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I mean, finishing one point behind City and winning the Champions League probably leaves one a little more optimistic about the strength of the squad going forward.
Fast forward to the end of the season and they've walked the league. Our season following no signings ending in slumping results (CL run aside) and a season-long hangover that involved sacking our manager.
So yeah, proof of the pudding and all that...
You think that Liverpool refusing to overpay a back-up LB and then signing a player that is arguably better for less is the same as people complaining about Levy not signing anyone for obvious holes in the starting line-up?
The comparable situation to this would be Spurs focusing on Max Aarons but refusing to meet the 20 million asking fee and then signing Castagne for 15 million instead. And even that is not an apt comparison because that is dealing with starters.
I doubt many people would have a single issue with the team if they refused to overpay for someone and ended up with a similar player, who may even be better, instead.
The problem many fans have is that with Spurs what likely happens is that Levy doesn't make the Lewis deal, then argues with Olympiakos trying to get the 15 million down to 12 and then we end up with nobody.
As for Liverpool not signing anyone in one transfer window when they had a young team set with youth coming up and having won the CL and finished second being compared to Spurs who had many obvious holes, an aging line-up that had won shit, it is a hell of a lot more than "aren't identical" they are vastly different.
Like I said, it's easy to praise Liverpool with the hindsight of knowing they did fine, there was no guarantee from beating a shite Spurs in the CL, or however close they were to City in the league, that they would go on and improve.
And the Lewis deal shows that they have a budget, and will not push the boat out beyond that, it's only a measly £7m after all, not backing the manager etc. You can believe that Spurs favs would accept it if you wish, but I don't, there'd be uproar, we still have people whingeing about the club being tight fisted even after we spent £120m last summer and then another £25m in January.
Peter Lim is out to kill that club.
Fuck sake those are some depressing headlines. Thanks
PEA can rinse Woolwich for as much in wages as he likes, they're shit and keeping him does nothing but maintain their current level of mediocrity, Liverpool couldn't stump up the £45m for Werner, if they now want to spunk £40m on a Sarr I'm not going to lose sleep, they won't sign Thiago, and with Sancho staying at Dortmund their headline re Depay is even more irrelevant to us than it was anyway.
Piatek supposedly in talks with Fiorentina
Since we played them a million times in a row I've watched pretty much everyone of their games available
Since we played them a million times in a row I've watched pretty much everyone of their games available
we surely have to be looking at kondogbia. if players are going for that
Poor lad is never allowed to settle. He was doing well for Hertha towards the end of the season as well. Starting to find form.
Lim has blood on his hands.
There is no value out there, you know.
Another top spurs prospect that left to spread his wings making moves.
I never saw much of this kid at all, no idea how good he is, but that's a really interesting career move.