Well I've watched every minute of every match can tell you Winks isn't a top half player. Not even a top half bench warmer.
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Transfers Summer 2021 - Transfer Thread
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Well I've watched every minute of every match can tell you Winks isn't a top half player. Not even a top half bench warmer.
Especially as such a big song and dance was made about attitude/commitment etc.
Ndombele, Serge and a bunch of others all spoke of Poch speaking to them personally in order to pitch the project to them so where were his jedi senses during those meetings.....?
Don’t mean to be rude, but if that’s what you think of Silva I’d suggest you haven’t watched him too much. He’s an absolute magician. Probably should have won league player of the year in 18/19.
City and Pep make individual talents so much less fun and impressive. Think how much better it was to watch Mahrez on Leicester, you know Grealish won’t be nearly as fun to watch. Think Silva has been a victim of their hoarding of talented players. As a feature player here, I think he’d be unreal.
Not being n the CL is no longer an acceptable outcome. Prior to the new stadium it was, not anymore.
The stadium is built for the very top and with it the top level sponsors and revenues.
This is why the money will be spent, it needs to be in order to underpin the massive investment and secure/attract revenues..
Because they are doped.
Will they continue with top 4 finishes and CL runs if standing on their own two feet?
How many times have we seen clubs assume ongoing CL participation and fall foul of it?
Without Oligarch money behind them they don't stand to legitimately earn more than us as a club. Only by performing, which will be much harder without uncle Romans hand outs.
It would be foolish to assume they would simply continue their current status, or that we will either
I actually really like Silva (and agree with the highlighted part in his case). I just don't think he'll be a great fit.... Reason being, if we're gonna play Son & Gio as 2 of a group of 3 AMs it makes so much more sense to me to take the equivalent cash value of Silva and buy a boss right winger instead in a 4231.... Even more so if the plan is 433, 343 or 442 instead (all of which would also see Gio sit deeper). The CAM role only really fits in a 4231 or a diamond (please no!!!).
It's beyond belief how much effort goes into people arguing that Chavs & City are legit on a Spurs forum..... It's crazy.
I don't think that's what Matt's doing, I just think he's gone down one particular line of thinking and can't see outside of it at the moment.
Committed? Watch the Chelsea’s 2nd goal in that pre season MIND jamboree. Committed to practicing hurdles
I don't have a Machiavellian plan. Not trying to wind anyone up but honestly I don't see the grealish love and prefer Madison. My opinion. Thanks for the insult though...cheers
Exactly.
Thanks for the disagrees everyone. I've seen both play an equal amount and prefer maddison....think he is a better player apart from the dribbling and falling over area
That’s all fine and well but it discounts the fact we made UCL five years in a row including a final and during that period did not restrengthen an aging team when we had the opportunity and revenue streams to do so.
We are still paying for the 2016-2019 period where we did very little to improve the squad (Sissoko, Janssen, Sanchez, Aurier, Moura, Foyth, Llorente, Wanyama) when we were in title races and regularly in the UCL knockout stages.
If we had bought better and more, those would be the players that stepped up to replace Toby, Vertonghen, Walker, Dembele, Eriksen, Kane, etc.
Instead, most of the players we bought from those windows are either already gone or are basically deadwood. The only one we aren’t actively trying to offload is Moura, which is controversial in its own right. So we’re trying to conduct a massive rebuild because our signings in the period where we were at our best and most attractive as a destination were hideous.
And that’s not even addressing the fact that our following two windows when we realized the team was falling apart and we needed to spend haven’t exactly been great. Lo Celso, Ndombele, Sess, Reguilon, Doherty, Rodon, and Bergwijn still have it all to prove. And all those signings except Rodon and Doherty were 25m+. Only Hojbjerg has really proved himself to be quality, consistent, and healthy.
Our recruitment has let us down massively since we became a UCL regular. The centerpieces of our best teams Kane, Eriksen, Dembele, Dier, Vertonghen, Walker, Lloris, Son, Rose, Alderweireld were all bought before being UCL regulars. Brutal how we’ve replaced and added to them.
We can’t just blame not being as rich as City, Chelsea, United etc. We’ve squandered hundreds of millions over the last five years.
Then why let us fall so far before reacting
Not a dig, I agree with what you are saying but the team should have been in constant upgrade over the last 3-4 years. We do seem to be locking the door after the horse has bolted, we are now a less attractive proposition
How come champions league wasn’t a priority when both ManU and Chelsea were both out of it and signed players?
Got any updates? Nothing seems to have happened this week at all.
money and history of recent trophy wins probs
Pau Torres to Nikola Milenkovic
Who would not be a good signing.
He's £15m and yet no other club but West Ham have gone for him doesn't that tell you something.
- Too agressive would not work well with Romero
- Has concentration issues like Dier
- Always plays in a back 3 not a back 4
We can do MUCH better.
We have a net spend of 0 so far. I expect better. Lacroix is right out there too btw. smh. If we have money for Torres why are we going for someone like Milenkovic.
Who would not be a good signing.
He's £15m and yet no other club but West Ham have gone for him doesn't that tell you something.
- Too agressive would not work well with Romero
- Has concentration issues like Dier
- Always plays in a back 3 not a back 4
We can do MUCH better.
We have a net spend of 0 so far. I expect better. Lacroix is right out there too btw. smh. If we have money for Torres why are we going for someone like Milenkovic.
Because players and agents have reason to believe that they will do what is needed to get back to CL. So while they may be out for a season they are likely to be right back there again.
With us there is no reason to think that we will get back to CL under Levy. He has shown he is not willing to pay for players to get us back there, not willing to hire quality managers and not willing to take risks to improve the team.
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