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It's amazing that there is a thread for this in September 2020.
This has been an issue for almost 3 years.
This has been an issue for almost 3 years.
Steve Hitchens has this all under control...
Chelsea will never do business with us.
To me this is already egregious mismanagement. We knew we needed a striker a year ago (and many felt we needed a couple years ahead of that when we brought Llorente in). When we didn't sign one last summer, we all knew we were playing with fire.
Now we see the head of recruiting complain about the January window and how hard it is. Sure...good for you. A deal ought to have done way ahead of that with it becoming firm at 12:01am on January 1st. Other clubs all do this and surely it was known that we needed to fill that role. It's unconscionable that it dragged on that far.
But, lo and behold, they managed to fuck that up as well! Here we are, five days before kick off for the new season and we haven't addressed the most obvious issue. To top it all off, there were about 4.5 months with no football, so what exactly were these recruiting and scouting staff doing during that time? Surely they could have lined up a deal or at least a very short list of probable deals to get one done and settled well in advance? It's completely unacceptable that they seemingly have done nothing.
And I am not interested in the "well we had Covid and it scuttled plans" garbage either. This is a multimillion dollar operation. I ran my business through this, which is a drop in the ocean beside THFC, so don't even start. Really, from a business perspective, the lack of action and failure to address this in 2 windows probably cost the business £50-100m by missing top four. Who knows if we'd have won a trophy or advanced in the CL last spring.
Anyway, sorry for the bit of a rant. I feel better already though. I look forward to them announcing Troy Deeney, proving me wrong later today.
Now we see the head of recruiting complain about the January window and how hard it is. Sure...good for you. A deal ought to have done way ahead of that with it becoming firm at 12:01am on January 1st. Other clubs all do this and surely it was known that we needed to fill that role. It's unconscionable that it dragged on that far.
But, lo and behold, they managed to fuck that up as well! Here we are, five days before kick off for the new season and we haven't addressed the most obvious issue. To top it all off, there were about 4.5 months with no football, so what exactly were these recruiting and scouting staff doing during that time? Surely they could have lined up a deal or at least a very short list of probable deals to get one done and settled well in advance? It's completely unacceptable that they seemingly have done nothing.
And I am not interested in the "well we had Covid and it scuttled plans" garbage either. This is a multimillion dollar operation. I ran my business through this, which is a drop in the ocean beside THFC, so don't even start. Really, from a business perspective, the lack of action and failure to address this in 2 windows probably cost the business £50-100m by missing top four. Who knows if we'd have won a trophy or advanced in the CL last spring.
Anyway, sorry for the bit of a rant. I feel better already though. I look forward to them announcing Troy Deeney, proving me wrong later today.
Piatek
I was disappointed we started last season without a back up striker. I sort of understood how difficult the January window was and accepted no back up striker. However the way Mourinho has the team play it is essential we have a back up and results in February showed this. The summer window even in the Covid times is the time to bring someone in and I am disappointed no one is in for the start of the season. However if no one comes in by the closing of the window I consider that a terrible failure by Scouts, Mourinho and Levy as we are again unlikely to rectify this in January. To go the whole season risking Kane or Son always being able to play and not be injured, suspended or ruled out by Covid restrictions and tiredness from a crowded fixture list is not the actions of a top 6 side.
I have already answered that question.
Take your 'pie in the sky' and general anti-spurs bullshit and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
Probably start another Levy out poll and see how the sands have shifted.
Then don't read them?
What are you expecting me to do. Burn Levy's house down.John Thomas - What's on your revolution 'to do' list besides moan on TFC?
Still dodging the question.....
I'm a fan, my boy. A mere fan. And a passionate one at that.
Like many fans I express my opinions on a football forum, and, much like yourself, some agree with them and some don't.
I will still support my team when they run on to the pitch,. Again, just like you .
Unlike you, I won't be offering to wash the chairman's car and weed his flower beds every Sunday
he'd love this forum.
But why are you so insistent on criticizing other fans for deeming the poor transfer dealings of the club rather than the owners themselves?
One can deem the level of effort and or quality of incomings unacceptable even if they aren't willing to start a literal riot over it. You can make judgements.