- Jun 24, 2019
- 236
- 1,202
What about that Alli kid? I heard somewhere that he only cost 5 mil.Buy cheap, buy twice.
What about that Alli kid? I heard somewhere that he only cost 5 mil.Buy cheap, buy twice.
They're are so skint I bet the reversed charges on the phone callIf we sign Pjanic, then we won’t be signing another midfielder. Been talking to Barca since last week
Great.You'll see plenty of Skipp next season
Thanks, it was a genuine question, I really couldn't remember us signing players of that age and Bale was a short term loan so wasn't thinking about him. As I'm typing this I thought about Gallas and Davids, I'm not sure how old they were but they did pretty good for us.
I think the PL has changed and the pace of things is much higher than before. Even players in their mid to late 20s seem to struggle with the pace. I'm not against signing player of any age but I think the gamble is slightly higher in terms of waiting for them to settle in to the club/league, especially if they're coming from a non PL league team before we might see the best of them.
Buy cheap, buy twice.
The question for me - how does Tomiyasu fit into the backline. I thought he was considered a RB.From Herc's latest ITK it would appear that we will be getting:
2 x CBs (Japanese lad plus one)
1 x midfielder (potentially Pjanic)
... and that Doherty will be first choice RWB (if NES is reluctant to buy a RB without looking at the academy first that suggests a backup RB anyway).
I was hoping for a larger overhaul of the defence but sounds like NES might want to give Sanchez a chance.
What about that Alli kid? I heard somewhere that he only cost 5 mil.
Give me some evidence that Kounde at 50m is better than milenkovic who I rate higher or Andersen who has premier league experience.Buy cheap, buy twice.
We signed Eriksen, Lamela, Paulinho and Soldado, all for the first team, in the same summer.There's a difference between speculative cheap buys on potential and buying quality that needs to be in the first team squad.
I'd be all for us buying a few £5-10m defenders who might be in the first team in 2-3 years. That's not what we're in the market for though. We need players to step in to the first team in vital positions. We basically need to replace Jan properly and likely replace Toby as well.
How many times have we seen Leicester for example buying someone reasonably cheap that no one else to a punt on and in a year or two everyone is trying to buy off them for over 50m. Good scouting is needed.Buy stupid buy twice! Price is irrelevant.
The majority of our better signings over the last 10 years have been budget buys we've taken a risk on. In fact anyone we've spent real money on have either been flops or the jury is still out.
I've been massively against this new regime but that's no longer for this thread, and it's more about long term concerns.
Have to say though it generally looks like there is a coherent game plan as to actually filling the positions we need to.
Paratici's was brought in because of his knowledge of players contracts and clubs financial issues give him a head start over others. I wouldn't be surprised if it's in part due to his relationship with certain journalists giving him the heads up in exchange for information on signings etc(but that's just me guessing a bit).
Cheap doesn't necessarily mean low quality as proven by how many times we have "missed the boat".
We signed Toby and Jan for just under £20 mil combined.We signed Eriksen, Lamela and Soldado, all for the first team, in the same summer.
To be honest its a no brainer he's a top player available relatively cheap allows us to spend money elsewhere that's higher priority very shrewd if it comes offIf we do sign Pjanic, that will be ALL down to Paratici. Apparently they have a brilliant relationship. And that could go in our favour.
.......I seem to have been misinterpreted on my comment. ?Iversen was a brilliant striker who had a torrid time with injuries and wasn't the best at keeping in shape during his injury spells, to put it mildly. I don't know anything about Damsgaard's professionalism but a) he isn't a striker and b) he has already played outside his home country.
The only similarities between them in any way is that they're white and Nordic.
We signed Toby and Jan for just under £20 mil combined.
Add in Rose and walker we spent what £23m on our best back line in recent yearsWe signed Toby and Jan for just under £20 mil combined.
I don't disagree, I was really just ribbing you. I would love for us to splash some serious cash on the right player. Though it could be argued that we splashed cash in recent years on a couple busts too. Davi was in the $50m range wasn't he? Would've been better served saving that money to install the cheese room.There's a difference between speculative cheap buys on potential and buying quality that needs to be in the first team squad.
I'd be all for us buying a few £5-10m defenders who might be in the first team in 2-3 years. That's not what we're in the market for though. We need players to step in to the first team in vital positions. We basically need to replace Jan properly and likely replace Toby as well.
From Herc's latest ITK it would appear that we will be getting:
2 x CBs (Japanese lad plus one)
1 x midfielder (potentially Pjanic)
... and that Doherty will be first choice RWB (if NES is reluctant to buy a RB without looking at the academy first that suggests a backup RB anyway).
I was hoping for a larger overhaul of the defence but sounds like NES might want to give Sanchez a chance.
Yes. That makes SC posters twice as excited. Where's the downside?Buy cheap, buy twice.
It seems a mental thing with both him and Dele. Signs of very good ability in both. Sanchez shits himself too often. Something needs to happen to switch his mind to be more confident.