Is he actually any good?
Feels very much like another plodder in the PEH mould
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Is he actually any good?
Feels very much like another plodder in the PEH mould
What was the context of the "winning is hard" statement, where can I find it?
They sold Mane to Bayern for €32m
They signed Diaz for €47m
Diaz wages were lower but the transfer fee almost certainly made the total transfer cost the same or higher
Either way, I don't see missing out on Mbuemo as anything to be concerned about.
He ain't a Saka that's for sure, and I'd strongly argue that Kulusevski, with some improvement is every bit as good, if not better.
I hope we are looking at players who are superior to Mbuemo and who can be acquired for less than an extortionate 60 million pounds.
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Call me a cynic but maybe Woolwich interest in Norgaard might not be legit.
none of the Brentford players stood out much when we played them last season tbh. Mbeumo scored a nice volley against us i recall, but apart from that it was pretty much lite work up against their players. They all were rather mid
Yet they gave much better teams than us tough matches and took scalps. I think, like boxing, styles make fights, and we were just a tough fit for them.
Brentford’s whole schtick was to be a problem for bigger teams.
Their issue was dealing with teams who did the same to them,
I'm excited by Eze as a signing. I think he's more versatile than people are giving him credit for. He can play off the left when Maddison is in the side. I also think he could do a good job on the right. So I can see him starting regularly across 3 different positions and he raises the bar in each one.
I get that Mbeumo might have made more sense but United screwed that for everyone by offering him daft wages. But I'd have Eze over Semenyo or Kudus every day of the week. Eze can be very effective out wide and I think that part of his game is being a bit underrated.
I get that Mbeumo might have made more sense but United screwed that for everyone by offering him daft wages. But I'd have Eze over Semenyo or Kudus every day of the week. Eze can be very effective out wide and I think that part of his game is being a bit underrated.
I try never to bullshit so here goes
I have no idea , it was widely attributed to him on here . I will admit to bias that means I then did not research the origin of that statement. Therefore I am in the somewhat unfortunate position that I am reliant on one of the original posters to provide said context .
I could of course spend time myself trying to find it , but I am not that arsed by someone scoring a point off me on an internet forum. I can easily live with the L if that is what it turns out to be .
Mane was on double Diaz's wages for years, though
LOL, this is just hilarious. Youre advocating for spending more for less output as a good way to do transfers.
Madness.
The fast majority of 'stick to beat the club with' are made up quotes.
People regurgitate "we tried" all the time, and it comes from the delusional "ITK"s covering their own backs, and has never come from the club.
Problem with the fanbase of this club - and you don't tend to see it so much with others - is that they have typically gobbled up the fantasy "ITK" so much that it seems like people like Paul O'Keefe is quoting the board directly, and that Ally Gold is Levy's extroverted pseudonym.
As per all the studies, lies travel exponentially faster than the truth
So after all this time, he never actually said it and you've just ran with it? lol Just typical isn't it of the anti ENIC arguments on here, I should have known.
Anyway in regards to his statement about his desire to win, every chairman wants to win the big prizes eventually, I don't believe they're in it to lose as it doesn't make any business sense however everyone has different priorities and we know ENIC priorities isn't football, it's purely investment.
I think he's in it for the long haul, real estate first, football second.
meh. not exactly psg were they, with long ball counters. they really did nothing against last seasons top 6 because the players aren't good enough. they just beat teams around and below them. Think its an very very average bunch of players propped up by the coach- we should be aiming much higher as a CL club.
dont think any of them are worth more than 25 to 35 mill
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Are you saying Liverpool get less output from their transfers from us?
You are obsessed with Mane to Diaz as the one that maybe balanced out total transfer cost. I’m not sure but either way, it’s very clear their model is nothing like ours when most of their transfers have bigger total transfer costs than the outgoing player and they are serial winners where Levy isn’t and his model allowed them to overtake us.
Who did we sign to replace Bale, Modric, Walker, Kane, Berbatov…?
Were they for a similar or higher total transfer cost than the player we sold?
If we sell Romero this summer, are we replacing him with a players who’s total transfer cost equals or exceeds the amount we sell him for and get off our books for wages?
Thank you for proving my point.
I can’t believe the whinging on social media that Eze is not what we need. I don’t think people realise how mental our schedule is.
I literally don't care about the total transfer cost - I'm sure you're still very very happy with our Sanchez and Ndombele purchases because of this obsession, mate, but we clearly aren't even into the same sport here.
You keep watching those total transfer cost calculations - I'll watch the footie!
I never said he never said it . I said a number of people posted it and I did not independently research its origin . So in this instance you are making stuff up . Now if nobody posts the quote and it’s context , then I have attributed something to Levy he did not say . However the jury ain’t in yet so a bit early to grandstand
Mate, its social media - people will whine about anything.