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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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They had really better be and that Coulibaly link was hardly encouraging. Not complaining about the window overall. Tbh It's been better than I was expecting after the Werner loan came first but it's dangerous game not signing cover for that left side of defence and we are the type of club who always gets unlucky everytime we play that game.

Could be Joe Gomez who has been mentioned here, he still hasn't moved.
 
Nobody does really but maybe there are agents hearing things and telling him?

Either way, we need to sort that left side of our defense and there have been enough links all summer for me to believe we are still trying to find one.

I don't even know what Fab has got right in reference to us all Summer apart from Werner, he's been vaguely posting nonsense and guessing just like this Tweet.
 
nasm_f After ranting and putting down Richard Arlison Richard Arlison today you're now rating my posts passive aggressively....

Don't care about the ratings.... just don't like being stalked by someone who doesn't have the inclination to have a discussion.
Sorry mate, I didn't realise every reaction had to be accompanied with an explanation, sort of defeats the purpose but for you boss, I'll give you one.

Everyone bar United in the top 8 outscored us last season, and everyone, again bar United, had a better goal difference. Your response when another poster pointed out his worry we haven't done all we can to close that gap was to mention Richarlison and Johnson's goals per minute numbers hence the disagree.

As for the pish about passive aggressiveness and being stalked, do grow up.
 
Levy fucked Poch by not getting him a next level star to take that team over the edge. Poch fucked himself by being stubborn about not taking any other options except the star player he wanted. he might still have a job here if he'd allowed the squad to be strengthened.

Whatever though. I have colossal nostalgia for that team and I'm still fuming that they never won anything but somehow I don't have nostalgia for the project or that period at the club.
In the 5 years since he went, I've sort of realised that he should have won something with that team. Be it the title when neither Leicester nor Chelsea had a better squad, or just a cup here and there. Something should have been won. At our best, we could put this team out

Lloris
Walker Toby Jan Rose
Dembele Wanyama
Eriksen Dele Son
Kane

It's just bonkers we had all those players in their prime and didn't get over the line in anything. In fact, in some cases, there seemed to be coached behaviours that stopped them getting over the line. Dele and Dembele getting themselves suspended, players running out of steam despite being young and fit etc.
 
In the 5 years since he went, I've sort of realised that he should have won something with that team. Be it the title when neither Leicester nor Chelsea had a better squad, or just a cup here and there. Something should have been won. At our best, we could put this team out

Lloris
Walker Toby Jan Rose
Dembele Wanyama
Eriksen Dele Son
Kane

It's just bonkers we had all those players in their prime and didn't get over the line in anything. In fact, in some cases, there seemed to be coached behaviours that stopped them getting over the line. Dele and Dembele getting themselves suspended, players running out of steam despite being young and fit etc.
Agree.

That was a squad that could/should have won things. I feel like there was some discipline missing and some ruthlessness they didn’t have that maybe Poch was a bit too green to install into them
 
Agree.

That was a squad that could/should have won things. I feel like there was some discipline missing and some ruthlessness they didn’t have that maybe Poch was a bit too green to install into them
You say that, but I watched PSG throw it away against Barcelona in the CL and it was like watching us throwing it away at Stamford Bridge. It's almost like he tells them to go out and cause chaos.
Even Chelsea did it to us when they won 4-1 and it clearly worked as all their little niggling fouls (that they got away with) made us totally lose our heads.
 
No idea about excuses but agree with rest.

Inconceivable to me that we sell Skipp and Hjojberg and then think bring in 2 untried and inexperieneced midfielders in an area of need, and see that as progress.

No other top club would do it. Not one.
What?

Almost everyone that posts here has been calling for those two to be moved on and now the Club has done so and replaced them with two highly rated young footballers you complain?

You have got to be joking surely?
 
In the 5 years since he went, I've sort of realised that he should have won something with that team. Be it the title when neither Leicester nor Chelsea had a better squad, or just a cup here and there. Something should have been won. At our best, we could put this team out

Lloris
Walker Toby Jan Rose
Dembele Wanyama
Eriksen Dele Son
Kane

It's just bonkers we had all those players in their prime and didn't get over the line in anything. In fact, in some cases, there seemed to be coached behaviours that stopped them getting over the line. Dele and Dembele getting themselves suspended, players running out of steam despite being young and fit etc.
He used to make odd decisions as well, Son at wingback in the semi against Chelsea, weakened teams in Europe, one of which was playing a weaker team against Monaco away in a must win and then playing the stronger XI against CSKA in a dead rubber.

Having said that, I think we lacked a bit of winning experience during that period in terms of experienced winners at the highest level who could give a bit on the pitch in terms of guidance to the younger players.
 
He used to make odd decisions as well, Son at wingback in the semi against Chelsea, weakened teams in Europe, one of which was playing a weaker team against Monaco away in a must win and then playing the stronger XI against CSKA in a dead rubber.

Having said that, I think we lacked a bit of winning experience during that period in terms of experienced winners at the highest level who could give a bit on the pitch in terms of guidance to the younger players.

A leader would have seen us over the edge I'm sure. We lacked belief and conviction at times.
 
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