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If lloris goes to united then at least we all know how ambitious the owners really are.
Correct. And surely if the team that finishes 5th has any ambition of catching the team in 4th, they wouldn`t strengthen them by selling them their world class goalkeeper. Would they ?
No, but teams above us have worse goalkeepers but a better defence. My point was that there will be life after Hugo. At some point he is going to move on, and I won't blame him. We are not going to achieve what he could elsewhere in the next 5 years, with our stadium build and therefore restricted spending.
There are plenty of excellent goalkeepers out there. We are more than capable of attracting them. We're fortunate to have one of the top 5 in the world. I can't see it staying that way.
Couldn't have put it better myself mate. Some cite it as a lack of ambition by ENIC, but what about Hugo's ambitions? He's a top 5 gk and captain for his country, who in any given tournament have a chance to win it. Can we guarantee him CL football and trophies? Don't think so.
The £400m+ stadium is going to throttle our spending I imagine, and no doubt has done in the past 5 years as we've banked cash for the build.
I agree with you in general (and Vertonghen), but I still think with a more solid defence we wouldn't require so many worldies from Hugo. He's actually very replaceable for a club at our level. Ironically, if Vertonghen hadn't been so shit for 2 seasons Lloris wouldn't have been so embarrassed on numerous occasions and we might actually be in the CL and he wouldn't have such a desire to leave!!
To put it a different way; some keepers won't make a highlights reel of incredible saves but someone like Rob Green will. Rob Green is now a Championship keeper whilst Courtois is a title winner.
The ten outfield players have to be drilled in such a way that the keeper is protected, and therefore the goal, are protected. We aren't capable of doing that with the personnel we have. I would wager that someone like Begovic would be equally useful if we had Matic and Mascherano in midfield.
Not that I want shot of Hugo, far from it.
The ten outfield players have to be drilled in such a way that the keeper is protected, and therefore the goal, are protected. We aren't capable of doing that with the personnel we have. I would wager that someone like Begovic would be equally useful if we had Matic and Mascherano in midfield.
Not that I want shot of Hugo, far from it.
Mertesacker and Koscielny made that Polish cunt look half decent. Says it all really.
And my point is, that under no circumstances should we be strengthening a team whom we are trying to catch by handing over our world class keeper..Whatever money is offered. A team who only finished one place either side of us each of the last two seasons. .......You can not, surely, justify selling Hugo to Man Utd on the one hand, while maintaining we still have champions league aspirations on the other. It just doesn`t add up. It`s utter nonsense.
I agree. Do not sell to Man Utd. But if Hugo went abroad, we could replace him and we could still have CL aspirations.
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There are plenty of excellent goalkeepers out there. We are more than capable of attracting them. We're fortunate to have one of the top 5 in the world. I can't see it staying that way.[/QUOTE]
But we already have an excellent goalkeeper. And he was happy to commit his future to the club last July. Whoever we replace him with wont be as good
However, if I knew you, I`d be willing to bet any money you like that Vorm will be our first choice keeper next season
There are plenty of excellent goalkeepers out there. We are more than capable of attracting them. We're fortunate to have one of the top 5 in the world. I can't see it staying that way.[/QUOTE]
But we already have an excellent goalkeeper. And he was happy to commit his future to the club last July. Whoever we replace him with wont be as good
However, if I knew you, I`d be willing to bet any money you like that Vorm will be our first choice keeper next season
I have no doubt that this was done with the pretext of increasing his value and the words give us one more season, see where we end up. All while we brought in a proven Premiership keeper in Vorm as an understudy.
This was always on the cards. I'm just holding out for him to go abroad as I'll be gutted to see him in a Manure jersey.
I'm not sure it's a simple as that.
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Lmao.....messi!
Players commit their future all the time. 6 months later...on their way. Who sees out their contract? Very few.
No they won't be as good, but we don't need a keeper as good as Hugo to improve. The men in front of him need to be better. We could downgrade and have a better team IMO.
You don't know me, and you'd lose a lot of money, as I don't think Vorm is a suitable 1st team replacement. I've already stated who I'd go after to replace Hugo.
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Seriously, what's the point of a contract...?
means fuck all and it only offers the club (definitely not the fans) any kind of security!
My view point as well
