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Take the day off, you've been going for nearly 24 hours. Go for a stroll or take up needle point.Didn't mean to upset you Daniel but good stuff mate
Take the day off, you've been going for nearly 24 hours. Go for a stroll or take up needle point.Didn't mean to upset you Daniel but good stuff mate
We're also a couple of games away from nothing in the CL and a place in the Europa League with a squad that are out on their feet. Reinforcements would have been a massive help.
Whose to say the new players would have got us to where we are todayYes and no. You’re absolutely right about how well we’ve done this season.
But you can only stretch an elastic band so far before it snaps. It was a risky decision to not buy anyone, and we may well be ok this time. But equally, we’re also four games away from not winning the CL and not qualifying for it next season, and that may well come down to a threadbare squad that would have benefited from a couple of decent signings.
Either way, there is a clear need to invest this summer with at leat Wanyama and Lamela looking more and more busted. I don’t think we should ever be in a situation either where we have to rely on Llorente and Janssen at the same time to win a Premier League game
I agree we should have brought some players in, we don't really know why we didn't, be it Poch or no funds, but I feel to call it ridiculous decision making when the decision not to buy has still got us where we are as we speak, is imo ridiculous.
If we buy 10 players next season i would settle for CL semi and 3rd this time next year.
Can you gaurentee me that any new signings would have got us CL semi and 3rd? I don't think you cani think we are where we are inspite of this, not because of it. IMO it was a massive gamble given the summer exploits of so many of our players to bring nobody in. To do the same in January was (IMO) a mixture of myopic and arrogant and I feel that those pidgeons are now coming home to roost. Frommbitter previous experiences, I'm trying to prepare for an extremely disappointing end to the season. At the very best, our hopes are in the hands of others.
Again, I agree with your central point about us getting this far and given all the additional factors like the World Cup, injuries, Son’s international duty, stadium delays etc. Poch has done incredibly well.Whose to say the new players would have got us to where we are foday
Sissoko would have been out of the team, Son may have been out
Yes we should have brought in a few, but my point is it didn't prove to be a ridiculous decision as the outcome has been a success so far
Mitrovic is just a fatter, more confident JanssenI'm not suggesting this should be our transfer policy first off and we should aim high with a couple of marquee signings but does anybody think there any any players in the bottom half of the prem that we should/could be looking to pick up to add some depth. I think there are players there with prem experience that Poch could improve and could be good options for us. Mitorvic is a good example. I've seen promise in Bissouma at Brighton.
Again, I agree with your central point about us getting this far and given all the additional factors like the World Cup, injuries, Son’s international duty, stadium delays etc. Poch has done incredibly well.
But given that we’re more settled than Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal, we should have breezed the top four, and we haven’t- we’re sort of clinging on like a battered heavyweight in the 12th round of a fight he’s marginally ahead of. Also, if we had invested in the window, we could have spent the season integrating those players so we’d keep our edge over Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal.
Like you say, most of this is academic until the end of the season. I just wish we weren’t going into a semi final of the most prestigious cup in Europe with the prospect of playing out of form players or players out of position
I'm not suggesting this should be our transfer policy first off and we should aim high with a couple of marquee signings but does anybody think there any any players in the bottom half of the prem that we should/could be looking to pick up to add some depth. I think there are players there with prem experience that Poch could improve and could be good options for us. Mitorvic is a good example. I've seen promise in Bissouma at Brighton.
We're also a couple of games away from nothing in the CL and a place in the Europa League with a squad that are out on their feet. Reinforcements would have been a massive help.
We could do a lot worse than Lucas Digne and Gerrard Delofeu. Both having good seasons and a bit under the radar.
That said there are probably more important places to upgrade upon.
I think he looks like the type of player that with the right coach can do it every week.We could do a lot worse than Lucas Digne and Gerrard Delofeu. Both having good seasons and a bit under the radar.
That said there are probably more important places to upgrade upon.
Retired he says ...As some of you know I have retired from posting ITK on here, mainly due to some of the cockwombles on here, but with the transfer window thread due to open shortly, I wanted to remind you that this site doesn't run on air.
It costs a lot to run so I thought it timely to remind you to put you hands in your pockets and donate . I for one would have to find something else to do and I'm too old to take up other hobbies.
This window will be busy so let's get some dosh rolling in before Rob announces he's having to shut the site down.
Could you sub me a tenner?As some of you know I have retired from posting ITK on here, mainly due to some of the cockwombles on here, but with the transfer window thread due to open shortly, I wanted to remind you that this site doesn't run on air.
It costs a lot to run so I thought it timely to remind you to put you hands in your pockets and donate . I for one would have to find something else to do and I'm too old to take up other hobbies.
This window will be busy so let's get some dosh rolling in before Rob announces he's having to shut the site down.