Can't stand them, but they're on another planet compared to the dumb-ass spending of Chavs, Man U, PSG & Barca.
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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Can't stand them, but they're on another planet compared to the dumb-ass spending of Chavs, Man U, PSG & Barca.
Our squad would benefit much more from buying VDV + Maddison + Vic than just blowing it all on Kvara...you make those signings when you have a good established squad to take it to the next level.
Teams can afford to spend 100m on a player when they've had their recruitment sorted for years, which means they have other first XI positions nailed down, and plenty of good backups on the bench. Teams that have multiple fires to put out, that have incredibly thin squads and multiple points of weakness in their first XI have to stretch their money farther by necessity. So we don't buy Kvara for 100m, we get Solomon on a free, VDV for 40m, Maddison for 40m, and Vicario for 15m.
Hopefully we'll be there in a couple of years if we keep up with this level of recruitment.
Hopefully we'll be there in a couple of years if we keep up with this level of recruitment.
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Right... and when did I say buy Kvaratskhelia instead of those three? I'm talking about the fact that the very best talents in world football are always off limits to us, and if/when we can finally compete with the other big 6 on that front.
Looks like a pretty decent team, honestly. No doubt folks will say something about Ndombele being there, but I'm sure it's plenty competitive against most of their typical opposition. Surprised to see Angelino there- thought he was better than that.
Well you need to build a squad that a top player feels he can compete for the top prizes first.
Still proper shitting it about a Romero injury. Hoping we haven't decided that Dier will be 3rd choice because we could shift Sanchez and not him, end of the day I understand we have decided to recoup our losses for Sanchez but entrusting the backup role to either Dier, who is easily our worst defender in this system, or Phillips/Dorrington, a pair of teenagers, doesn't fill me with confidence. Takes a real generational talent to cope at PL level at 18 years of age in defence.
So who else is there left to flog off?
Lo Celso? But I got the impression that he's in Anges plans. After the Fulham game I wouldn't be surprised if he's not anymore.
And Eric Dier who seems happy to lift salary and do duck all.
City have perfected transfers the last few seasons. They’re spending big on 1 or 2 players in key positions every year and strengthening their starting 11. Seems like every new signing eventually makes their way into the starting 11. They’ve also been selling big as well. Think they’ve had net costs of between 100-150m every year the last few years but they’ve been winning trophies consistently. That’s where we need to get to
Again People are hailing Levys Masterclass.
How soon we forget.
Hire Mourinho, give him Sanchez, Rodon and Dier as CBs. He asked for Kim Min-Jae at 15 million maximum, Levy said No. Fans, " Jose doesn't work with Youth, he needs alot of money". His MF is reliant on Ndombele, Winks, Lo Celso, PEH and Moura. We have a Golden Boot winner and highest assist striker pairing in the history of the EPL. But we play defensive football so he Gets fired before a cup final.
Hired Nuno as last resort, dismal flop.
Hires Conte, Conté says I need Bastoni, Bremer, a few RWB and LWB options....etc. Has to live with Sanchez, Davies, Dier, Sess, Doherty, Emerson 1.0. Managers to get Emerson playing good football despite us Supporters throwing tantrums. Openly states he didn't want Spence. Has to have a midfielder protecting his Defenders at all times, so Skipp and PEH are forced to play in order to be more defensive. Still has the same midfield with the exception of Bentancur and Kulusevski. We in the top 5 highest scoring teams in the EPL. Gets us to top 4 despite these players. Supporters Verdict... Conté Plays Defensive Football that will never win anything.
Ange gets hired. We have VdV and Romero as CB pairing, Udogie as LB and Porro as RB. Now we can attack using Maddison as 10 and Sarr 8 they both are high up but aren't needed to come back to defend as much because of a Ball playing defence. Ange gets lauded and Levy is a genius.
How soon we forget.
Hire Mourinho, give him Sanchez, Rodon and Dier as CBs. He asked for Kim Min-Jae at 15 million maximum, Levy said No. Fans, " Jose doesn't work with Youth, he needs alot of money". His MF is reliant on Ndombele, Winks, Lo Celso, PEH and Moura. We have a Golden Boot winner and highest assist striker pairing in the history of the EPL. But we play defensive football so he Gets fired before a cup final.
Hired Nuno as last resort, dismal flop.
Hires Conte, Conté says I need Bastoni, Bremer, a few RWB and LWB options....etc. Has to live with Sanchez, Davies, Dier, Sess, Doherty, Emerson 1.0. Managers to get Emerson playing good football despite us Supporters throwing tantrums. Openly states he didn't want Spence. Has to have a midfielder protecting his Defenders at all times, so Skipp and PEH are forced to play in order to be more defensive. Still has the same midfield with the exception of Bentancur and Kulusevski. We in the top 5 highest scoring teams in the EPL. Gets us to top 4 despite these players. Supporters Verdict... Conté Plays Defensive Football that will never win anything.
Ange gets hired. We have VdV and Romero as CB pairing, Udogie as LB and Porro as RB. Now we can attack using Maddison as 10 and Sarr 8 they both are high up but aren't needed to come back to defend as much because of a Ball playing defence. Ange gets lauded and Levy is a genius.
This is a very important point that has not been discussed AT ALL on this forum in the last 24 hours.
We are never (under the current regime) going to spend £100M on one player.
We have in Levy , someone who just loves to put his fingers in every pie and try to get a "bargain".
This could actually work in our favour , to an extent, insomuch that if we had a decent scouting network , not just looking at the big clubs big signings (ie being lazy) that went searching for the next deli, sherringham,kane etc from the lower leagues and/or properly developing our academy players, we wouldn't need to pay £100M, we would actually be able to charge that to other clubs.
We have managed to do it in the past in a limited way, but we should be able to do more of this type of business.
I'm not advocating that we are a selling club, but if every couple of years we can bang out a £100M player to someone else , while having a perfectly adequate replacement waiting in the wings , wouldnt it be soooo much better?
“My view on that is: if you are a strict vegetarian, you don’t drop into Macca's just because you are hungry mate, you know?” he said.
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No thanks.
Rather stick with what we have and develop Phillips / Dorrington.