TheBigDog Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Agree 100% with this, I want players with Ambition at the club ..... Agree too - if he is more comfortable in League 2 then he really is not the player we are looking for is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky_Latic Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) I think it entirely possible we put in a bid, but a realistic one based on what we knew he was earning. Entirely possible Dale got a bit excited and bid higher. I think in this case Penney would know what he was on, put in a realistic bid and stuck by it. this is good news all round. Penney not held to ransom Realstic budget Not blow it at the first person that is available. Rochdale blnked first and paid over the odds. IF Penney knew that he was seriously considering an offer from Rochdale, I think it possible he walked away there and then, and quite correct to do so. A player that is happy to stay in Div 2 is not mentally strong enough to get us into the Championship, and mental strength is what we lacked most IMHO last season. That would be true if it was another club, but 'dale have already come out this summer and said that the budget will be down on last season (Hence why they've released seven) - they dont spend beyond their means and never will do. So I fail to see that "blinked and then paid more" possibility - as in previous cases Dale have always caved in and looked elsewhere when that's happened. Rochdale have been after Kennedy for ages. Hill has made it no secret in the past that he's a fan of him. I love how people make out that he's happy to stay in league 2 - laughable - just because he's opted there rather than league 1. The bloke's come from Middlesbrough. Has already had a brief chance at the top and surely wants to get back there one day. It's already come out that Kennedy see's dale as a progressive club who will mount a challenge in league 2 once again this season. I'm pretty sure he'll have had words with Keltie and Wiseman as to what sort of a club 'dale are. Edited May 21, 2009 by Rocky_Latic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 i'm still waiting for confirmation that latics wanted him. all bloody hearsay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellysheroes Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Are you GAY? by any chance...lol sorry mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 i'm still waiting for confirmation that latics wanted him. all bloody hearsay. According to today's Chron, Kennedy was our 'number one target' if that's true (which I think it isn't) perhaps it is time to start getting worried just what our intentions are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 According to today's Chron, Kennedy was our 'number one target' if that's true (which I think it isn't) perhaps it is time to start getting worried just what our intentions are. say no more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor_Coconut Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 According to today's Chron, Kennedy was our 'number one target' if that's true (which I think it isn't) perhaps it is time to start getting worried just what our intentions are. You missed out the 'according to reports in the north east'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boundaryblue80 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) According to today's Chron, Kennedy was our 'number one target' if that's true (which I think it isn't) perhaps it is time to start getting worried just what our intentions are. If you don't believe it...it's surely not time to start getting worried then? At all! I'm not...I don't for one second think he was a main target, nor even possibly a target. If he was, he would've been here...there's not a single chance that Dale would offer more IMO. Overall though...only thing I'm worried about is I'm seeing the same as what happened in the Summer of 2005 happening all over again... Too high, too early - the expectations on the new manager Players not being kept on that fans want (Beckett/Gregan) Players signed that some can't understand (Swailes - many stating injured when he arrived / Wolfy signs to prove fitness) Manager going back to previous club Fans reading utter :censored:e in the press, believing it and then being utterly negative about it There's a few things worrying me off the top of my head...the list is sure to grow and a ball's not been kicked... Edited May 22, 2009 by boundaryblue80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky_Latic Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Not to worry. Dale were rumoured to be in for Purdie so I guess that make's it one all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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