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Agree with most of that but Tripps and Ben just aren’t good enough but yes they both give 100%
Are City having a fire sale? did I miss something .... oh wait it's only JT going off .... sorry my bad ....
I don't always agree with many things you say but this is actually a very, very, VERY good point.
On paper, it's indeed startling, but when considering the detail... Not so much.
Yeah, it was only after I posted that I saw Mrs. P's post that they all wanted to go and not the club. In fairness though if you were to take 3 first choice defenders out of any team it would normally have an effect.
Not so with us though with Jan stepping up, Sanchez looking to be a real star and Tripps and Davies doing a good job.
Exactly, this isn't akin to losing Keane & Berba or S'oton getting rinsed consecutive windows in a row.
Amazes me that whilst lambasting the clubs lack of spending, the same suspects have the gaul to indirectly imply that 40m for Sanchez was in the name of mere depth and double down in denial that we have a progressive fwd thinking trf policy in place.
Yes. But what it does suggest is there must be something fundamentally wrong with our wage structure or something, that has led to the situation arising. If I Posted on here that by summer 2019 we will have sold Kane, Dele and Eriksen I'd be labelled a cunt or gooner and chucked in the bin.
And the same would have happened if 18 months ago I'd said the same thing about Danny, Toby and Walker. There's no point burying your head in the sand to try and justify it. It's a situation that rightly warrants debate and needs to be addressed
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Yup... It's been distorted by the financial doping of the likes of Chavs, City & PSG.
Sure it warrants debate, as long as BOTH parties are prepared to accept the facts of the scenario... Not just latch onto any old negative spin in the name of reinforcing their widely recognized, already established stance.
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Nope it just suggests you're an annoying whining troll ....
You are forever posting about our best players leaving ... how many have left? Kane, Dele, Eriksen, Jan, Son, Eric, Hugo, Danny the list goes on ... far as I know they're all still here, most on new contracts ...
We've bought in a 21 year old FB to replace a 30 year old injury risk FB (who hasn't even left yet) ... you'd think the world had ended
You just love to post gloom and doom "3/4 of the best back line in England sold off in 12 months" when A they were the best defence three years ago, not 12 months ago ... and B so far only one of them has left ...
You're a troll of the worst kind, insidiously picking at issues that just don't exist, or exaggerating every little thing that's not 100% correct ... you might say it's 'creating discussion' I just think it's 'sad and pathetic' ....
If you want to be a negative cunt post in all the weird and wonderful threads on here about politics, food, cricket even in the toilet ... but just drop the constant 'anti Spurs' bollocks on the football threads ...
By the way sorry your boys lost last night .... NOT
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I don’t think Everton would pay 40m for Rose, but if they were to, would people accept that? I’d probably take that
100%
We will NEVER get that much for Rose again.
He is probably unlikely to ever sign a new deal with us (more that we are probably unlikely to offer him a new one). He's not getting any younger and we aren't strengthening a direct rival
The situation is certainly different that it was in previous years, especially as Poch just signed a new deal. That said, I still have a bad feeling of selling a LB and thinking back to when we would play Naughton as LB occasionally. I don’t want a similar situation in which Walker-Peters is then forced into LB and will be judged on his not preferred position.
You are right, 40m for an aging LB who hasn’t shown he’s back to being fully fit and to not a direct rival, is good business.
Who’d we be replacing him with and how much would they cost?
My guess is that if said replacement is less than £40M he’d likely be a gamble (Tierney) or a downgrade (Bertrand).
I look around and don’t see many top class left backs - take the rest of the top 6: None of theirs bar the injured Mendy would be on par with Rose.
Think we should be very careful here (despite his BS last summer and two long injuries).
My guess is that if said replacement is less than £40M he’d likely be a gamble (Tierney) or a downgrade (Bertrand).
I look around and don’t see many top class left backs - take the rest of the top 6: None of theirs bar the injured Mendy would be on par with Rose.
Think we should be very careful here (despite his BS last summer and two long injuries).
2018 Danny Rose is sadly not on par with pre 2018 Danny Rose either
There are plenty of good left backs out there. Few with the same pure physical attributes of Rose. But plenty who offer a more rounded performance. Mendy at Lyon, Max at Augsburg or Tierny at Celtic to name a few.
If Poch has shown anything it is that he can improve defenders. I mean he made Rose and Walker into world beaters (lets not forget that they were not without criticism before Poch arrived)
Bertrand turns 29 in August, which is weird cause it seems like he got old really fast. No way he's getting bid for by our club at all.
Tierney is interesting but unproven, and could turn out to be Hutton 2.0. I have a feeling he'll still be available at the end of this next season if we want him.
Very little downside risk to keeping Rose for another season. But potentially a lot at risk for us by selling him with an unproven replacement. Why create drama? Other positions need much more attention. I hope we just leave it be and keep our focus on our current needs. Already have enough to deal with.