Keep, absolutely.
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Depends on your definition of success.
Being in the champions league, getting to a CL final, bringing in the bucks, signing better players etc matters more in the 21st century than winning a milk cup occasionally.
Yeah, Fazio cost 8 million. Everyone else cost under 5.
More chance of my hair growing back after 25 years of being bald.
I'm actually not sure on that.
MUFC kept ETH on after one great FA Cup final performance (where they lucked out too). I don't know anyone who thought that was the right decision at the time.
Although knowing Levy's great sense of timing he'd fire Ange in the week BEFORE the final. Maybe give the team inscribed Swatch watches too.
There's every chance Levy would sack him for it, yeah. And ingratiate himself even further with us lot.
God, can you imagine Mason in charge of another final...
United, Woolwich, Liverpool, Newcastle and Palace all left in the league cup.
United are the only one we have beaten recently.
And they sacked their manager and immediately improved. If we get past them, it's highly likely we end up with Woolwich or Liverpool in the semi and then the other in the final IMO.
I have seen nothing to suggest we can do United, Woolwich and Liverpool unless they don't take it seriously and/or play the match with 9 men.
I wonder, as late as it is, has Ange learned something?. In post match interview vs Ipswich, he said that it was his fault for the inconsistency.
Is that to protect the players and to protect him from losing the dressing room or is it an admission that something needs to change by himself. I hope he has the balls to say to Levy, "Look, I need to adapt, but I need good coaches and more high calibre players".
A slight change of approach from Ange, change of coaches and a couple of quality players in January would give us a great chance of a trophy and proper crack at top 4.
Is that to protect the players and to protect him from losing the dressing room or is it an admission that something needs to change by himself. I hope he has the balls to say to Levy, "Look, I need to adapt, but I need good coaches and more high calibre players".
A slight change of approach from Ange, change of coaches and a couple of quality players in January would give us a great chance of a trophy and proper crack at top 4.
turning circle of an oil tanker. And the acceleration of one too.
As much as that sacking of Jose was nuts, I do always wonder if he had a clause in there that extended his contract if he won a cup.
Would you have been happy if he beat City in the final then got another year or 2 added to his contract?
Then again, I think it was more likely to deflect from the Super League shit show than anything else.
Keep him! That's a great season. 10th and a cup and it's hard to call. Depends a bit on whether we have a good last two months or not.
Yes and Alli cost £5m and was incredible for 3 years.
Fee comparisons are pretty irrelevant. A much much lesser player in Brennan Johnson cost £50m. Richarlison was £60m. Give me Dembele and Lloris for £10m or whatever, anyday.
The increased revenue and transfer spend is just being passed around clubs. It's barely improving our on pitch chances at all.
Add ball watching and that’s us!
Yes, Levy has lost the club hundreds of millions in poor recruitment and retention. He's made it a fair bit on the Stadium tbf.
True. Though Kane aside, we haven't had that many players who have made the club a lot of money over the past 5 years or so have we? Sold plenty at a huge loss. I guess Moore right now would be worth a bit. Other than Moore I can't think of a single player in the current squad who I would say is worth significantly more than we paid for him.
I don't know how pep talks would help someone with one defensive braincell in his skull??!!
And if some players don't do what their coaches tell them to do? What would you do, fire the manager?
= The players are not good enough!
That wasnt the point being made though.
Dier wasn't bought with any calibre attached - Alli was sought after but also not even close to having the buzz around him or expectation that Archie Gray has.
Im just saying that 10 years ago we were not buying players of higher calibre than we are now, even if you adjust for the increase in transfer values.