There will be some on here who will claim to have seen him play every minute since he was in the youth team
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There will be some on here who will claim to have seen him play every minute since he was in the youth team
He was in my China league 'team of the season' last year....
You're absolutely right but our scouting department hasn't been on the ball. No pun intended. Perhaps that's where we really need to change.
You can buy great players but turning them into a cohesive unit is another thing entirely.
I would add our medical team to that list as well
Indeed, you'll commonly see me say this.
Well that's the next phase of the process isn't it, but yes indeed.
This is a good point.
The "bigger" players you have the bigger the coach/coaching team you need that can get them on the same page. Look at what happened to Kovac at Bayern. A relatively young, promising coach but totally out of his depth in a locker room with names like Lewandowski, Müller etc.
To spend more money than makes financial sense during this period
I think
Airfixx
is right, spending a bunch of money but having no real direction in terms of scouting is just basically throwing shit at a wall and hoping it sticks (which is basically what we are doing already but just on a tight budget.)
What we need imo is better scouting so we can identify players that WILL improve us in areas of weakness and when we do identify those players, not compromising with alternatives because they are cheaper that are going to be pointless squad fillers that do nothing for us.
This is why I think Levy needs to stay away from the football side of things and appoint a DOF, Levy can handle running the business but he enjoys the deal too much and it always ends up hurting us on the pitch.
ENIC and Levy both have said in the end of season speech that they want to show ambition on the pitch and bragged about net spend, well it's time for them to show us they really mean it, the way to do that is proper scouting and purchasing targets that will improve us.
Airfixx
is right, spending a bunch of money but having no real direction in terms of scouting is just basically throwing shit at a wall and hoping it sticks (which is basically what we are doing already but just on a tight budget.)What we need imo is better scouting so we can identify players that WILL improve us in areas of weakness and when we do identify those players, not compromising with alternatives because they are cheaper that are going to be pointless squad fillers that do nothing for us.
This is why I think Levy needs to stay away from the football side of things and appoint a DOF, Levy can handle running the business but he enjoys the deal too much and it always ends up hurting us on the pitch.
ENIC and Levy both have said in the end of season speech that they want to show ambition on the pitch and bragged about net spend, well it's time for them to show us they really mean it, the way to do that is proper scouting and purchasing targets that will improve us.
Sorry I let you down
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I think
What we need imo is better scouting so we can identify players that WILL improve us in areas of weakness and when we do identify those players, not compromising with alternatives because they are cheaper that are going to be pointless squad fillers that do nothing for us.
This is why I think Levy needs to stay away from the football side of things and appoint a DOF, Levy can handle running the business but he enjoys the deal too much and it always ends up hurting us on the pitch.
ENIC and Levy both have said in the end of season speech that they want to show ambition on the pitch and bragged about net spend, well it's time for them to show us they really mean it, the way to do that is proper scouting and purchasing targets that will improve us.
DOF: Hell yeh...
I also welcome the consistent vision it ought to bring and the synergy between type of players signed and managerial appointments it should bring...
(Tbh, the end of season spiel had passed me by this year... I'll have to have a look.)
Exactly, might be a bit disaster capitalist but if we had some balls and some vision we'd beg, steal or borrow money to get some absolute bargains. Prices will go through the roof again when covid is over.
So the last name changes every time there’s a new grandchild? So Hoiberg’s kids last name would be Pierresson if he were Icelandic?
Well, ungodly amounts of money will eventually get you there. But you're right that all of these petro-infused projects initially have spent very poorly.
And at today's prices the cost of creating a Chelsea or a City would be insane. Multiple billions.
If the option was only Perisic or Lamela I would take Perisic but (hopefully) that isn't the only option and I would much rather sell Lamela and use his money to get a much younger player than either Perisic or Lamela.
Pretty much. We had a player who's father was Sigurd a while ago
Indeed... Look at PSG (and to a degree City)... Still can't make a dent in the CL.
United have spent a billion+ and counting trying to claw back their glory days..... Still finished nearer B'muff than Liverpool this year.
Sorry, but Perisic and Sess, can't be in the same sentence. Sess didn't play one important game in EPL and Perisic scored in semi final and final WC. The thing that he is older i can understand, but for the small amount of money he is a safe bet, and Sess is a stil gamble in every appaearence on the last minutes.