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Article 23 Signings Under Pochettino Ranked

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Alderweireld - 9

Dele - 8
Lucas - 8
Son - 8

Gazza - 7
Foyth - 7
Sanchez - 7
Aurier - 7

Sissoko - 6
Davies - 6
Wanyama - 6
Trippier - 6
Wimmer - 6
Llorente - 6

Stambouli - 5
Yedlin - 5
Fazio - 5
Vorm - 5
N'jie - 5

N'koudou - 4
Janssen - 4

AVERAGE - 6.2
 
We really have signed a load of crap over the last few years

Quite amazing how we have managed to be as consistently good as we have
 
The Wanyama goal was in the middle of a second half performance that if we matched in every game between now and the end of the season would win us the league.

It was a truly exceptional 45 minutes and had Klopp shaking his head in disbelief.

Kane's saving penalty to win us a point was the least we deserved.

Alli and Alderweireld top for me. Son this season, but cost comes into it, so Alli.
 
MindBlown said:
Alderweireld - 9

Dele - 8
Lucas - 8
Son - 8

Gazza - 7
Foyth - 7
Sanchez - 7
Aurier - 7

Sissoko - 6
Davies - 6
Wanyama - 6
Trippier - 6
Wimmer - 6
Llorente - 6

Stambouli - 5
Yedlin - 5
Fazio - 5
Vorm - 5
N'jie - 5

N'koudou - 4
Janssen - 4

AVERAGE - 6.2
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Think you're being pretty generous here,
Lucas would be a 7 for me, too inconsistent
Gazza and Foyth have done nowhere near enough to deserve a 7
Aurier is a 5 at best
Wanyama is a funny one, he's gone from a 9 to a 5 or even a 4: I'd probably give him 7

Son and Dele both 9s for me though, potentially developing into 10s

You missed Dier too, I'd give him a 7
 
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The Multi said:
Think you're being pretty generous here,
Lucas would be a 7 for me, too inconsistent
Gazza and Foyth have done nowhere near enough to deserve a 7
Aurier is a 5 at best
Wanyama is a funny one, he's gone from a 9 to a 5 or even a 4: I'd probably give him 7

Son and Dele both 9s for me though, potentially developing into 10s

You missed Dier too, I'd give him a 7
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Forgot Dier, he's borderline 6-7 imo.
Gazza has done enough for me to be considered 7 and Foyth maybe in 2 years time.
Wanyama is weird one, after the first season he was 8, now is somewhere between 4-5.
Agree with Dele and Son too.
 
Value for money:

Alderweireld - 10
Dele - 10

Son - 9

Dier - 8

Gazza - 7
Foyth - 7
Sanchez - 7
Davies - 7
Lucas - 7

Aurier - 6
Sissoko - 6
Wanyama - 6
Trippier - 6
Llorente - 6

Wimmer - 5
Stambouli - 5
Yedlin - 5
Fazio - 5
Vorm - 5
N'jie - 5

N'koudou - 4
Janssen - 4
 
Nkoudou and Janssen HAVE to be bottom two. They've both been here for THREE seasons and both done absolutely fuck all but waste wages.

The likes of Yedlin, Pau Lopez, Stambouli, Fazio were all disappointing but we never made a loss of any of them. Three of which were only here for a season and the other was only ever signed as a marketing ploy.

I'd personally rank them as:

1. Dele Alli - 53 goals and 40 assists in 171 games. Cost £5,000,000
2. Toby Alderweireld - Transformed our defensive fortunes. Cost £11,500,000
3. Son Heung-Min - 61 goals and 36 assists in 170 games.
4. Eric Dier - 202 games for the club. Versatile. Cost £4,000,000
5. Ben Davies - 155 games played. Great back up for fee paid.
6. Kieran Trippier - 102 games played. Cost £3,500,000.
7. Victor Wanyama - Brilliant in his first season. Bargain at modern day prices.
8. Juan Foyth - Looks like he will become an elite player. Cost £10,000,000.
9. Davinson Sanchez - Could potentially be a huge star.
10. Moussa Sissoko - Higher based on this seasons appearances. 100+ games played.
11. Lucas Moura - Cheap in todays world of fees. Good depth.
12. Paulo Gazzaniga - Proving to be a solid number two.
13. Fernando Llorente - His stats speak for themselves. Underrated in that sense.
14. Serge Aurier - Not quite lived up to expectations.
15. Michel Vorm - Has declined over the years but usually done well when called upon.
16. Kevin Wimmer - Started off well. Incredible that we made a profit on him.
17. Federico Fazio - Actually enjoyed his and Vertonghens partnership but was too slow for what we required.
18. Benjamin Stambouli - Another one I didn't mind, but was perhaps a little slow in midfield.
19. Clinton Njie - Not really given a chance. Thought he had more about him than others have shown (Nkoudou)
20. DeAndre Yedlin - Played one game for us.
21. Pau Lopez - Played zero games for us.
22. Vincent Janssen - Three seasons. Not good enough.
23. Georges-Kevin Nkoudou - Three seasons. No where near good enough.

Based on amount of games played, value of the actual signing and perhaps how important they have been over their time with us.
 
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Rooster said:
Top signing has been Dele, Son and Toby. Game changers.

Still can't believe we signed Dele for only £5,000,000.:allitongue:
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Del Boy, Sonny & Toby top class signings. I think Davies & Trippier have been underrated signings as well for the price both cost. International players, one was £3.5m and the other what £10m or something like that?

Special mention for Dier as well. I know he isn't everyone's cup of tea but versatile, seems like a good foot solider, has been pretty much an ever present as we've taken the step up from top 5-7 into top 2-3 and cost £5m. Such a shame he isn't HG
 
Totti said:
Nkoudou and Janssen HAVE to be bottom two. They've both been here for THREE seasons and both done absolutely fuck all but waste wages.

The likes of Yedlin, Pau Lopez, Stambouli, Fazio were all disappointing but we never made a loss of any of them. Three of which were only here for a season and the other was only ever signed as a marketing ploy.

I'd personally rank them as:

1. Dele Alli - 53 goals and 40 assists in 171 games. Cost £5,000,000
2. Toby Alderweireld - Transformed our defensive fortunes. Cost £11,500,000
3. Son Heung-Min - 61 goals and 36 assists in 170 games.
4. Eric Dier - 202 games for the club. Versatile. Cost £4,000,000
5. Ben Davies - 155 games played. Great back up for fee paid.
6. Kieran Trippier - 102 games played. Cost £3,500,000.
7. Victor Wanyama - Brilliant in his first season. Bargain at modern day prices.
8. Juan Foyth - Looks like he will become an elite player. Cost £10,000,000.
9. Davinson Sanchez - Could potentially be a huge star.
10. Moussa Sissoko - Higher based on this seasons appearances. 100+ games played.
11. Lucas Moura - Cheap in todays world of fees. Good depth.
12. Paulo Gazzaniga - Proving to be a solid number two.
13. Fernando Llorente - His stats speak for themselves. Underrated in that sense.
14. Serge Aurier - Not quite lived up to expectations.
15. Michel Vorm - Has declined over the years but usually done well when called upon.
16. Kevin Wimmer - Started off well. Incredible that we made a profit on him.
17. Federico Fazio - Actually enjoyed his and Vertonghens partnership but was too slow for what we required.
18. Benjamin Stambouli - Another one I didn't mind, but was perhaps a little slow in midfield.
19. Clinton Njie - Not really given a chance. Thought he had more about him than others have shown (Nkoudou)
20. DeAndre Yedlin - Played one game for us.
21. Pau Lopez - Played zero games for us.
22. Vincent Janssen - Three seasons. Not good enough.
23. Georges-Kevin Nkoudou - Three seasons. No where near good enough.

Based on amount of games played, value of the actual signing and perhaps how important they have been over their time with us.
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Agree with a lot of this.

Wimmer is frustrating. We should never have let Milos go, hate it when we lose guys like that from the Academy. Wimmer basically took the place that could have been his, yes?
 
Park Lane Mark Twain said:
Value for money:

Alderweireld - 10
Dele - 10

Son - 9

Dier - 8

Gazza - 7
Foyth - 7
Sanchez - 7
Davies - 7
Lucas - 7

Aurier - 6
Sissoko - 6
Wanyama - 6
Trippier - 6
Llorente - 6

Wimmer - 5
Stambouli - 5
Yedlin - 5
Fazio - 5
Vorm - 5
N'jie - 5

N'koudou - 4
Janssen - 4
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Agree that value for money is the right metric. Disagree on some of that ordering.

1. Dele
2. Toby
3. Dier
4. Son
---------Large gulf--------------
5. Wanyama
6. Trippier
7. Foyth
8. Wimmer
9. Gazza
10. Sanchez
11. Yedlin
12. Davies
13. Sissoko
14. Stambouli
15. Vorm
----The line between net positive and net negative ----
16. Lucas
17. Fazio
18. Aurier
19. N'Jie
20. Llorente
21. Nkoudou
22. Janssen

Pau Lopez was a loan so he doesn't really count.
 
Great signings: Alderweireld, Son, Dele, Dier
Good signings: Wanyama, Trippier, Davies, Sissoko, Foyth, Sanchez, Gazzaniga
Mediocre signings: Lucas, Wimmer, Aurier, Vorm
Bad signings: Stambouli, Fazio, Yedlin, Nkoudou, Njie, Janssen, Llorente

Occasional flops are inevitable when you are shopping for deals like we are, but we've got an incredible return on investment from cheap signings like Dele, Dier, Trippier, Davies and Wanyama.
 
10 windows, 23 signings and only 3 (Toby, Dele and Son) of them genuinely went on to improve the first team.

This is beyond poor, can't think of any top team done this worse.
 
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