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No, I mean that the performance of the team in the PL was so bad the current recruitment team have convinced themselves that only experienced PL pros can fix it.
Showing ambition is a meaningless fan phrase.Fans want signings to improve the team that came 17th last season, it’s really that simple.
It’s not “beyond parody” to question why we’re not showing the same ambition to improve as our rivals. And anyone comparing hoijland to sesko has never watched sesko play and is clearly arguing from a disingenuous position, because as you will see this season they are worlds apart ability wise.
defo has it in his locker.He's a strange one, based on what we've seen of him, you'd think he should have it in his locker, but I'm not sure we've actually seen much of him actually doing it on the pitch yet.
But yeah, he's the closest we have right now.
Apart from the issue I don’t rate bergvall anywhere near as highly as the TFC collective, I see him as a decent no8 … Conor Gallagher type …. Way off the skill set necessary for a 10literally played a lovely through ball for odobert who fucked it up in the last game we played..
Dalot good with feet bad with defending. Dorgu and Ugarte that's in the eye of the beholder but I think they've looked bang average, Ugarte especially.Dalot is a good player. Dorgu & Ugarte - and let's not forget Yoro - will get better under Amorim. They need better than Onana, Maguire, De Ligt, Casemiro and Mount as far as older heads are concerned.
If they somehow managed to get Donnarumma, a Guehi type CB and someone like Barella/Ederson/Hjulmand at CM...they would be way ahead of us on paper. Wouldn't even be surprised if Amorim tried to bring McTominay home after the season he had at Napoli.
That Godin was a filthy fucker. Doesn't surprise me he's learned telekinesis.
Probably helps they've been the 2nd biggest club in world football for about 25 years.Utd have been a joke in the market for years, pound for pound a fair bit worse than us but they keep trying. They dont act like they've been scarred forever because of a shit summer window in 2019 unlike someone i could mention. I think they've overpaid for all 3 but thats the market. We spent £125m on Solanke and Richarlison. We spent £55m on Kudus who has had one good and one shit season in the prem. All prices are insane, there arent really any bargains anymore. All i can say is if we'd have signed Cunha, Mbeumo and Sesko people would be beside themselves, predicting top 3 and heaping praise on Levy and Lange.
Wouldn’t be my number one target but I’m surprised we haven’t gone in for Wissa. Plays LW/ST, knows Frank well.
oh hes got far more ability than a dog like gallagher.Apart from the issue I don’t rate bergvall anywhere near as highly as the TFC collective, I see him as a decent no8 … Conor Gallagher type …. Way off the skill set necessary for a 10
Did read reports frank has him playing the 10 in training
Hope so
Says it all really.Timo Werner contributed more G/As over the last 2 seasons than Grealish.
We're the 9th richest club in the world but act like we are on the brink of administration.Probably helps they've been the 2nd biggest club in world football for about 25 years.
looks like everton for him. got a feeling frank wants powerful runners.Of course it's going to be Jack Grealish.
"He was our number one option. We've been monitoring him for a long time, but never thought the opportunity to sign him would come up. So when we found out there was an opportunity to take Jack to the club, we had to for it"
Something very similar to that from the club of it happens.
Obviously every single transfer any team makes is a risk, always find that such a pointless argument to make. Unless they’ve come from the academy every player in your squad has been bought at some point.Showing ambition is a meaningless fan phrase.
You either improve how the team plays on the pitch or you don’t. Transfer window is one small part of that but there is a lot more that goes into it. Transfers are extremely risky and even huge expenditure by Man Utd and Chelsea (billions in a couple of years) hasnt led to great performance because you need to get the rest right. So far they haven’t.
People getting overexcited at Utd’s transfer business is like looking at someone’s photo to decide if they’ll make a good wife. You might feel some type of way but it doesn’t make it good.
One can pray. But it just has Spurs written all over it. It's too convenient not to. A name with absolutely no substance.looks like everton for him. got a feeling frank wants powerful runners.
problem is we have a huge game next week! against the best side in the world.I get the transfer anxiety but window still open for 3 weeks. Im 99.9 sure we will sign a couple more players. Arujo wouldnt surprise me as bentacurs team-mate. AM, LW and striker. Bag them then im sure we will have a good-ish season.