[Dingle-Dingle]

Sounds a bit Furry lol. DD

[Salopbaggie]

Just wondering if we will see a flurry of activity, trying to think like the Chairman. If I had a manager who was still considering whether or not to sign an extension, would I go out and spend money on players, when a new manager would want to chose their own? Williams was quoted today as saying "Tony Pulis's contract extension is 'absolutely essential' for keeping West Brom stable". The post above quoting an ITK, "they are just waiting for the green light". Just maybe the Pullis signature will kick all those deals into place or just maybe I am grasping at straws.

[Salopbaggie]

Just wondering if we will see a flurry of activity, trying to think like the Chairman.  If I had a manager who was still considering whether or not to sign an extension, would I go out and spend money on players, when a new manager would want to chose their own?  Williams was quoted today as saying "Tony Pulis's contract extension is 'absolutely essential' for keeping West Brom stable".  The post above quoting an ITK, "they are just waiting for the green light".  Just maybe the Pullis signature will kick all those deals into place or just maybe I am grasping at straws.

12 hours left until kick off, Happy or Sad......... not sure????

[BaggieMan]

NEW SIGNING ANOUNCED

Elsie Golightly the server of outstanding pies and bovril in the Smethwick has hung up her pinney.

Gladys Arbuthnot has been recruited and following extensive pre-season training in Austria has signed a three year contract.

Seems the only signing we are going to make pre kick-off!!!

[Kennyg]

Another New Signing!

Albert Entwhistle has been signed up to sell copies of the Albion News outside the Brummie Road on match days. Albert, aged 89, from Smethwick fits the role perfectly. He is the correct age for the club and being over 6 foot tall he can reach the boxes of programmes from off the top shelf. He is the second signing following the recruitment of Gladys (See above)
A further announcement is due shortly on a new recruitment in the laundry department - all the way from China, Mi No Stains is expected to sign shortly!

[Salopbaggie]

Another New Signing!

Albert Entwhistle has been signed up to sell copies of the Albion News outside the Brummie Road on match days. Albert, aged 89, from Smethwick fits the role perfectly. He is the correct age for the club and being over 6 foot tall he can reach the boxes of programmes from off the top shelf. He is the second signing following the recruitment of Gladys (See above)
A further announcement is due shortly on a new recruitment in the laundry department - all the way from China, Mi No Stains is expected to sign shortly!

Another signing and its the husband of Mrs Stains, Seymour, whose duties will involve picking up the dirty kit and taking it for cleaning. Both Seymour Stains and Mi No Stains were both delighted with the positions and hope they can keep the fans happy.

[talkSAFT]

What's the reasoning behind The Transfer Window? (In other words, why can't Clubs do their business throughout the Year, instead of creating a Circus reaching a crescendo on 31st August?)

Albion probably WILL bring in another 3 players, say, same as every other Club, but Players' Agents will hold out till 11.59 for top Salary offers. I don't quite understand why Rodriguez and Hergazy's Agents didn't wait till the last minute to be honest.

Can anyone give an answer to the question, because I've asked the question twice a year, and not received an explanation. People will have a good moan at the Club's Management team, but if there was a full year Sale period we'd at least have a good reason to moan. And Agents' bargaining power won't reach an auction on the last day.

[4evaabaggie]

Talksaft, don't know which age bracket you fall into but us older fans will remember before the Windows. You could buy and sell all year round. Sounds good ......... not so for the smaller to middle sized clubs.

Picture this ...... your a club cruising along, not setting the world on fire but holding your own in say 14th place, entering into March, on course to survive, a bigger club west ham, Newcastle are struggling in the bottom three, they see your star player/s as a quick fix to rescue themselves, the players become unsettled you end up having to sell, your form flops, theirs improves, they stay up you go down.

Or your doing fine, top half, but a glory club like man ure come in, you lose your manager big ron, midfielders Bryan Robson and remi mosses all in one hit, your season fades and your future becomes uncertain, you end up in division three, 16 years out of the top flight.

To try and stop this they created the meat market ....... you start with a squad and have to manage with that until the next meat market. This caused problems for smaller clubs because glory clubs signed anything with two legs and had a squad reminiscent to the cast of 500 to cover for injuries etc so they then limited squads to 25 plus kids.

Pretty sure that is the whole picture please correct me if I am wrong.

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Heard a rumour we're in talks with a quality player with bags of premier league experience, fits into our transfer policy, on verge of signing, just a couple of bits to sort out with Eric cantona's agent. Right age bracket ....... on a free.

[bomberbrown1968]

Spot on 4eva, the transfer windows are all about the media circus, agents and the money but they do give clubs a chance to improve at set times of the year, so I do prefer them to an all year round open market.

The only change I'd make is that the deadline closed 31st July so that it was all done by the start of the season in August, simply so that you start the season with the players you've got and that has to do you until the New Year. Theoretically, Matt Phillips could have a storming start to the season scoring 5 and setting up another 4 (I know, we don't score that many in 3 months), but then a top 6 side have an injury or a bad start and come with a £15m offer on August 31st. We either accept and don't have time to replace him or reject the offer - Matt Phillips wants to leave and goes into a sulk and downs tools.

Just using Phillips as an example, it could be anyone from the Premier outside of the top 6 or lower leagues, but it shouldn't be able to happen. The Summer window is far too long, and eventually leads to "deadline day" one big circus reporters at every ground and ultimately teams losing good players.

It just seems we've been linked or rumoured to be after all sorts of players since last season finished and that's part of the frustration that it's another 3 weeks before it ends. God knows what our first selection in September will look like, but it's got to be better to know what you've got to pick from around 2 weeks before the start of a season.

[Dingle-Dingle]

Chris Wood.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footbal...Chris-Wood-

Vincent Jannsen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footbal...e-4784368/