- Jul 4, 2021
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Doom scrolling through, and this made me think. For me, 2 positivesNot ideal window, but I think the last two years have seen us bring in some very good players:
Romero
Bentancur
Bissouma
Kulu
Perisic
Richarlison
Porro
That's 7 (8 if you include Udogie joining in the summer) first X1 players. Including most importantly, two excellent wing-backs.
We also have good attacking depth: Danjuma, Lucas, Richarlison, Son, Kane, Deki.
Good midfield depth: Benta, PEH, Skippy, Sarr, Bissouma.
I get why a lot of people are frustrated and angry. I'm also annoyed that this center back saga is going to drag into the summer. But, at least it's quite clear what the focus will be over the summer (Regardless of whomever is managing the team). 2x CBs. 1 goalie, and a Lucas replacement will be the priorities.
And if you look at Transfrmrkt, there are loads of free agent CBs this summer, or ones with only 1 year remaining on their contracts. So, we don't have to spend 200M to bring in the aforementioned.
This is a much better squad of players than we had 2 years ago.
The big question obviously will come down to Conte's desire to stay. If he signs that new contract. Hopefully we can finish off the remaining pieces of the puzzle.
Yes, I'm being far too optimistic. Sorry.
As above, our team is objectively better than 2 years ago. And, we've added at least 1 starter per window.
We've cleared out the dross.
And (clutching here) if anything convinces VL (or new investors) that there is upside here, fucking up on Doherty, dragging pit and nearly fucking up porro, not getting any of a GK, LCB, CCB, or AM should make smart money think, you know what, maybe, just maybe I could do a better job here......
(OK, that's very UN-SC back as you were. Its all shit)