Do you think we have forgotten to run this by Mourinho?When it rains it pours
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Do you think we have forgotten to run this by Mourinho?When it rains it pours
We gonna win the champions with Jose. It’s writtenDo you think we have forgotten to run this by Mourinho?
Seriously stupid decision. Not just from a (my) footballing standpoint.
We've had difficult windows as it is trying to shift non HG, moderate/high earning deadwood so that we can rebuild a squad desperately in need of refreshing and improving. So what do we do, extend the contract of a shit player on minimum 90k pw (maybe more with this contract) meaning a commitment of potentially 20m plus to a player who should be nowhere near a team with League/CL aspirations that wants to press better and play football better.
The sooner we get a decent DOF who can get on top of some of this stupid contractual/recruitment/team building stuff the fucking better.
Sissoko has some attributes such as powerful running and being able to break opposition lines but ultimately is a technically limited footballer. But certainly atm with our other CM options being new boy Ndombele still bedding in, Winks and the youthful Skipp ( possibly Wanyama but still think he won't be here by summer) we probably need him.
Think the new contract reflects the fact that there are a few players running down contracts which come to an end in the summer and we may or may not need to replace ( one or two might sign new ones) and others who we may wish to uograde.
So a new contract gives us an option to keep Sissoko for a couple of years whilst we replace maybe half a dozen other players first ( which will probably take both January and summer TWs to complete - and might run into following year). It's a sensible pragmatic move.
Personally I doubt we'll keep him for the full 4 years to 2023 and the new contract preserves a value if he moves on in (say) 2 years.
So no need to do anything drastic Captain Titus Oates !
It could be a parting "gift" from Poch.I wish I could agree with that logic but I don't, I think it's the type of mismanagement of resources by Pochettino that got us into the fucking mess we have been in for the last 18-24 months, that saw Winks not get properly integrated until he was 22, KWP's career stagnated at the critical development time and will see Skipp's career go the same way. And it's the type of mismanagement of resources that saw us unable to sign players for two windows.
It could be a parting "gift" from Poch.
He will look good in a wet spam shirt when he pisses offLads, you don't get it, when we sell him next year we'll get a bit more money than if he was in his final year...
Precisely. Like one of your company's employees making a poo on the toilet floor.Like when burglers shit in ashtrays and stick it to the ceiling you mean?
He will look good in a wet spam shirt when he pisses off
WOWOW
Giving a new contract to 30 year old Sissoko.
What a huge slap in the face to Jan, Toby, Rose, etc etc
They've turned down contracts in the past, it's their look out...WOWOW
Giving a new contract to 30 year old Sissoko.
What a huge slap in the face to Jan, Toby, Rose, etc etc
Why?
Toby's had a new deal on the table for 2 years (or more).
Jan is 33 by the end of the season, yet has been offered an extention.
Rose WANTS out.
They've turned down contracts in the past, it's their look out...
That didn't come off sarcastic enough.
My bad
I wish I could agree with that logic but I don't, I think it's the type of mismanagement of resources by Pochettino that got us into the fucking mess we have been in for the last 18-24 months, that saw Winks not get properly integrated until he was 22, KWP's career stagnated at the critical development time and will see Skipp's career go the same way. And it's the type of mismanagement of resources that saw us unable to sign players for two windows.