I tend to look at our dealings on the whole from the CL window onwards.. the supposed rebuild, not including free transfers and loans we've had 20 permanent transfers, and i know this is subjective, but only 3 have really improved the first 11, with Hojbjerg being a decent squad player, jury out on some obviously as there are a few with potential, but 4/20 is a really poor return.
Lo Celso had a good spell under Mourinho, after the restart during the COVID season.
Hojbjerg has been a regular starter - displacing lesser players from the team. I would guess he's played more minutes than anyone else in our squad since signing. How is that a "squad player"? Even if you don't think he's good enough for our aspirations, he has clearly improved our starting lineup.
Hojbjerg has definitely not improved the starting line up he's destroyed it.
Digging up a several months old thread just to give yourself yet another opportunity to insult a particular player doesn't seem like the healthiest way of supporting your club.
He’s a very obviously not a next level player but better thank winks and sisssoko. However they had a better team around them.
Our last three permanent managers chose him over Winks / Ndombele / Lo Celso / Sissoko because he consistently performs better than any of them, so yes, he has improved our starting line-up. What destroyed our team was not adequately replacing any of Dembele, Wanyama or Eriksen...but that ship had sailed long before Hojbjerg arrived.
……true, but you get his drift
Odd, The Athletic also has articles asking if Romero is any good now and whether Richarlison is an unnecessary expense.
It was in the feed at the bottom as unread I didn't realise it was several months old when I posted.
Yes, I get that his post was simply untrue
I'd argue Sissoko was better. At least when he ran with the ball he went forwards instead of this turgid backwards and sideways bullshit.Yes, I get that his post was simply untrue
I would say the jury is still out on whether he'll live up to his huge transfer fee. I think Man City paid a significant "home-grown tax" at £100m.
Fair enough.
Sissoko quite possibly was better in his prime, but was not better at the age of 32 (his age when he was sold on in 2021).
Yet Hojbjerg produces more goals and assists than Sissoko. Hojbjerg has 12 goals & assists so far this season, which is not bad for "turgid backwards and sideways bullshit". Sissoko managed only 4 goals & assists in his most prolific season for us, and only 21 in total (which took 5 years to tally up!).
