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I think he came here at the end of the window in Poch's first season.Stambouli was here before Poch I think. He was one of the ones frozen out in Poch's early months.
I think he came here at the end of the window in Poch's first season.Stambouli was here before Poch I think. He was one of the ones frozen out in Poch's early months.
If Hincapie is one of our top choices then he should have been brought in this window regardless for the fact that we still ANOTHER CB on top of that and a GK.We needed at least 3 top centre backs before Romero joined. Where the fuck are the other 2? Assuming that both Jose and Conte asked for some centre backs it's inexcusable that we've had to watch Dier, Davies and Sanchez bumble around the pitch for the last 3-4 seasons.
I remember it really really well. I'd just landed in Brazil and checked my phone to see if we had indeed made any last minute transfers on DD and saw the headlineI think he came here at the end of the window in Poch's first season.
That’s making excuses for them they were poor and were a big part of the problem todayBecause they were isolated. Too often, the ball was played into them without any real prospect of them doing anything with it.
What a load of bolloxHorrendous performance and result.
The fact we are a premiership team, with supposed notions of a top 4 finish , yet start with centre half's of Tanganga, Dier and Davies says it all, they were nowhere near good enough 4/5 yrs ago and are no closer now.
Dier was atrocious today, yet again. Tanganga will never be a premiership player and Davies is a squad player at best.
Top that off with a disappearing act from out front three, Kane had an off day and can probably call on points in the bank for carrying us so often. Kulu very poor and Sons poor, poor form continues.
We will hear excuses like an eye on Milan etc etc, but while we have the bones of a half decent team, the spine of our team is inadequate, esp at the back, where most teams foundations are built.
The winter window was never enough, but when we see the reply the Trust got from Levy and Co we can expect little change either, they are so far removed from what's needed it's scary.
We need Romero to stay fit for the rest of the season, as without him in the defence we are as brittle as china.
Horrendous performance and result.
The fact we are a premiership team, with supposed notions of a top 4 finish , yet start with centre half's of Tanganga, Dier and Davies says it all, they were nowhere near good enough 4/5 yrs ago and are no closer now.
Dier was atrocious today, yet again. Tanganga will never be a premiership player and Davies is a squad player at best.
Top that off with a disappearing act from out front three, Kane had an off day and can probably call on points in the bank for carrying us so often. Kulu very poor and Sons poor, poor form continues.
We will hear excuses like an eye on Milan etc etc, but while we have the bones of a half decent team, the spine of our team is inadequate, esp at the back, where most teams foundations are built.
The winter window was never enough, but when we see the reply the Trust got from Levy and Co we can expect little change either, they are so far removed from what's needed it's scary.
We need Romero to stay fit for the rest of the season, as without him in the defence we are as brittle as china.
But with Romero playing. Which shows you what a difference having a class center back has. The lower standard defenders play better when he is having one of his all action performances and Dier (who should be a squad player at best) only plays well when he has good performers around him. The back 3 we fielded today was criminal and not good enough. Sanchez needs to go and one of Davies or Lenglet, probably the latter as he is a loan. Then get a top class LCB and CCB (with the latter being able to cover for Romero too ideally. With Udogie already to come in and Porro that looks 1000x better.
Mauricio Pochettino also got Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Kieran Trippier, Toby Alderweireld, Heung-min Son and Victor Wanyama, They all contributed greatly to us challenging for the Premier League and Champions League.If Poch had had Klopp's backing its entirely plausible that we'd have won the league at least once and possibly a champions league, given he very nearly managed that on a shoestring. Klopp's done fine but in the same time frame as Poch Klopp got Allison, VDV, Mane, Matip, Robertson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wijnaldum, Salah, Keita, Fabinho and Shaqiri to mention but a few.
Just for the comparison, here's Poch's signings in that same period.
Pau Lopez, Nkoudou, Sissoko, N'Jie, Fazio, Davinson, Gazzaniga, Foyth, Llorente, Aurier, Moura, Clarke, Ndombele, Lo Celso, Sessegnon, Vorm,
Nobody expected Alli to achieve what he did so quick, and most fans wrote Son off like a Bergwijn after first seasonMauricio Pochettino also got Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Kieran Trippier, Toby Alderweireld, Heung-min Son and Victor Wanyama, They all contributed greatly to us challenging for the Premier League and Champions League.
I mean you could twist it and say while Mauricio Pochettino was signing those players. Klopp got Steven Caulker, Loris Karius, Ragnar Klavan, Dominic Solanke, Takumi Minamino, Sepp van den Berg. Things like this always contain selective reasoning.
Neither did Poch.It baffles me to this day how Conte didn’t want Maddison.
Simply can’t get my head around it.