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That was ‘74. Showing your age...Sorry, typo, Daniel Levy
That was ‘74. Showing your age...Sorry, typo, Daniel Levy
Bit lateI reckon Levy will spend on the squad now the stadium is finished, more important to be in the top 4 now than ever.
5.30 kick offs on a Thursday. Jesus, we barely had any money after three years in the CL, now we’re back in the Europa which we’d never win anywayDinamo Lokomotiv Big Titties FC here we come
Our investment had been fine out of what we've spent. You expect close to half your signings to fail. But we've had very, very little to spend.And sensible squad investment
How do you know that? Multiple ITK stated there was a reasonable budget. And ‘by sensible’ I mean actually buyingOur investment had been fine out of what we've spent. You expect close to half your signings to fail. But we've had very, very little to spend.
It can't work long term. You can get occasional success on that model - Leicester winning the league, Ajax at least in the CL semi finals. But I can't name a single club in the modern game who've consistently, over 5-10 years, won trophies against a financially bigger side - can you? The El Classico dominate Spain, Juve in Italy, PSG in France, Munich in Germany. England is the least predictable. But long term you need to use the success that brings (alongside a bit of luck in terms of getting a player like Kane through) to boost your resources. Otherwise you will inevitably regress.
Whether we will continue to progress under ENIC I have no idea. If Poch doesn’t believe Onomah, KWP, Edwards and Skipp are ready or just not good enough then we need first team players and some squad players.
Do we have a plan in place or working on obtainable targets? I really hope so.
We should absolutely be contesting the Son red and if we don't we're weaker than the referee
@Japhet how can you rate a question Optimistic?
I see.I was optimistic that we might try to get attainable targets instead of saying 'we tried for Mbappe but came up short.
How do you know that? Multiple ITK stated there was a reasonable budget. And ‘by sensible’ I mean actually buying
I really can’t see anything at the moment that suggests that we will take anything other than zero points from the Everton game. It also means we likely finish 5th/6th. 13 league losses as its stands is absolutely pathetic and the football we’ve played this year has been average at best in the league. Not to mention the amount of times we have scraped last minute winners in games we performed well below standard. It’s almost embarrassing to think we’re actually 3rd (albeit temporarily) considering all the above.
Who is to blame? Personally for me the whole ‘We can’t find realistic signings in this market who would improve our squad’ line really touches a nerve with me. I could name players from teams in the bottom half that would be direct replacements and improvements on multiple players in our Starting XI! Not even just improvements on the squad players!