God it’s early here in Chicago should have ignored the word better! Just ones with more Prestige and money, like Wolves
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God it’s early here in Chicago should have ignored the word better! Just ones with more Prestige and money, like Wolves
Okay, well they're not opening and they seem to be stuck in some way.
So is Levy on a double duty? Chairman and scout? What the fuck has our scouting team done all last season if they can't come up with a better solution than Joao fucking Mario?
Have you played football to a decent level? Like, not Sunday morning (where the pressure is zero).
If so, you know full well that playing in the latter stages of ''prestigious'' competitions (whether that be a F.A. Vase or a World Cup, depending on your level) gives you a wealth of experience. Winning that penalty shootout v. Colombia alone is worth it's weight in gold when dealing with pressure situations. Much like when we folded against Chelsea, these lads have now come out the other side of highly pressured competition. And won.
All those players who played in the latter stages of the World Cup will be better players for it. As they all, to a man, have already said.
Kieran Trippier will be a better player. Davinson Sanchez will be a better player. Harry Kane. Dele Alli.
Any player of this game understands that with experience comes improvement. And what an experience they've just had.
Perhaps he's just a Spurs fan on deadline day, give it till after the transfer deadline and see if they open. Report back.
Its a very real fear for some... Some think worrying about Everton is clever too.
No matter what happens today, I'm still confident going into the new season. We haven't lost any of our main players, and they are another year old with more experience. The England lads would have picked up some great experience during the World Cup.
Lets not write the season off yet.
- Lloris -
- Trippier - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Davies -
- Winks - Dier - Eriksen -
- Dele - Son -
- Kane -
That team could still beat anyone. Plus with Lamela, Moura, Dembele*, Wanyama, Alderweireld* and others still here we have players who can come in. Grealish would only add to that, maybe not as a starter, but as a player who can change a game. - Trippier - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Davies -
- Winks - Dier - Eriksen -
- Dele - Son -
- Kane -
Lets not write the season off yet.
You simply can't rely on Lamela.
Not exactly sure how he warranted a new contract.
Are we really falling back on that as definitive squad improvement? I agree that getting to the semis is good experience for them, but I don't think it makes up for bringing in no-one to improve the team.
Also, what then of Toby and Rose? If your logic of the semi final experience being so important holds true then has it made the other players sufficiently better to mitigate shipping those two out with no incomings?
I'd say it doesn't. I'd say it leaves us thinner than we were before.
Lamela will feel just like a new signing. Again.
Dear God.
