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Yeah, we're such a spoilt fanbase aren't we.
We'll drop points today, Burnley will be well up for it, cross our fingers durng international break hoping key players don't pick up injuries, should beat Sheff U at home but then it's Woolwich and Liverpool. Yeah, nah, I think both games could get really messy.
The season will trundle on, some good games and performances, some bad, we'll get to Jan and there will be talk of Don Levy when he manages to sign a Bayern or PSG reject on loan at the 11th hour, after shifting out more deadwood on loans with no obligations, we'll play a weakened team in the FA cup and go out before the end of Feb, there will be some talk of making a Top 4 push but alas, lack of depth kills us and we scrape into the EL or ECL on the last day and ENIC lovers and Levy Enthusiasts hails this as a successful season.
But we've moved even further behind our rivals and now there are rumblings that players like Romero and Bissouma want CL football and here we go again.
Nothing will change until Levy and ENIC fuck off.
You are always such a condensing little prick , its always "you guys" "you lot"Do you know what you guys actually want?
You are always such a condensing little prick , its always "you guys" "you lot"
I get on with most posters on here but you are really starting to grate on me, not sure who you think you are ?
It's clearly stated spending so why is it misleading. Net spend is a different metric.This isn't net spend- bit misleading.
Where are these rumblings you speak of?
Any chance of you posting some proof?
Or is it all just complete hearsay? Like the rest of this post.
OK...so we only spent 62m then ....not sure how you came to that figure of 162m, maddison 40m, vdv 42m, vicario 16m, Johnson 45m, soloman free..I make that roughly 143m...so that's about 60m after the kane money. So in premier league money terms, we spent fuck all after the kane money. So basically had no transfer budget to speak off if kane hadn't left ?We got 100 million for Kane. Our summer transfers add up to a grand total of 162 million this summer.
I’m gonna stick my neck out here and assume that we can both agree that 162 million is in fact, a larger total than 100 million.
Christ there are some numptys roaming this forum.
Good post mate, but I just don't believe that...we needed cbs more than anythingWe didn't waste £50m on Johnson, that was a manager pick and he seemingly thought that we needed him more than a replacement CB, the lack of CB cover is disappointing, sure but I reckon getting Jonnson over the line took priority over the CB cover.
Good post mate, but I just don't believe that...we needed cbs more than anything
Levy really hasn't got any idea of football, just imagine how much more money the club could take if , the success was there, unlike the medicority that we currently have.I think Kulu maybe goes 10 and Johnson RW if Maddison gets hurt. They did more in attacking areas tbf.
Injury to a CB or Bissouma and we are in more trouble imo.
Levy was fine with that as long as the spreadsheets matched up. He’s not running a football club. He hires football people and hopes they can make him look competent.
My estimate is we have spent £342 million in the last 2 years and net £184m.
07/12/2021 Sayers Southend 0.5 18/01/2022 Markanday Blackburn 0 31/01/2022 Kulusevski Juventus 33 31/01/2022 Dele Everton 0 31/01/2022 Bentancur Juventus 16 02/06/2022 Gollini (L) Atalanta 0 31/05/2022 Perisic Inter 0 02/06/2022 Omole Crawley 0 08/06/2022 Forster Soton 0 10/06/2022 CCV Celtic 6 17/06/2022 Bissouma Brighton 25 08/07/2022 Bergwijn Ajax 26.5 01/07/2022 Richarlison Everton 50 09/07/2022 Clarke Sunderland 2 01/07/2022 Ashcroft Reading 0 04/08/2022 Etete Cardiff 0.5 01/07/2022 Keeley St Patricks 0 09/08/2022 Lo-Tutala Hull 0.5 08/07/2022 Lenglet (L) Barcelona 4.5 17/08/2022 Ameyaw Southampton 0.5 19/07/2022 Spence M'boro 12.5 01/09/2022 Lavinier Swindon 0 16/08/2022 Udogie Udinese 15 29/09/2022 Meghoma Southampton 0.5 31/08/2022 Lankshear Sheff Utd 1 Loans 6 TOTAL 158 TOTAL 43 25/01/2023 Danjuma (L) Villareal 2.5 31/01/2023 Doherty A Madrid 0 31/01/2023 Soonsup-Bell Chelsea 1 31/01/2023 Hayton Barnsley 0 31/01/2023 Porro Sporting 39 15/06/2023 Danjuma L Villareal 0 27/06/2023 Vicario Empoli 16.5 15/06/2023 Lenglet L Barcelona 0 28/06/2023 Maddison Leicester 40 15/06/2023 Lucas Released 0 04/07/2023 Egan-Riley Man City 0 27/06/2023 Mundle S Liege 0.5 04/07/2023 James Man City 0 01/07/2023 Winks Leicester 10 04/07/2023 Logan Ipswich 0 12/08/2023 Kane B Munich 100 11/07/2023 Solomon S Donetsk 0 1/9/23 White Stevenage 0 05/08/2023 Phillips Blackburn 2 08/08/2023 van de Ven Wolfsburg 30 08/08/2023 Veliz Rosario 13 LOANS 3 01/09/2023 Brennan Notts Forest 40 TOTAL 184 TOTAL 113
The past couple of years, even west ham have been outspending us.OK...so we only spent 62m then ....not sure how you came to that figure of 162m, maddison 40m, vdv 42m, vicario 16m, Johnson 45m, soloman free..I make that roughly 143m...so that's about 60m after the kane money. So in premier league money terms, we spent fuck all after the kane money. So basically had no transfer budget to speak off if kane hadn't left ?
A big premier league club should be able to spend that easily, and then spend the kane money on top. But not this club, our owners plead poverty.
OK...so we only spent 62m then ....not sure how you came to that figure of 162m, maddison 40m, vdv 42m, vicario 16m, Johnson 45m, soloman free..I make that roughly 143m...so that's about 60m after the kane money. So in premier league money terms, we spent fuck all after the kane money. So basically had no transfer budget to speak off if kane hadn't left ?
A big premier league club should be able to spend that easily, and then spend the kane money on top. But not this club, our owners plead poverty.
Yes...you think wasting 50m on johnson was more needed than signing a 50m cb then ??
It’s not about Ange or being positive about what he can do with the team.We couldn’t shift the defenders out or at least for the minimum price Levy wanted and we couldn’t get what we may have wanted….I know we all have given up on Sanchez but there is a defender in there somewhere that we paid 42m for…if anyone can bring that defender back to life and restore confidence it’s fucking Ange and look who he and all the players have had to work with since Poch…Nuno, Mourinho and Conte…the last two would absolutely destroy anybody’s belief…
Problem is why wasnt the kane money added into the money put aside already for transfers.Yeah him too. I mean we have spent way over the 100 million we got for Kane. That’s close to 150 million. What the hell are they crying about ?
Before this window every pundit in town was saying it was impossible to replace Kane and his 30 goals a season.
And its a very tall order to replace perhaps the best striker in the world.
But we have added Maddison and Johnson - both of whom scored 10 goals each last season in PL
Maddison is a very creative player , and together with Udogie inn his debut season is also adding a lot more creativity.
Stats would suggest that we are creating about 30% more chances than in previous seasons so its perfectly reasonable to expect other players to add say another 10 goals or so between them. And that's a combination of Ange bringing his attacking style plus more creative players in.
So pundits answered in spades !
No point paying anyone off until Turkish and Saudi windows closeThey’ve both had good careers here, so I don’t want to be overly disrespectful, but Lloris and Dier really shouldn’t be let back into the training ground.
We’re trying to build a new culture with a new leadership group, having two formerly influential players moping around on the fringes because they can’t arrange a move away will just be massively detrimental to camaraderie and togetherness in the new era.
And of course none of our players should even be forced to look at Ndombele for fear of the negative influence his mere aura might cast on others.
Buy them out or have them train separately.