
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64 Lonely.
You’re really starting to confuse me now. You seem to come on here and enjoy the rough and tumble and then without warning become paranoid and complain that we’re winding you up. Have I missed the joke/point?
I like your sense of humour, your sense of the ridiculous and your (normally) down to earth attitude. However I don’t set out to upset anyone except Shadrag so I’ll stop replying until your mood lifts a bit
All the best.
Bully.
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64 lonely(E.M.H.A.)-
‘many a true word spoken in jest’.
Bully,WONOH,myself,etc.,do try to make regular visits here,but we’re often held back in the queue while the Mods. are reading through all YOUR posts.
Roger Johnson’s got nothing on you.
He was only an ever present for Blues last season.
When it comes to posting on the Baggies site,you’re just an ever present.
(p.s.- when the new Albion shirts went on sale a few weeks back at the club shop,security was called,because this 6’4” heavily built Ladiee pushed everyone out the way to buy the first one.She said something about ‘gorra get me train back to Manchester,but don’t tell anyone Becc…..,eh,I was here,ok?’.
Any ideas?
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Foster deal has hit a slight glitch, but it wouldn’t be Albion otherwise. Glitch is on initial loan fee.
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To Lone Wolf…..1: why are you taking your time to comment on an Albion signing?? Focus your attention on your Dingles & 2: We haven’t borrowed Foster, cause the deal is we buy him end the end of the season, it would be borrowing if we sent him back to Blues at the end of the season (you fool) your Wolverhampton brain clearly shows with that stupid statement! Anyway, focusing on MY football team, great signing by the Albion, quality replacement for Carson & shows the Baggies wanna make a good go of our 2nd season in the Prem :) not to sure about Long though..5 goals in the Prem for Reading, surely we could push the boat out for Sturridge on loan. If Hargreaves stays fit, he will be a great addition to the squad. With our medical team that got Thomas & Barnes back playing regular football, hopefully they can do the same with Owen.
Boing Boing…..bring on the new season
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Some of the papers this morning are claiming Liam Ridgewell is part of the deal with Myhill going the other way. Very good business Mr Peace
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79
I’ve seen that in all the papers too, £2m they’re quoting and at that price I’d be extremely happy!
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I think that everybody is missing the point about how desperatley we need a striker that will not be going to the African Cup of Nations come January.
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If I call myself lone wolf will the mods finally post one of mine ????
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I see Myhill may be on the way to Blues – even with Foster coming in that still leaves us at least one keeper short….. any chance of Foster AND Green ???
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Sir Lupi
1. Albion will have as much money as Wolves as our P+L’s are so similar;
2. As LMS has already pointed, Albion always do business like this for tax reasons; and
3. Why would a major shareholder of a club want his team to get relegated when that automatically means the value of his shares become halved overnight???? Doh…..taxi for Lupi……
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Happy, i said this yesterday that it wouldn’t suprise me if Foster and Green arrive after we had a bid for Green turned down and Myhill shipped out. What a thought Englands 2 best goalkeepers figthing it out for the number 1 shirt! Look how far we have come. It’s a far cry from Paul Criten (Spelling sorry!) and players like Julian Darby!
Boing Boing
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I’ve just read Myhill saying he’s frustrated we’re linked with others and he wants to impress Hodgson.
If he was involved, surely he wouldn’t be making quotes like that at this advanced stage??
Wouldn’t be surprised or upset with Ridgewell though. Decent, solid and versatile.
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75 TRBH-
I know lonely’s put on a confusing post,but I don’t think the intention is to insult us (not this time anyway).
He’s trying a different style-
attempting to be clever (never a good idea for a wolf),by using lateral thinking,surrealism,sarcasm,and confusingism,until no one can understand his humour.
Well,maybe one person understands him.
He appears to have been studying my posts and tried to copy my style.
I could have told him everyone would end up baffled,and scratching their heads……..
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40) So Sir Lup, looks like we may be getting the player, Ridgewell, that your E & S boards have been bleating on about wanting for weeks now, whats the matter, couldn’t you afford the 2 mill?
(oh, almost forgot, snigger!)
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No.77 inside man
I really hope your a dingle having a laugh. If your for real it’s a little worrying. We really do need this deal to go through.
Signing Foster could be the foundation stone we need to secure ourselves as an established Prem side. It may take a couple of years but if we do it without the foreign sugar daddy and massive loan then we will surely be the the only example of ‘how it should be done’ in the country.
Wulfies will argue it’s them but without Jack, Morgan and us (giving them Bull), they would either not be in the football league or called the Telford Ers.
Come on lads, lets get Foster’s signature.
Boing Boing
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In fairness I’m sure the signing of Julian Darby inspired the players to end that 13-game losing streak. He and Shaun doh-another-yellow-card Cunnington….
Also, how ridiculous that you exclude Carson from your list of top English keepers……???? ;-)
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Ridgewell as a siamese deal along with Foster! Even if Boaz goes the other way what a great deal that would be. I hope this rumour is true.
It would benefit everyone including Boaz who will be able to secure 1st team football.
Boing Boing
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Ive tried 4 TIMES to apologise for my post at 64. And 4 times its been binned.
Im sorry if i inadvertantly upset anyone !!!
Especially Bully and Cyril.
Upset was not my intention, just a poor attempt at irony by me. Forgive me.
As penance i will go into a self imposed excile for a week or two.
Albion for the cup !!
( Please let this one trough mrc.Its important for me to say sorry to the chaps )
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92 lonely-
look,if you want to learn about irony,you only have to ask me,you know we take pity on lost wolf cubs.
Now I’m at home,I’m quite an expert at Irony.
I know all about temperature settings,how much steam to use,how to flatten a collar,and sew on missing buttons.
I can show you how to vac. after that if you like……..
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92) Water off a ducks back to me mate, stick around, its to quiet without you.
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Warren, You actually made me laugh at my desk Re Carson comment so thank you for that! Many others wouldn’t understand but i got it, it all helps the day go a little faster. Where do you stand on Ridgewell? Good value for money at 2M but im not sure if he’s a bit slow?
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93, LoveRocket,
I knew it ! Your admission of domestic chores only confirms that you need a ladee in your life to help with these sort of things.
I dont wish to sound presumptuous being a ladee of breeding, but, ILL DO IT !!!
Go on let me av a go. Just think of the fun we could have together. Sitting by the fireside quaffing 15 pints of draught Guiness a night. ( you can have a dring aswell if you want one )
Atually LoveRocket, i must be honnest, i aint very domesticated. I once tried to wash the dog. And me dish-washer aint ever bin the same since. ( nor has the dog come to think )
But ill give it a whirl if you will.
More than TMH will ever offer i bet.
Foreva yours, Beccy. x
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I’m as thrilled as you probably are that we can all talk about Carson because we’re happy with what we’ve got now (hopefully, should it go through!!)!!
Ridgewell- I wouldn’t be against it. He seems quite solid if not spectacular, and versatile. With his experience at this level it seems a fair price. Re: pace- it did strike me that towards the end of the season, Roy had his defensive and midfield banks quite deep and close together, especially away from home. We’ve seen down the road that even Jody Craddock can get away with having the turning speed of a dumper truck if there are enough players close enough to him and no space behind!! I say go for it!! You?
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Warren,
You may need to lie down but i actually agree with you! Shocker i know but you make a fair point about how deep we play and of course Craddock turning like the QE2! I think Tamas has actually been unlucky, he suffered from a lack of form and it cost him dear. I actually think he is a good footballer if not a great defender if that makes any sense? As for Cech i think he is more suited to midfield his positional sense is questionable and better going forward than defending IMO.
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Pace isn’t everything, even in these wild and woolly modern times. Show me a defender who can ‘READ’ a game and he doesn’t get into trouble in the first place. Timing is far more important. Add Balance to those two and you have a Bobby Moore, a Jack Vernon, even a Paddy Mulligan! Very often, a defensive ‘pair’ is what the manager looks for. I don’t recall John Wile and Ally Robertson being that quick or even that brilliant alone, but as a pair, would you have liked to face them?
Lone, we’ve already forgiven you. Welcome back and stay away from that poteen brewed in someone’s back shed.
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I forgot also: 69, miss out the ‘i’ aer kid.
It was JESSE Carver. The coach who stayed only 6 months and changed a very good bottom 10 Div.1 side into one of the best sides ever to don the blue and white stripes. Luckily he was followed by Vic Buckingham who continued in the same vein.
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96 Beccy-
sorry to make this a quick one (does that bring back some past memories?),but I’m doing the shopping,then I have to pick up the kids from school.
Oh,the kids are on holiday from school,aren’t they?
Thinking about it,I’ve just realised I haven’t got any kids.
Any way,I just wanted to say that I realise you have a bit more to offer than other women,and probably a bit more than many men,but I have to decline your kind offer for the present time,because now that you want to join me at home during the day,I’m afraid to say I’ve just volunteered to do long term charity work abroad.
I’ve just thrown a few things in a bag,and will soon be running to the airport.
Maybe you can keep Bully company when he finishes his shiftwork,
try not to miss me,
I may be gone a long time,
Rocket.
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This is getting silly now, but I agree with you too.
Tamas seems to have been an unfortunate victim of our transition under Roy, who clearly doesn’t fancy him. Cech- am with you too, he’s fills me with dread at left-back, nowhere near consistent, assured or reliable enough for that role.
I might have to make a silly remark about Carson having potential before things get out of hand and we start agreeing on everything!!
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Good to have the real Lonely back.
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103,Bully, Im heartbroke.
The love of me life has spurned me once again. What more can i do to make him realise im the gal for him ? Ive even offerd to share me Guiness with him. I feel ugly and wothless because of this man who picks me up and drops me when ever he feels like. ( if he could manage to pick me up hed be a good un )
Do you think its cus i is a Wolves fan that he dont want me anymore ?
The heartless beast is now trying to put me and you on a blind date together.
What sort of girl does he think i am ?
Oh well, in for a penny. Beggers cant be choosers. (im talking about you pal )
You can pick me up about 9 from the MEN arena. Im third on the bill in tonights all-in cage fighting show. DONT BE LATE !
(Failing that, see u when me bans up. haha )
Im still Lonley mucker :)
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104 Chewy.
Sorry but on that night I’m seeing a lady in Manchester who says her husband doesn’t understand her. I met her through this site actually after I’d cast doubt on her existence.
She says her husband has a few worrying habits. He goes out in his own team’s shirt but insists on wearing the shirt of their deadly rivals underneath. She is also certain that he’s seeing another woman as he often comes home with long blonde hairs on his clothes and glitter on his shoulder (she joked the other day that if she didn’t know better she’d swear blind he was having an affair with Noddy Holder.)
She’s promised me a night I’ll never forget as her husband is out and told me not to worry about bringing an air pump.
Keep trying with Rocket, I’m sure he’s just playing hard to get.
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Be careful what you wish for bully hoo.
After a night out with me you would be thankful for the warm embrace of ‘Rebecca’.
Thank you for reminding me of the ‘Air-pump’.
I’m happy both you and ‘Lone’ have made up, it actually botherd him. And not a lot normally does.
UP THE WOLVES and CITY.
P.S. He wouldn’t dare see another women. Two are enough for him.
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Signed.
Good work from Peace and co.
Another English international player joins the fold.
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