Me too but I think a lot of folk would struggle, it would mean we'd have to take losses and that means having to lower expectations, I don't think our fans are patient enough for that.
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Me too but I think a lot of folk would struggle, it would mean we'd have to take losses and that means having to lower expectations, I don't think our fans are patient enough for that.
Well we’ve taken plenty of defeats this season and the natives are already restless despite league position and CL progression, so yes, I agree.
Yeah all we get is examples of poor use of transfer funds when discussing a positive net spend for Spurs and complete failure to address the succesful spending of premier league clubs or the fact that if clubs like Man U hadn't spent they'd be even worse , its clear Spurs have been successful in the transfer market more often than not in the last 10 years without actually spending a penny so why do people assume that we wouldnt become better in the transfer window if the money we spent in the transfer window was not all money generated from player sales ?
Agree with all of this apart from the myth of a squad capable of competing on all fronts, that too is a red herring. I mean even City & PSG are out of the competition they both covert most, a competition that was their primary target (I say "even" City & PSG as they clearly are unique given they are backed by sovereign wealth and City might well be found guilty of fraud).
We have already stated that our focus is CL and Prem, the squad will be built for challenging these two competitions. As a consequence, we might by default or luck get to one of the others.
I don't recall people pointing to Liverpool rise this season as "net spend". The narrative has been they bought well, chose their targets to fill the holes in their squad.
Now there is some debate about this as only a couple of who they bought have worked out, Van Dijk, Allison being the main two that have, the others have yet to stamp a claim on their position in the team Fabinho only in the last month has turned in a good game, Oxlaide-Chamblin hasn't played, Keita still waiting, Sharquiri Janssen has more mins this month.
If there was any scoffing at the money then it was what they paid for van Dijk and Allisson.
But if you were a Liverpool supporter you would of course be absolutely apoplectic because they binned off the FA Cup and the Kangeroo Cup to focus on the League that they still aren't favourites to win.
Haha, you can fuck off. Dele's struggled with injuries all season, yet whenever he's played we've looked a lot more dangerous. Eriksen's had a poor period, but was finding form. You just can't wait for them to make a mistake so you can jump on them. You talk about eye tests and watching games and their influences on them, but then judge Dele solely on his goals and assists on transfermarkt. Just quit it, when was the last time you wrote something positive on here? Even when Eriksen scored a late banger to win us 3 points you probably couldn't get yourself to cheer
It’s more that he’s fit ‘enough’.
If we had anything resembling a bench, he’d be sat on it. Our situation is a combination of mistakes and misfortune.
We simply need more players.
Read my fucking posts AGAIN. I'm fucking agreeing with you (mostly) about their purchases you fucking idiot! I'm saying that despite what I or YOU think the narrative is they bought well, read the press, listen to the media, it's literally all they talk about (which then gets repeated on here). Whether you or I agree with that narrative doesn't fucking changer that the narrative is that they bought well. Jesus Christ you really are hard work.
...what have the romans ever done for us...
.....There begins the crapshoot and a whole new debate as to what constitutes the "right" people.
There's more to running a club than simply how much you throw into the trf kitty each July.
That’s the only thing that will work.
Succinctly and perfectly said.
It's a bit of Schroedinger's football club at the moment, the stadium build has made it difficult to ascertain what the long-term ambitions are here. But if the cat in the box is dead, Tuesday will be the last Champions League game at NWHL for a very, very long time.
As if the serial trf-bitchers will ever commit to having that question answered on record?
I've been asking the likes of
John Thomas
"how much" for years now (as have others on many occasion).... The cowards won't answer as it fatally weakens their 'hand'.
If we hit a spend of £100m I will be pleasantly surprised.
If not, I shan't piss and moan for the subsequent 12 months.
I've been asking the likes of
John Thomas
"how much" for years now (as have others on many occasion).... The cowards won't answer as it fatally weakens their 'hand'.If we hit a spend of £100m I will be pleasantly surprised.
If not, I shan't piss and moan for the subsequent 12 months.
What does this even matter to a fucking fan?
If we sold Trippier and got Wan Bissaka for less, are you going to throw your toys out the pram because you wanted to pay more for him?
If we got Ndombele for 40M and recouped it with the sales of Dier and Janssen will you want Levy’s head?
What the fuck are people even on about?
We can’t improve the team, if the players sold cover the cost of the new signings?
Stop playing accountants....no one knew what net spend was ten years ago, now everyone thinks it equates to silverware.
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Did you BELIEVE we will spend zero in the summer?
(Genuinely question.... I get this impression from many people atm; maybe this is where I'm going 'wrong'....)
Genuinely don't know what way enic are going to go.
You’re living in cloud cuckoo land if you think that Trippier is going anywhere for under 30M
Yeah I think someone probably would overpay for Trippier and we could improve him with the proceeds but the likes of Lamela Llorente Janssen Wanyama aren't going to bring in significant revenue we also won't replace Toby's quality for 25 million , I'd be loathed to see us sell Eriksen for less than he's worth due to his contract situation , if we keep recycling we are just going to get a little bit worse each year like Woolwich and Southampton, I'll be disappointed if we show no intent to keep our star players and improve the squad this summer.
I just listed a group of players that could raise 200M at least....people won’t like to see Dele on there, but personally I’d be happy to sell him for75- 100M and get Grealish for 40M.
People will call it down grading. Is it? Really? Right now, is that a step down? Not in my book.
You can sell Dier, Llorente, Trippier etc etc who fucking cares if we won’t ever bench or sub off Dele and Eriksen.
People in for a rude awakening if they truly believe Sessengon, Ndombele and Wan Bissaka will improve our attacking.
Moura is already the fall guy for Eriksen and Dele....what’s the point
If Dele is really that inferior to Grealish and not worth keeping, how the fuck are we gonna get 75- 100M for him?