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You mean like that time Liverpool signed Van Dijk in DecemberI never said this. You can sign anyone you like in January (Carroll, Samba, Torres etc etc).
But you don't. You do your serious business in the Summer
A lot of our results in the first half of the season were better than our actual performances.
It's a long old season, sammy.The table at New Years proves you utterly wrong though
Fair enough, but my point was more along the lines of fitting an agenda into the match discussion, which seems unreasonable in certain cases. If you argue we tighten up and blow it because of XYZ, that’s at least logical based on a few key moments. If you say this is a culmination of fatigue and injuries because we didn’t reinforce, again, I think that’s a fair point to make.Maybe not dishonest as oppposed to what most thought would be the likely outcome.
But we make mistake after mistake after mistake. Or mids chance after chance after chance.
Look it's 4 years. 3rd, 2nd, 3rd.
We have the experience but something does not click.
We looked shite in the first half and he persists with Hugo, Trippier and Eriksen
That’s down to Poch
But I’ve explained why I think the summer window was fine.
Here’s why, yet again.
Because at the time, we had a fit selection of Dembele, Dier, Winks, Sissoko and Wanyama
That means that Eriksen and Dele wouldn’t here been dropped so deep
Nobody could predict injuries to every single one of the players I’ve just named.
Plus every single player I didnt name.
Despite the injuries growing AFTER the summer window shut, by the turn of the year we were still:
In all 4 competitions
In a position where beating Wolves would have put us 2pts behind Liverpool
We had our highest amount of points for the first half of a season in the history of the club
So while YOU think I was wrong about the summer window, I do not believe I was wrong.
Once more, the reasons I believe my views were vindicated are outlined above.
Since January, we have regressed.
I have always maintained, right back in the Jan window that Dembele had t be replaced and a striker to cover Kane and Son was a must.
That has zero bearing on the summer window because the situations were different. As backed up by the table up to Jan, and from Jan.
I’m pretty sure you fully understand this
Remind us how many games are in a season? I seem to be thinking it's 19 but for some reason I feel I'm wrong. Actually I feel really wrong which isn't really a big deal because I'm secure in myself and my intellect so being wrong doesn't chip away at that. Is it 19 and I'm right? I hope to all that holy it isn't 20 because then I would just have to admit I was wrong but only by a game so no big deal.The table at New Years proves you utterly wrong though
Which is why we should have addressed the injury situation and Dembeles sale in January.It's a long old season, sammy.
That’s what the January window is for and why it should have been usedRemind us how many games are in a season? I seem to be thinking it's 19 but for some reason I feel I'm wrong. Actually I feel really wrong which isn't really a big deal because I'm secure in myself and my intellect so being wrong doesn't chip away at that. Is it 19 and I'm right? I hope to all that holy it isn't 20 because then I would just have to admit I was wrong but only by a game so no big deal.
It would be something if it was like double of 19 because then i would be really wrong. but still no big deal unless I was basing predictions and conclusions on only 19 games. But even then it would still just be a football season and I would still be a decent guy. So no harm done...unless I had a fragile ego and was completely insecure in myself.
Didn't need addressing. I see.Which is why we should have addressed the injury situation and Dembeles sale in January.
Those things hadn’t happened in August so didn’t need addressing
If Lloris makes a simple catch this is a draw. Let’s not make this out as more than that.
Burnley, Chelsea, Woolwich and Southampton we were poor for long stretches and looked tactically bereft of ideas. Today that was not the case. We more or less dominated the entire second half and more than held our own for long stretches of the first.
Everyone chalked this off a loss before the game, so some of the reactions here seem a bit dishonest.
I've named three we were linked with; Barclay, Grealish and Shelvey. There were numerous others that could have done better job than our midfield today.I always ask this when people say about signings. Realistically who would you have signed talent wise to make us better? The quality levels are fine, the lapses in concentration or what's going on in their heads at the moment unfortunately isn't
That’s what the January window is for and why it should have been used
Is this confusing people?
Seriously?
I don’t think anyone is making excuses for that Burnley through Southampton stretch of matches. But today was quite a bit different.Its the games where you say we were poor in stretches that has killed us. Away to Chelsea, Liverpool maybe mistakes lost us the game whilst we were playing well however it seems we only raise our game and are motivated against those kinds of top teams. If we have it as much in other games then we'd have surely got more from it. Mistakes don't help but lack of effort no matter who you play is unacceptable.
Its pure revisionism and the January Transfer Thread is testament to that.It is near impossible to do any business in January.
You mean like that time Liverpool signed Van Dijk in December
Dembele hadnt been sold and no one was injured so no, the issues of January didn’t need addressing in AugustDidn't need addressing. I see.
That we are the third best in the league? Fair enough.And the table now proves us utterly right!