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Chelsea look terrible. That midfield is appallingly slow and their front three have to be some of the laziest players in the league. Be very surprised if Leicester don’t score again. Already missed some massive chances.
Rumours posted in the Chelsea thread in the last couple weeks suggest Avram Grant and Andriy Shevchenko. Slightly amusing, if true.With Tuchel available they'd be crazy not to get him in.
Rumours posted in the Chelsea thread in the last couple weeks suggest Avram Grant and Andriy Shevchenko. Slightly amusing, if true.
Rumours posted in the Chelsea thread in the last couple weeks suggest Avram Grant and Andriy Shevchenko. Slightly amusing, if true.
I don’t remember the last time Leicester wasted money on a signing. Iheanacho hasn’t been great, but he’s a backup. Maybe Papy Mendy? But even he was good in ndidi’s absence. Top scouting network and talent evaluators there.
Chelsea look terrible. That midfield is appallingly slow and their front three have to be some of the laziest players in the league. Be very surprised if Leicester don’t score again. Already missed some massive chances.
Can only admire Leicester's recruitment structure.
They clearly look at who they can afford to lose and already have replacements lined up well in advance.
Can they afford to let Mahrez go? Ok, they bring in Barnes.
Can they afford to let Kante go? Ok, they bring in Ndidi.
Can they afford to let Maguire go? Ok, they bring in Soyuncu/Fofana.
Chilwell? Ok, bring in Castagne.
Vardy? Probably not. And they seem to have decided he was irreplaceable because of goals.
But everywhere else they were happy to let players go as long as they got a good fee because they have a system in place and they value/trust the system. No player is bigger than it, which makes it easier to replace players.
When Jose goes, I think we need to adopt a similar approach. I mean players like Kane are completely irreplaceable but Alli, Eriksen etc could have been sold and if the structure was right, we could have seamlessly replaced them.
For example, Grealish could have replaced Eriksen. Maddison could have replaced Alli, we could have replaced Toby.
You don't want to lose your best players but having a good structure allows you to evaluate who could be sold to give your squad better balance/more options and continue without problems.
It’s easy for Lester to act that way when they don’t have an expectant fan base such as ours. Yes they won the league, but the fans don’t expect it again or even expect top 4.Can only admire Leicester's recruitment structure.
They clearly look at who they can afford to lose and already have replacements lined up well in advance.
Can they afford to let Mahrez go? Ok, they bring in Barnes.
Can they afford to let Kante go? Ok, they bring in Ndidi.
Can they afford to let Maguire go? Ok, they bring in Soyuncu/Fofana.
Chilwell? Ok, bring in Castagne.
Vardy? Probably not. And they seem to have decided he was irreplaceable because of goals.
But everywhere else they were happy to let players go as long as they got a good fee because they have a system in place and they value/trust the system. No player is bigger than it, which makes it easier to replace players.
When Jose goes, I think we need to adopt a similar approach. I mean players like Kane are completely irreplaceable but Alli, Eriksen etc could have been sold and if the structure was right, we could have seamlessly replaced them.
For example, Grealish could have replaced Eriksen. Maddison could have replaced Alli, we could have replaced Toby.
You don't want to lose your best players but having a good structure allows you to evaluate who could be sold to give your squad better balance/more options and continue without problems.
Villa should just be removed from the PL and all of their previous results declared void for not being able to fulfil a fixture in like a month.Villa are 11th but if they win their 4 games in hand over Leicester they can go top. Madness
Mate you'd be surprised. I trotted over to their forum around the time they got beaten by Fulham and there were plenty of posters suggesting Brenton's time might be up.It’s easy for Lester to act that way when they don’t have an expectant fan base such as ours. Yes they won the league, but the fans don’t expect it again or even expect top 4.
Whereas our team was consistently doing well, our fan base is much more expectant and there would have been uproar is we had sold Dele and Eriksen. Levy would have been vilified.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
That's very true. Im sure we'd have all been upset had we sold Alli or Eriksen when on top.It’s easy for Lester to act that way when they don’t have an expectant fan base such as ours. Yes they won the league, but the fans don’t expect it again or even expect top 4.
Whereas our team was consistently doing well, our fan base is much more expectant and there would have been uproar is we had sold Dele and Eriksen. Levy would have been vilified.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing