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    Summer 2021 Window Rating

    6.5 for me, a painful rebuild isn't going to be completed in a single transfer window and the purchases made look good (however I said that about GLC and ndombele, neither of whom have delivered on their reputations/transfer fees) I do worry about the lack of cover for Kane, if he gets injured...
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    Cameron Carter-Vickers

    Really thought we could have got a couple of million for him, he generally does well in the championship Guess he leaves on a free next summer.
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    Adama Traore

    With a limited transfer budget and gapping holes in the squad he seems like a luxury we can do without.
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    The Football League Championship, League One & Two 20/21

    Rather than getting our knickers in a twist about getting the right manager, maybe we should focus more on getting the right systems in place. Lot to learn from Brentford IMHO.
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    The Football League Championship, League One & Two 20/21

    I'm backing Brentford. I like to believe that there preferences for systems/analytics over relying on a traditionally skilled manager is something that could work in the Prem on a larger scale.
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    Which of the returning loanees do you think will be in the 1st team squad next season?

    Considering the state of the CBs in the current first team squad I don't know why we want to get shot of CCV. It's not a position we have strength and depth in, so even if we sign a CB (or two) he doesn't seem like an awful addition to the squad. I expect we will sell him for a modest fee to...
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    This Week’s Manager Watch: Ryan Mason

    Hopefully he can update his CV with 'Prem Manager' and find a job at another club.
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    Jose Mourinho

    You could get a monkey to throw darts at the sports section of a paper and be more consistent at picking successful managers than Levy,
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    Jose Mourinho

    Only thing worse than Mourinho is knowing the his replacement will be picked by Levy.
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    ENIC...

    How can you be sure Hitchen is identifying top talent but is blocked by Levy / Mourinho? I agree that until you have a single DoF with overall control of scouting and the appointment of coaches (not managers, coaches) that the responsibilities are all over the place and a mess is likely...
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    Jose Mourinho

    Buck stops with the man who appoints the manager.
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    The future of Spurs

    Joe Lewis is 84. I'd be surprised to see ENIC still in control in a decades time.
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Oliver Skipp

    Tom Carroll is the most progressive passer in the league.
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    Managing Director Football: Fabio Paratici

    I hope a sporting director is appointed before Levy is forced to attack with regards to the current first team squad and manager.
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    Dele Alli at Everton

    I don't have much of a clue about PSG. Why would they want him on loan, especially without a right to buy clause? Do they lack attacking midfielders? A quick look at their squad doesn't seem to show a problem. Why loan/buy Dele if you have players like Julian Draxler?
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    Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

    How much patience should we give him, considering he's on loan for 1 season. This isn't like the initial period with Son or Ndombele where we could allow them to adapt to the club and league as they had contracts for multiple seasons. If Bale didn't hit the ground running on day one his loan...
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    Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

    I'm not buying the 'give him time' argument. At his wage level he needed to make an impact from day one, something he's clearly failed to do. The lesson here is that old players are very unlikely to capture the same level of performance as they did in their 20s, which should be...
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    Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

    It was worth a punt but he's not the player he once was and at his wage level / age we can't hold on to him to see if he can turn it round like ndombele. At the end of the season he can go back to Madrid and they can be lumbered with his wages.
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    Harry Winks - Leicester City

    Winks and Dele are homegrown players which is helpful with the current squad make up. It's not much but it is something.
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    Arsenal

    Big time stats guy and Arsenil fan is very unimpressed If you're splashing the cash, you really want scouting and data to both be excited about a player. That's not output I want to spunk £50M and big wages on. Or big wages and a 5-year contract. He was amazing against Barcelona! Great, then...
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