Vincent Janssen

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The Mercurial No.10 said:
You could almost be forgiven in thinking that the Mexican and Dutch leagues are shit enough to make him look decent.

At least he finally seems to have figured out that the closer he is to the opposition net, the more likely he is to score...that seemed to have escaped him in England when he appeared allergic to the fucking 18 yard box.
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To be fair to him, I think that's what Pochettino was asking to do.
 
ArcspacE said:
Looking back, it seems Poch was a good manager but a terrible spotter of talent

Most of signings have turned out to be utter shambles
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I think this is the case for most managers these days.

Football scouting is such a weird animal these days. I don't think most managers that are active are able to focus enough on it on top of their other duties to be able to actually properly scout players.
 
ArcspacE said:
Looking back, it seems Poch was a good manager but a terrible spotter of talent

Most of his signings have turned out to be utter shambles
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If you conveniently ignore the fact that Vinnie was a cheap alternative to Michy Batshuayi that year. Jog your memory? Welp, that was the pattern and I believe this was the xfer that 'final strawed' that transfer dude Mitchell. But, as always, it's better to run with the narrative to get a bit of a foothold in discussions. You know, "Poch no eye for talent" while neglecting that he wanted DeLigt and that Barca dude and all the other ones he wanted but couldn't get like Wijnaldum and Mane but getting Sissoko and N'Koudou. It's like folks choosing their fav posters on here but being denied their first 125 and getting stuck with you. Can't really conclude they have no eye for talent can you?
 
ArcspacE said:
Cheap alternative at 18m?

De Ligt was a defender and years later - you have no idea it seems again. Poch cocked up so many deals - deal with
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Yes, 18M! How is your memory so shit? To busy trolling I guess. When the alternatives dried up because of Levy dithering Vinnie's club did an Ashley and raised the price. Do you really not remember that? We went in at 11 or 12M IIRC...then Batshuayi was gobbled up by Chelsea, (I think) Alario went to Leverkusen and we were stuck with our dicks in our hands and had to scramble. Is this not the pattern?

And what does DeLigt being a defender have anything to do with my point of Poch's first choices being decent (or challenging your point about no eye for talent)? I always have an idea...and to use "again" you would have to at least show proof of 'no idea' a first time legoboy.
 
todd1882 said:
Yes, 18M! How is your memory so shit? To busy trolling I guess. When the alternatives dried up because of Levy dithering Vinnie's club did an Ashley and raised the price. Do you really not remember that? We went in at 11 or 12M IIRC...then Batshuayi was gobbled up by Chelsea, (I think) Alario went to Leverkusen and we were stuck with our dicks in our hands and had to scramble. Is this not the pattern?

And what does DeLigt being a defender have anything to do with my point of Poch's first choices being decent (or challenging your point about no eye for talent)? I always have an idea...and to use "again" you would have to at least show proof of 'no idea' a first time legoboy.
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You’re the even a funny troll anymore. In fact - you never were
 
mike_l said:
Just to clarify, you're claiming that he actually wanted Michy Batshuayi rather than Janssen as evidence that he does have an eye for talent???
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Yes, I am claiming that the Belgian national team player that Bielsa recommended, Chelsea sunk pre-Neymar 40M into, BVB utilized with surgical precision to terrorize the BuLi and wanted to sign permanently, and Paul Mitchell's breaking point with Levy is evidence of an eye for talent. In fact, if he still has the desire to play, learn and improve I'd take him now.

Let me guess, you think striker = goals right? Bielsa is very happy with Patrick Bamford right now. Would you have had Bamford in your team a few years ago? I ask this because he's pretty high on the scoring list this year so I'm sure you would now. But you wouldn't have a few years ago.
 
todd1882 said:
Yes, I am claiming that the Belgian national team player that Bielsa recommended, Chelsea sunk pre-Neymar 40M into, BVB utilized with surgical precision to terrorize the BuLi and wanted to sign permanently, and Paul Mitchell's breaking point with Levy is evidence of an eye for talent. In fact, if he still has the desire to play, learn and improve I'd take him now.

Let me guess, you think striker = goals right? Bielsa is very happy with Patrick Bamford right now. Would you have had Bamford in your team a few years ago? I ask this because he's pretty high on the scoring list this year so I'm sure you would now. But you wouldn't have a few years ago.
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Batshuayi has not had a good or successful time in the Premier League.
 
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