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Paratici gets some deserved praise but he can't get a pass for this one.
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Paratici gets some deserved praise but he can't get a pass for this one.
It will be decided in some months IIRC. Around mid-season I believe.
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Paratici gets some deserved praise but he can't get a pass for this one.
If you buy enough talented youngsters, some will succeed and some will flop, you can't help it. No-one has a 100% hit rate.
Another one to cross of the list.
Sure but come on, the history of this transfer isn't just a young player that didn't work out. It looks like dodgy money laundering if I'm honest. Probably isn't because it's too comical and out in the open but it looks like that.
Ok so Bayern are paying 50m + add ons for him. No chance in hell Levy signed off on that. Only time will tell if we were right to step out at that price point. The scouting team were definitely meant to be keen if we believe the reports.
Edit: Maybe we also moved on because the player wanted Bayern or PSG. but even if he wanted us would we have paid 50m + addons? doubt it.
If Richy gets sold… who would even be the replacement? Jonathan David? Is he good enough of a finisher?
Dont think we are getting Gyokeres sadly…
Dont think we are getting Gyokeres sadly…
Wasn't our drop off in form related to maddisons injury and his subsequent loss of form though.
I also don't see why we don't take city and Woolwich's approach and on the right occasion play two attacking midfielders either side if a holding mid to dominate possession and create opportunities
Actually if you look at the stats we weren't profligate - we scored basically the same as our xG predicted.
See the xG column in the image below. The green number shows how much we overperformed:
Where we need to improve is the xG itself. We created the 6th most in the league, about 7 fewer than Chelsea, 11 fewer than Newcastle. And the gap to the top three is roughly 20xG; way too much to make up by simply improving our finishing.
For me the more glaring issue is the xGA column. We conceded 68(!) xGA last season, which frankly is absurd. It's the 7th worst in the league, considerably worse than the likes of Forest, Everton, Palace. The irony is we would have conceded many more goals were it not for (1) Vicario's heroics in goal and (2) our opponents' profligate finishing.
Take a look at the gap to the best teams in the league - Woolwich should have conceded fully 37 goals fewer than us last year. This is the gap we need to make up. You can't expect to challenge for anything if you're conceding over 60 goals a season.
Source: EPL xG Table and Scorers for the 2023/2024 season | Understat.com
(Side note - to make yourself feel better about Spurs look at the United column)
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Gees I know it’s 115 charges but it’s been going on for years. They seemed to be quick on acting against Everton. In the end they’ll probably get off by multiple appeals or just shove some moolah in some brown paper bags
Rich in the politest possible way I’m not sure what to make of all that
The common sense is to understand underperforming players that have eaten up the budget that the club can’t get rid of unless only at a loss isn’t conducive to THFC progressing
You can out your 10m striker flop and try again ….. you cant out your 80m striker flop and what’s left is an underperforming deadweight harming the club
That’s what it boils down to and that’s why as fans we question the price.
Not fussed personally - I am of the few who seem to think that we don't even need an elite striker to play in our system, we'd create numerous chances for them regardless - Riichy scored like 12 last season and the majority of them were tap ins or close range finishes.
We do need elite or close to elite wingers though.
City are throwing every lawyer they have at it to delay it as long as possible.
Their tactics is basically to weather a siege and see the Prem give up.
I get where you are coming from. I guess what I'm saying is that it depends on what you are more worried about risking.
The 60m and 80m striker are both difficult to get out of. If you look at Lukaku maybe the 80m striker is even easier to get out of than the 60m striker because they had more reputation.
Anyway, I digress good sir. My point is that there is also a risk in signing a worse player and not winning. The challenge of a bad buy impacting future budgets is one for the club to work out. As a fan I am concerned by seeing my team win and signing bad players prevents us from doing that. The amount it costs is irrelevant to me. That's also the reason i wasn't bothered by Gray being expensive because I had watched him and IMO we were signing a good player.
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I’m glad you don’t control our club’s finances!!
N’Dombele and Lo Celso! I don’t think we need to say anymore than that do we?!
