Pains me to say, but many of our fans are very much part of the problem. Overall our fanbase has been way too soft and forgiving over the last 2 decades.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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If we don't beat Burnley this season could be as bad or even worse than last season. We are desperate for a good start. If the players confidence drops after a bad start and the crowd turns early its going to be a shit show.
We'll lose good players in that time and have to build for 3-5 windows down the line from then.
Spurs transfer strategy is a based on the middle aisle at Lidl
Woolwich did it in one window when we popped them to 4th. The following season they were literally a different team with a few quality signings.
Unfortunately I think in this case the most obvious answer is most likely correct. They're already fucking around with every other rule in the book, why not join Man City in paying off the books to get deals done
At 9.30pm on a Sunday night
I mean. Again - I am not denying that club should have done more with this window.
It is reasonable to expect more than we have done and I am pissed that Levy, Lange and co have not added more faces to starting XI by now.
But people really seem bit simple here... if we are talking about Rodrygo, Eze, Ederson, Robinson and Guehi... we are talking about outlay of 90+65+55+45+60 = 315 million euros on top of current outlay of 145 million (!) so in total 460 million EUR.
That would be like what ? Based on my knowledge and estimation, I believe it would be world record transfer window of any club in existence ?! I checked that while Chelsea did spend absurd amounts in 22/23 season, their spenditure was 300 mil in summer window + 330 mil in winter window.
So not really - this is not about "real ambitious owners" stuff. This would be wet dream of 6y kid and something that NO OWNER OR NOW CLUB HAS NEVER DONE IN HISTORY. Get even some little dust of realism here, please.
Only if you count Danso and Ted as additions from this window. I don’t because loan to buy deals are accounting quirks.
Even if you did count it, Chelsea and City have had numerous windows like that. Once Liverpool get Isak they will have had a window like that.
It should be a game of celebration, on the back of the EL win, yet it’s shaping up to be very toxic, if things don’t go well in the Super Cup.
I want us to be competitive first. Thats a good start for a club our size.
The title isn't even in the zone,if you know anything of airplane parlance.
In other words not even anywhere on the radar. Strewth, at this stage, it's probably better to think of Star Trek and that final frontier.
With injuries we are probably 3 or 4 starters away from “ competing “ . As for the squad , it’s way off
We need to stop window shopping & actually buy with the mentality of improving the starting XI
Will we ? Probably not
We need to stop window shopping & actually buy with the mentality of improving the starting XI
Will we ? Probably not
I'm just staggered that after such a poor league season, where we finished 17th, and yes Ange was bloody useless.
But the club are taking an almighty gamble by just turning around and thinking Frank can make such a huge difference without being backed with quality signings.
I don't think we will lose as many games as last season, but we won't win many either, not with our terrible attack and creativity.
We will be so easy to defend against which in turn will put huge pressure on our defence, not to concede.
I just can't believe the club haven't attacked the market aggressively, after finishing 17th. you'd have thought, we would have pulled the emergency cord and really revamped the squad.
But the club are taking an almighty gamble by just turning around and thinking Frank can make such a huge difference without being backed with quality signings.
I don't think we will lose as many games as last season, but we won't win many either, not with our terrible attack and creativity.
We will be so easy to defend against which in turn will put huge pressure on our defence, not to concede.
I just can't believe the club haven't attacked the market aggressively, after finishing 17th. you'd have thought, we would have pulled the emergency cord and really revamped the squad.
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What do you mean by decent?
Not shit.
Competing for what? CL places, maybe. We're a million miles of challenging for the league and the gap's getting wider.
Would any of our players would get into Liverpool's side?
We're stuck in reverse under this ownership. Without outside investment, this team is upper mid-table at best even with a good manager like Frank in charge.
Would any of our players would get into Liverpool's side?
We're stuck in reverse under this ownership. Without outside investment, this team is upper mid-table at best even with a good manager like Frank in charge.
I would like to have seen him actually say the words rather than reading them to get more context. But I didn’t read them positively, it came across as being diplomatic. Realistically he’s not an idiot so isn’t going to be happy.
I don't understand why you cant believe we haven't attacked the market aggressively. In 25 years, what has made you think we would attack the market any differently this summer?
They did but, as you say, we pipped them to 4th. We're heading into this season having just pipped Man Utd to 17th, so it's a completely different proposition.