Well he either counts toward this season or last season, not neither and not both.
Guarantee you lonely Thomas and his gang didn’t count it as money spent last summer.
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Guarantee you lonely Thomas and his gang didn’t count it as money spent last summer.
He counts towards last season .. at least for me. Kulusevski will be a more debatable one when we buy him as he was initially a loan with option to buy I think? Whereas Romero was obligation.
Anyhow, it really isn't that important haha .. either way we spent the money on him.
Personally don't see why it matters. We had a good window either way so not sure why people are that bothered.
I’m keen to hear what you think of the 18/19 window. A summer where our “best” piece of business was Ryan Sess
Wasn’t there a mandatory buy clause in Kulusevski’s transfer if we made CL, or X number appearances?
That's the one I'd heard mentioned .. but we haven't bought him yet have we? Despite making CL. So don't know if that was untrue or if we've just pushed back the payment.
Who knows? That's my point really, had you read the rest of the post rather than just focussing on one small part of it.
FWIW, I also see the window, at this point in time, as a 7. Solid squad building second step after the previous January window. I caveate that with what I said previously though, it can't really be judged one way or the other until around Christmas time.
Yea fair call, it probably just comes down to when we have to pay for him, not if
Exactly!!!!!
Before yesterday I would have said 6 because we didn't do what was needed for the OUTs which tempered any delusions about intent for me. Plus we wasted so long to get in Spence for so little cash and Conte doesn't even care about the player. But then when you consider what the other teams have done (Chelsea - my god, Arse - gonna be a problem) and their intent on the last day then we may have lost ground (or just be in the position we should have been in end of last season). So I deducted 1 for a 5/10.
Hope I'm wrong.
Even the mention of it gives me Vietnam flashbacks
Sorry my dude but is your handle "St Louis Ducks"? And whats the IA in the logo? Iowa? Can't wait to see how badly I interpreted these...
I can't but help think there is a gap in between what people think THFC can do, and what it ought to do. IMO that gap is degenerate foreign money.
5 out of 10 seems harsh Todd.
I gave it 5
Are you one of the 11/10 guys ?
One thing that distinguishes this thread from the main transfer thread is the civilised debate and general goodwill banter. No nasty insults or silly gooner jibes etc...
I think that's refreshing to see.
May not have been the case if it wasn't anonymous, mind.
I still reckon one or two people are giving a different vote to the the one they're publicly declaring though
I think that's refreshing to see.
May not have been the case if it wasn't anonymous, mind.
I still reckon one or two people are giving a different vote to the the one they're publicly declaring though
I gave a 6, I like the players whove come in but I'm afraid the gaps in the squad ie the giant holes in a couple of places remain.
When romero got injured in came Sanchez and while he has done alright now Everton showed what to do, every team will do it.... (Leave him open and mark up elsewhere, its sissoko all over again.)
In midfield we need an am or at least more advanced MF. Right now we have 4 DM... We can't change shape very easily and will find it hard to break teams down when they defend deep.
Upfront, we are as always a kane injury/blow out away from a disaster.
Also if I read one more fn article about traore - the guy can't pass or shoot or cross... I nearly gave it an 8 just because we didn't sign that clutz.
When romero got injured in came Sanchez and while he has done alright now Everton showed what to do, every team will do it.... (Leave him open and mark up elsewhere, its sissoko all over again.)
In midfield we need an am or at least more advanced MF. Right now we have 4 DM... We can't change shape very easily and will find it hard to break teams down when they defend deep.
Upfront, we are as always a kane injury/blow out away from a disaster.
Also if I read one more fn article about traore - the guy can't pass or shoot or cross... I nearly gave it an 8 just because we didn't sign that clutz.
This is my critieria...
...the actual criteria for this thread. And since I think we DID improve the team AND the squad BUT others were either starting from a better position, did as much as we did, or did a great deal more (plus, I was hoping we'd shed more deadwood so come January we'd have flexibility) = 6/10, just past the bare minimum required to keep us competitive...and by competitive I mean looking for the fourth place trophy hoping Arse aren't as good as they look; that ETH doesn't make this 3 game winning streak into something real; or that Chelsea and Liverpool will continue to struggle. Otherwise, we are going back to Qarabag.
And that's the point about the window, we didn't put destiny in our hands. And then I subtracted 1 point for the tragic denouement...a whimper not a bang, with the whole context of the window in place to see that we may have left ourselves short.
I mean, other's might not like my 'grade' but it would be in line with the test question and grading criteria.
That's a great post.
And nobody could, or has, complained that the grading parameters were unfair or biased.