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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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Starks said:
All well and good doing a Dortmund but we'd all be complaining about being a selling club more often than not.

Kane would have been sold 4 years ago for a start.
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We may have sold Kane 4 years ago, but we'd have a new Kane in. As long as we're as competitive in the PL as Dortmund are in the Bundesliga (every season with an outside chance at the title and winning once in a while), I don't think people would complain much.
 
Jaynola said:
Yes, Hugo made a fair few booboos last season (Woolwich, Newcastle...) and cost us some big points.

So did plenty other players in the squad, including our former Golden Boot winner Sonny. But ofc it's always easier to notice a keeper making a right mess of it than a striker missing glorious chances.
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So keep Lloris then?

What's the point to this niggling?
 
Starks said:
Point made.

Our fanbase doesn't really have a clue what they want. But I guess that's our lack of identity as a club.

You have some people wanting us to be a selling club like Dortmund or Brighton. Who brings in good young players to sell them on for profit, rinse repeat.

You then have some who want us to spend big on big names in a league that has five clubs bigger than us and three of the richest clubs in world football where competitive edge plays a part.

Then there's other who want us to back managers. But then complain about the people we are linked with. Want us to pay the money for players the manager wants. Only to complain about the player we spent big on after a few games.

What do we actually want?
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1) If the club are making decisions to keep the fans happy instead of making decisions to try and build the best team possible, we are fucked. Sometimes these overlap, sometimes they don’t. Unpopular decisions have to be made from time to time.

2) Trying to copy the strategy of teams that have more resources than us doesn’t make sense to me. We are basically playing the same game but our rivals are allowed way more mistakes. We’ll rarely ever come out on top this way.
 
Starks said:
Point made.

Our fanbase doesn't really have a clue what they want. But I guess that's our lack of identity as a club.

You have some people wanting us to be a selling club like Dortmund or Brighton. Who brings in good young players to sell them on for profit, rinse repeat.

You then have some who want us to spend big on big names in a league that has five clubs bigger than us and three of the richest clubs in world football where competitive edge plays a part.

Then there's other who want us to back managers. But then complain about the people we are linked with. Want us to pay the money for players the manager wants. Only to complain about the player we spent big on after a few games.

What do we actually want?
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Chocolate, a toy and a suprise.....

Always chocolate, a toy and a suprise.
 
Get in! said:
We may have sold Kane 4 years ago, but we'd have a new Kane in. As long as we're as competitive in the PL as Dortmund are in the Bundesliga (every season with an outside chance at the title and winning once in a while), I don't think people would complain much.
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Such is their cosy little niche in a monopolised league..... CL virtually guaranteed and the off chance of a title challenge every few years... It's exactly why the hottest prospects often use them as a stepping stone to superstardom.

The CL doesn't provide such a luxury.
 
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