Absolutely right, but there's a lot of those players out there, and our competitors can only sign so many.
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Absolutely right, but there's a lot of those players out there, and our competitors can only sign so many.
I wish someone would let Abramovitch in on this.
Im not sure there is. And they can sign plenty. Look at the size of their squads - 30-40 premier league standard players in each squad.
He didn't play any of the players that the club bought - why do you think they were his signings? It doesn't make sense.
Earns a like for the use of halcyon. As well as the irony.
Oooh like me, like me. Please, no please, come on, it's not fair.
He he, I was thinking about writing something like this, but it's almost too easy, innit?
Come on, you know there is. And yes, some (particularly City) have big squads, but the answer to that is not for us to flood our squad with their rejects. We'll end up with the same kind of transfer windows year after year - many ins, many outs. We need to find the young gold (Kane, Bale etc.) and we need to bring in some more established quality and experience (VdV, Modric etc.)
IMHO.
Only really Stambouli - and I think that was because we didn't expect Mason to progress as well
This is so true. AVB said that he had a list (mostly achievable - Hulk wasn't achievable at the time ahem).
Levy royally fucked that list and ended up firing him (with AVB's consent - I think?)
Levy'd.
fellaini is no better than capoue or stambouli, whats the point bringing in defensive mdifielders?
Lallana will be over priced
Cisse is overrated
Reel yourself in sweetheart, spending big to us is a £15-17m signing, I don't mean £100m in a window. In fact spending big to us would be just £1 net spend, fact is we've spent fuck all for years, fuck all.
We COULD afford to spend a pound or two at least. TV revenue is hugely increased. The stadium build is an asset, there is significant sponsorship and NFL deals etc towards paying that off. We'll be in debt against a huge asset, most of the world works that way. Did you buy your first house with (your) cash? Lucky you if you did but not many do. Most don't start or run their businesses without some sort of secured and unsecured debts over the long term, even if they're in the black on the balance sheet annually.
As it is, we're already in profit during this window and still have deadwood to shift. Going into the season with one fucking decent striker will cost us league placing/s at probably a 85-90% certainty and that itself will cost millions. Need to think further forward outside of the new stadium shadow at times or, it could be the best setting for mid-table football in Europe, maybe the world.
I believe Austin would come to us, I commented towards those that have talked the likes about him preferring first choice at Newcastle or West Ham or, as if we won't need somebody other than Kane for all or part of up to 25-30 games. Don't know if he's what we need though, not sure he's good enough.
There may well be loads out there, but nobody I've ever heard of. It amazes me that some on here have so much knowledge of players, especially outwith the PL and know how much they should cost, how they'll settle and how good they'll be. I've no idea.
Moses might be shite, he may have potential. I don't know as I didn't watch many full Stoke games last season. Even if I had, I probably wouldn't have specifically watched him and even if I'd find that, I'm no football scout. A pretty true statement for every poster on here who knows he's a shite signing. I don't get it.
You're right in that we have to unearth new talent, but we can't possibly compete with the top four for players. We have to take the crumbs off their table and wether we like it or not, a player who doesn't sign for one of them and comes to us, he's a reject.
There's very few teams out there don't end up with some serious duds, we just get more than our fair share.
Worth staying up for.
Mason progressed because Stambouli was a lightweight who got puffed out flicking his hair back into place. One of the reasons I like this place is that some fans rated him, and confirmed my opinion that bullshitters - if there are enough of them - will always make a case. Stambouli's reputation, such as it is, has not suffered because someone had the good sense not to play him in games where he was required to break into a jog.
When the fuck did you use halcyon, exactly?
All well and good, but we didn't really get a look at him, did we?
PSG snapping him up may just be a quota thing, but it's hardly a downgrade for the chap.
Fellaini no better than Capoue, Stambouli?
I reckon you may have a pirate copy of CM, mate.
With all respect etc.
I never did - I wasn't sure what it mean't. Your detective skills are poor.
Fuck Stambouli mate. Football must be slow in France - like everything else.
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