Ads Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I have not read it like that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I have not read it like that at all. How have you read it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbaughan Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I`ve just read back through a load of bollocks spouted by mentalists. And you have just added to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now. Quite a few teams we cannot compete with now. Sunderland, QPR, Stoke, Everton. Reading and Southampton have a bit of money behind them and put players before jets. Fulham and West Ham have backing from their chair-men - and will certainly finish above us if the squad stays the same. if the squad is like this for September onwards, I call for Lerner to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now.Cue mass VT suicide. He's a good player, but VT seems to have an unhealthy obsession with getting him here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangedudders Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now.Que mass VT suicide. He's a good player, but VT seems to have an unhealthy obsession with getting him here. I agree with the number of people saying he is a good player. But he is a MOTD player. Will do a few good crosses but then lose the ball to easily other times. Much like SWP in that way. Can turn a game on its head but not every single game. Maybe 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 games. I would rather have someone less flashy that can do something in every game he plays. Someone like Jamie O'hara would do us well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now. Quite a few teams we cannot compete with now. Sunderland, QPR, Stoke, Everton. Reading and Southampton have a bit of money behind them and put players before jets. Fulham and West Ham have backing from their chair-men - and will certainly finish above us if the squad stays the same. if the squad is like this for September onwards, I call for Lerner to go. According to their spending we are behind 14 clubs including the typical Top 6 candidates. 15 if you include Newcastle in that as well so we are behind.. Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, Tottenham, Everton, Stoke, Sunderland, QPR, Reading, Southampton, Fulham and West Ham.. Now if you include with that teams with flat a flat out better squad then we are also behind West Brom and Swansea.. So that puts us 18th in the league with Wigan and Norwich below us. Now of course some teams are going to underachieve, but this is something that is going to get worse and worse season on season. I mean you look at the kind of spending going on that we are not doing ultimately meaning we will fall further behind. If we really are this far behind the other clubs then it's not a case of if we get relegated it is a case of when.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now.Que mass VT suicide. He's a good player, but VT seems to have an unhealthy obsession with getting him here. Because he is a very good player and just the type we should be going for but instead we have to take a punt on unproven payers from abroad and 23 year olds from the 2nd division in the vain hope they may come good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ads Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I have not read it like that at all. How have you read it ? That there is money there to spend now, that there is a plan in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now. Quite a few teams we cannot compete with now. Sunderland, QPR, Stoke, Everton. Reading and Southampton have a bit of money behind them and put players before jets. Fulham and West Ham have backing from their chair-men - and will certainly finish above us if the squad stays the same. if the squad is like this for September onwards, I call for Lerner to go. He has behaved like a man looking to sell for the last couple of seasons. The appointment of Lambert surprised and delighted me - the strong rumours that he had £20m to spend even more. If as you say the squad is as it is by Sep 1 - I really can't see much headway under Lerner. We have flirted with relegation the last 2 seasons - not replaced players with ones of similar quality - seen the shortcomings of throwing the kids in. Lerner must be Naive if he thinks we can keep dodging relegation with the current level of investment - but a championship villa would be worth considerably less. I really think he is looking for a buyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 A. Johnson to Sunderland is a done deal apparently.. I know a few people on here wanted him well he has gone there now.Que mass VT suicide. He's a good player, but VT seems to have an unhealthy obsession with getting him here. Because he is a very good player and just the type we should be going for but instead we have to take a punt on unproven payers from abroad and 23 year olds from the 2nd division in the vain hope they may come good.Buying exclusively established players from the Premier League was what got us into this mess in the first place. Not saying Johnson wouldn't be a good signing but just because the likes of Vlaar and El-Ahmadi are from abroad doesn't mean they're not good signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Teams around us getting stronger and we get weaker. Another productive day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wans13 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I cannot link as I am on an S2. The source is about as ITK re our owner as you can get. He posts on H&V and is a Lerner family friend. A section 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I have not read it like that at all. How have you read it ? That there is money there to spend now, that there is a plan in place.[/quote ] Hmmmmm - this sounds like one of those extended warranties which proclaim your product is 'totally protected' - then list a whole host of disclaimers which effectively leave you with no cover at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ads Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I find all this "we're behind this side" and "we will definitely finish behind them" to be very prematire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ads Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Thats because you don't understand your statutory rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorski Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I think that supporters should wait until the Transfer Window closes before judging Lambert,Randy,Faulkner or whoever,I still understand that players will be both coming & hopefully one or two going aswell. It is frustrating but better to get the right players in at the right price. UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I think we should save the inquests and post mortems until the window is over personally. 7 days left to go let's see what happens. I'll just reiterate that all the information I have been fortunate enough to come across has been pretty accurate so far so at this stage I still have no reason to doubt and I will not let the situation regarding Johnson stop that or alter my view. If it isn't to be then I'll cross that bridge when I get there. But given I have been pretty vocal anti Lerner for a few years now you must accept it took something to get me positive. I still believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I still understand that players will be both coming & hopefully one or two going aswell. Where did you hear this then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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