With Kane on the side we are a top 7 side. Without Kane, we can do better as long we can bring in some depth using the proceeds from selling Kane and are healthy
You are consistent bro.
I will grant you that.
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With Kane on the side we are a top 7 side. Without Kane, we can do better as long we can bring in some depth using the proceeds from selling Kane and are healthy
Big 4 + Woolwich + Leicester + Everton ahead of us? I think that makes us eighth, dunnit?I rate us 7th, behind the Big 4, Woolwich, Leicester and Everton, but this is based on the talent of the First 11. Despite that ranking, I think we are only the 10th best squad in the EPL right now, due to tactics, form and coaching (ahead of Woolwich, but behind the others listed above, plus Brighton, West Ham, Villa, and Brentford...yes, we would lose to Brentford right now). I expect to see us finish 8th or 9th this season, if Nuno is not fired.
I rate us 7th, behind the Big 4, Woolwich, Leicester and Everton, but this is based on the talent of the First 11. Despite that ranking, I think we are only the 10th best squad in the EPL right now, due to tactics, form and coaching (ahead of Woolwich, but behind the others listed above, plus Brighton, West Ham, Villa, and Brentford...yes, we would lose to Brentford right now). I expect to see us finish 8th or 9th this season, if Nuno is not fired.
Going bold here and voted bottom 10…..After the first 3 games I thought our defence looked solid and up for it, two games later they look the same mess they did last season
I’ve been of the view that we are better off without Kane and statistically speaking, I haven’t been wrong at all as long as Son is playing. Our record is actually meaningfully better without Kane over the last 3 or 2 seasons.You are consistent bro.
I will grant you that.
A few seasons ago we were firmly in the top 4 & levy chose to not improve the squad for 500 days . Any chairman with ambition would have pushed on , he decided to stagnate , players grow older , their ability declines , we should have been building to turn good seasons into great seasons. His ambition lay in property development.Let's face it. Our management will know the ability of our squad and what they are likely to achieve. Going into this season, I am sure they will fully understand that Top 4 will be very very hard to achieve with prime City, Liverpool, United and Chelsea.
How much would we really need to spend to break into that top 4? 200/300m and it would still be a lottery.
So, what is the strategy this season? I would say - Domestic cup / Europa League qualification are realistic targets.
Time will tell if not selling Kane and reinvesting was the right thing to do. My suspicion is that we would have sold him in the summer had our offers for other strikers come through.
Looking forward to the next few years; we will likely time our attack on the top 4 carefully, but it is realistic that for the next couple of seasons we won't see any champions league at Spurs.
City - Pep likely to take sabbatical
United - The PE teacher will be replaced at some point
Liverpool - How will they replace ageing Salah and VanDyke
Leicester - Can they score goals without Vardy?
How anyone bar @Arifixx for obvious reasons can defend this is truly beyond meSo in attack we lose Bale and Lamela and instead end up with a kid from spain who helped get his team relegated from la liga scoring a grand total of 4 goals. How we didnt buy another winger or striker makes no sense.
We can't mate . The idiot fuckers will just buy a bunch of prospect turds that will have little impact on the first 11.With Kane on the side we are a top 7 side. Without Kane, we can do better as long we can bring in some depth using the proceeds from selling Kane and are healthy
There is a couple of more Bleep bleep pompous one brain cell nerds , Romano Crim, Cooper etc.How anyone bar @Arifixx for obvious reasons can defend this is truly beyond me
Paratici is a fraud cunt probably an agent back-hander dodgy cunt like Levy glorified second-hand car salesaman cunt of a fraud
We are run by a cabal of charlatans and conmen
Embarrassing
YEAR | SPEND | INCOME | NET SPEND |
21/22 | 66.9 | 32.7 | -34.2 |
20/21 | 110.5 | 13.3 | -97.2 |
19/20 | 148.5 | 64.5 | -84 |
18/19 | 0 | 5.35 | 5.35 |
17/18 | 123.5 | 103.8 | -19.7 |
16/17 | 83.5 | 52.3 | -31.2 |
15/16 | 71 | 87.58 | 16.58 |
14/15 | 48.48 | 44.15 | -4.33 |
TOTALS | 652.38 | 403.68 | -248.7 |
YesYou think Woolwich will finish above us ?
I think they will as well. Think their side has a better shape to it than ours. Guess a lot depends on injuries because like us they dont have a squad. Its 2 bald men fighting over a comb.
Shame its bollocks.Embarrassing
I knew we had wasted more than mostSIGH ....Not sure where you got these screen grab from but our NET SPEND is 248m during that period. In the same period Liverpool have spent 256.
YEAR SPEND INCOME NET SPEND 21/22 66.9 32.7 -34.220/21 110.5 13.3 -97.219/20 148.5 64.5 -8418/19 0 5.35 5.3517/18 123.5 103.8 -19.716/17 83.5 52.3 -31.215/16 71 87.58 16.5814/15 48.48 44.15 -4.33TOTALS 652.38 403.68 -248.7
I knew we had wasted more than most
Our major purchases have mostly gone wrong
How do we waste money on Sanchez, Nd etc
Here's a question for you all to answer
Who was the last player we bought who went straight into the team and made an improvement ?
Even Son took ages to settle in
My answer would be Van de Vaart
You agree Swiss Ramble IS a reliable source though?Shame its bollocks.
Never mind, I'm sure that some on here will continue to qoute it as "fact".