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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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I understand and acknowledge your point.
And hopefully these two will see the light and accept some loan move at least over the coming week.
But at the end of the day, I think fretting over sunk cost money and the possibility of them signing for other PL teams does not befit the situation.
They're not fit for purpose, we should be done with them. This needs to be the kind of club that is decisive in that way and committed to its squad as a competitive sporting operation and not a book of assets.
This deal doesn't make a lot of sense. We will see if it has legs.
2015–16 Harry Kane didnt win prem
2016–17 Harry Kane didnt win prem
2017–18 Mohamed Salah didnt win prem
2018–19† Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang didnt win prem
Sadio Mané didnt win prem
Mohamed Salah. didnt win prem
2019–20 Jamie Vardy didnt win prem
2020–21 Harry Kane didnt win prem
2021–22† Mohamed Salah. didnt win prem
Son Heung-min didnt win prem
2022–23 Haaland - Won prem
Edit - those are the golden boot winners.
City only had one in the last 8 years yet won the league more than anyone.
Agree it will be interesting to see if Woolwich can maintain the goal spread around the players ad if we can get 3+ players scoring 10+ goals.
Really? I saw the obligatory youtube vids and he doesnt look anything special, decent pace yes, few too many flicks and tricks, you can find videos like that 2 a penny on youtube.
Also i have to query your point on Data, really nothing to write home about especially with the High fee
Lastly he is 26 years old will turn 27 within 6 months and really hasnt done anything of note and as pointed out for the fee quoted doesnt make sense.
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Barnes can't play CF though.
There was a context-specific logic to the Richarlison deal in July 2022 that has been blown all to hell now, but you gotta understand it in those terms.
Tbh I wasn't really excited by Barnes because he is almost exactly the same player as Son but less creative. Younger but ceiling not ever going to reach peak Son.
maybe we don't see peak Sonny again but just didn't see the logic. Also 27 so no resale value.
This Pepe guy could be good as a cheaper utility player if Perisic wants to go. Not convinced he'd actually produce more than Perisic this season tho.
Make him pay for his meals. Could buy Mbappe in January
Really? I saw the obligatory youtube vids and he doesnt look anything special, decent pace few too many flicks and tricks, you can find videos like that 2 a penny on youtube.
Also i have to query your point on Data, really nothing to write home about especially with the High fee
Lastly he 26 years old will turn 27 within 6 months and really hasnt done anything of note and as pointed out for the fee quoted doesnt make sense.
Was slightly tongue in cheek that post tbh. Especially about Youtube.
His Fbref data does look handy but he clearly a utility player who can operate either wing. Younger, faster Perisic but less output.
If he's cheap then fair play if it's for the same fees as Johnson I have no idea what the plan is.
I would hope he has two and a couple of arms too for €70m
Now this I can get on board with. The longer they hang around stinking the club out, the worse it is for morale.
I accept that ripping up a contract is an expensive outlay, but it’s a fickle business where gains and losses are part of the game.
We’ve just trousered £100 million for a player that cost us nothing.
We missed out on selling Dele in his pomp and ended up with a husk of a player due to his personal issues overcoming him.
We paid £60 million? for Ndombele who is a looking total waste of money.
A bloated squad is down to mismanagement of that squad. And it should never be waved as an excuse for not buying new players.
Have him officially banned from all UK KFC's, Maccy's, BK, Nandos , Maryland and Chick King ... he'll soon change his tune
I didn't say win the league, I said at the upper end. All this really does is prove my point tbh. There's only really one outlier there.
I would add to this that woolwich ditched Ozil and Aubamayang without too much detriment to them. In fact, they’ve gone from strength to strength. Both were on big contracts but happy enough to be paid off and shipped out.
Bingo. Very similar situation. Woolwich has undergone the culture transformation we need to.
100% you put them on gardening leave. or have them train with the kids etc. a year of no match football will damage their career so if they actually value playing football they will want off. its the only card the club has in situations like dier.
Woolwich have done it successfully with Ozil and PEA. They were ruthless and have bounced back better without them.
And the players were happy enough to be bought out of their contracts to move on.
Anyway, either version of this is fine by me so long as they aren't integrated back into the squad.
That's unacceptable. That would be egregious failure to back Ange. Player purchases don't always tell the whole tale in that regard.
That's unacceptable. That would be egregious failure to back Ange. Player purchases don't always tell the whole tale in that regard.
Its pretty clear to me that if you have a player that is scoring 20+ goals a season, you're likely to do well.
I think the biggest stat to consider is goals scored in general.
Teams that score lots of goals win more matches and finish higher up the table.
The risk you run RELYING on one player to do that is if they don't perform to the expected standards you are likely to finish lower down the table.
That's a false equivalence, there was a neccesity for both players as had misdemeanors with Woolwich, Ozil's contract was ended due to politics and him speaking out against China, Aubameyang because of constant discipline issues with Arteta.
Now tell me why we need to do the same with Dier or any of our players?