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Transfers January 2023 Transfer Thread. The Big One
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They all needed to sign players though
We don't
The squad is looking competitive
Remember "we can't sign anyone because nobody would improve our starting XI"?
One of the most hallucinogenically wrong takes in internet history.
And it weren't just some random weirdo spouting it
It was hundreds on here
All convinced that we had assembled the best squad in world football and the only possible way was up
.......But then if you stick to the truth of what was said; which was that we couldn't afford/attract the level of player needed to improve what those in our starting XI whilst the stadium was being build, then it becomes a far less outrageous and ridicule-worthy claim.
Less ridicule for the club, more ridicule for the custard-brained bootlickers capable of believing such an absolute load of horseshit.
I get what you're shooting at... As I posted in another thread:
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Spence / Rom / ??? / Udogie
Biss / Sarr / Bent
Kulu / Rich / Gil
Spence / Rom / ??? / Udogie
Biss / Sarr / Bent
Kulu / Rich / Gil
......All the right side of 25. All have room to grow. All bought by Fab.
The right manager could kick off something nice with that.
Ta....
Forgot about Weghorst.
Christ, the other lad looks about 12!!!
Yeh, you might wanna actually consider what I posted, rather than doubling down on fake-news though.
It was really silly and very, very untrue.
I wasn't sure what City wanted with Julian Alvarez (who isn't even that young) direct from Argentina either, but they are one hell of a scouting operation.
Hugo
Walker / Toby / Jan / Rose
Vic / Dembele
Eriksen / Dele / Son
Kane
Replacing any of those would have been v.expensive at the time given the level that they were playing at during that period.
No-one claimed it was impossible to improve upon.
Even in that period we were spending not insignificant amounts.... eg, Dav 40m, Sissoko 30m, Aurier 25m... We were just doing it badly.
Yeh, he looks mustard all of a sudden..... Thought he was just bench filler for Haaland.
There were lots of periods between that being the XI that we could comfortably have improved the team and did not .. and a lot of transfers we messed about on haggling ala Porro which could've got us over the line.
The lineup was generally good - the drop off in terms of depth awful. And we then allowed the team to decline without really doing much succession planning which sucked too. ENIC saw the money rolling in from comfortable top 4 finishes and did the absolute bare minimum until the money tap ran dry. It was rubbish long-term planning.
The original comment was about first XI.
What I've said is entirely true. What was originally claimed to have been said was not.