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"Their owner is worth 5.9 billion, he should just pump his own money into it, otherwise clearly no ambition"
Also:
Srivaddhanaprabha's yacht: 35 meter
Joe lewis' yacht: 68.2 meter
#noambition
Ignoring the fact that we should not have to play guys out of position to fill a back-up position and Bale is much better at other positions so reducing his effectiveness because we are too dumb/cheap to buy a striker is a terrible idea, I don't think that Bale is going to come here to play against the likes of Leyton Orient and Plodiv.
And if he isn't playing in those games then we still are left without a striker for those games and left to trying to force someone to play out of position again which we have seen is a terrible plan.
We have multiple games every season and we have Kane and Son so forgive me I don’t think a back up striker for the low end league cup and Europa league games is essential. Again the issue is the defensive side of things - thats the priority not a back up striker who will only start a handful of league games
So every single other team that has a back-up striker is doing it wrong then?
Is it our overwhelming success in Europe and Cups that has convinced you we should just keep going the way we have been or our amazing 6th place finish last year with Kane and Son and no true back-up striker?
"Their owner is worth 5.9 billion, he should just pump his own money into it, otherwise clearly no ambition"
Also:
Srivaddhanaprabha's yacht: 35 meter
Joe lewis' yacht: 68.2 meter
#noambition
Good to see we now are justifying things based on a comparison with a club that has league finishes of 5-9-9-12 the last 4 years. I guess that is the level we are at now, no longer in competition with the other so-called big 6 teams.
well I'm glad we have the internet so I can read posts like this.
We have a back up striker in Son who can play that position. I would take him over Orgi or Lacazette or most other back up strikers in the league.
We finished 6th last season because we had one of the worst defensive records in the league. If we don’t address that we will never do anything. But no you are right what is really important is getting a striker to sit on the bench for most of the campaign clearly
Pathetic from Brandon. Leicester lost Chilwell, but they bring Castagne from Atalanta. After that, the squad is the same.. They have Ricardo, Maddison,Vardy,Ndidi, Tielemans,Soyuncuru, Schmeichel, Evans, Perez... Their owner retain the same squad and key players...
But Son is a starting winger for us so if we move him over then we have to weaken our side with his replacement.
Also Son as a back-up does nothing for us in Europa League or Cup games unless you think we should just ditch those.
Plus the biggest issue with our defense is that Jose prefers Dier and Davies, doesn’t matters what we bring in Jose isn’t dropping those two from the starting line-up so our defense will always be weak. Also doesn’t help that we didn’t bring in a DM to fill the DM role.
That isn't going to wash with Mourinho if we don't get a striker.
Don't get me wrong, I believe we are a bigger club than Leicester.
However, I think it's fair to compare financial decision making given that we are both self sufficient clubs. So we are the same type of club in my opinion.
So regarding spending behavior I think it's fairer to compare us to clubs like Woolwich, Liverpool, Leicester and maybe Everton (even though I don't know enough about the financial involvement of their owner), rather than Chelsea and City.
For example, if all those clubs would have a net spend of 100 million and we only 30 million, then I would also think the "covid means we can't spend" saying is bullshit.
Hey Sammy, if standing pat in the summer was what got us to the top 4 and CL final that year then why were you calling for a striker in Jan '19. Surely, getting in a striker would have seen the 'standing pat plan' foiled. Feels like you keep playing this both ways to suit whichever narrative you're following at whichever particular time. As you are a paragon of probity (along with a few others) on this board I cannot fathom you would do something like this. Can you clear that up for us my man?
Not one BBC pundit out of 24 has us in their top 4.
Are we flying nicely under the radar or our days of making top 4 regularly behind us now?
I must admit I prefer it when we aren't expected to achieve anything.
You'd think somebody would have us in their top 4 as a dark horse.
Are we flying nicely under the radar or our days of making top 4 regularly behind us now?
I must admit I prefer it when we aren't expected to achieve anything.
You'd think somebody would have us in their top 4 as a dark horse.
We were awful last season and so far we have done little to try and rectify it so I'm not surprised
Our hopes rest on favourable injury situations and the likes of Ndombele and sessegnon coming good , could happen but wouldn't put any money on it