I’m more accurate than that Schira account. And that’s saying something
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I know , I was trying to come across as balanced and reasonable for a change. This debacle has Levy’s grubby finger prints all over it in my view .There is only one constant there.
None of the others were here for Rivaldo, Moutinho, Willian, Dybala, Leandro, et al.
Just waiting for Shady to get back from his annual brainwashing trip at ENIC HQ.I know , I was trying to come across as balanced and reasonable for a change. This debacle has Levy’s grubby finger prints all over it in my view .
I’ve no doubt he does. But to think we are capable of doing so without what appears to be even the simplest of transfer plans, means he’s a complete fantasist. As are you, if you are holding him to his word. Particularly if you are one of those strange breed that heard him say that and convinced yourself he meant this season.
We should be in a position to challenge for the league, as we have the money and support to do so, but we appear to lack a cohesive plan to improve the squad. Heard a podcast last week involving the people behind Liverpool’s business and it was simple and enlightening at the same time. Plan for Summer in January and for January in Summer. Have 2-3 top targets for each position of weakness and the sign one of them. Whilst I’m not one of those that subscribes to the theory you can quickly buy a player, giving yourself six months to start chatting to agents of your targets makes sense to me.
Rather that than scrabbling around for deals that make fiscal sense only.
Doesn’t help we can’t settle on a structure or a staff to carry out any plans. Constant chopping and changing of managers, coaches, support staff make long term planning impossible.
Free from desire, aren't they? Unlike those bloody goons up the road, sad to say.... I’m pretty sure our squad is, on the whole, not that talented and damn fucking lazy.
Damn
Have I made it that obvious !
I don't suppose you are bald by any chance ?
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That sounds like our kind of signing

Daniel Philip LevyStiller and Millot are exactly what we need. If Stuttgart can recruit players like that, shares stopping us?
He should be able to. All I read on here last season was about how high in the league we’d be with a “proper manager” and not a “fat fraud” in charge. We should all be expecting big things, without any new players.
Don’t subscribe to that myself, as I’m pretty sure our squad is, on the whole, not that talented and damn fucking lazy.
Eze has virtually signed for Woolwich!!....back in your parallel universe you go!!....Well, I'd argue that we have quite a strong squad for the Champs League, albeit slight unbalanced. Already some wild assumptions (i.e. Dragusin, Son, Davies out), it's hard to see any other players that could be dropped....and I just realised I missed Bergvall off the list - so that's 9 player we need to drop - and I certainly can't think of one in the list below. Certainly explains why we threw big money at MGW - and suggests to be that EZE or Wharton will be our primary target in this window now.
Club Trained (1)
Austin
Association Trained (3) (maximum 4)
Maddison, Spence, Johnson
INTERNATIONAL (25 CL) (maximum 17)
Richarlison, Bentancur, Bissouma, Kulu, Porro, Romero, Sarr, Solanke, Udogie, Van De Ven, Vicario, Kudus, Kinsky, Danso, Tel, Vuskovic, Odobert, Bergvall
List B - Grey,Moore(looks like Moore is going on loan)
Drop from CL squad - Gil, Soloman, Taaki, Phillips, Yang, Davies, Son, Dragusin
There’s no way he meant this season. He’s not mental.Even if he didn’t mean this season, surely he’d at least be making an attempt to get closer to winning them with this transfer window?
We are acting like we’re shell shocked that big clubs actually spend money when they want to win
Bare minimum we should have had an attitude that we would be the best of the rest, make 5th, put in a decent showing in the CL (quarters maybe) and push on from there the following season.Even if he didn’t mean this season, surely he’d at least be making an attempt to get closer to winning them with this transfer window?
We are acting like we’re shell shocked that big clubs actually spend money when they want to win
We have about 3 players who are good enough in Kudus, Vdv and Romero. That Hong Kong squad looks depressing.