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Let's just see how the season pans out and revisit this conversation at the end of the season. I'll gladfully retract my understandably unhappy rant in May, or sooner if you feel the need
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Let's just see how the season pans out and revisit this conversation at the end of the season. I'll gladfully retract my understandably unhappy rant in May, or sooner if you feel the need
If we are done (as it looks like we are) I have to say that it feels like a very disappointing end to the window. All our rivals have strengthened their starting XIs and we quite simply haven't. It's not all doom and gloom as we have addressed some key weaknesses in the squad however it's a little disheartening
If it involves scoring a goal then he's passedMaybe max Mayer can do a medical during half time of Ger v Fin
If Poch is happy with the situation then I'm happy.
Is Poch happy?
Then why the fuck are we bidding for Sissoko?A lot of people still really don't understand Poch and the project
He doesn't like signing ready-made solutions. He likes improving players and the unit through coaching. That's his bag, and that's why him and Levy are on the same page.
Making John McDermott our DoF was a big sign we'd follow the Winks/Onomah/Edwards/2CV route
Perhaps we should give him a call. Tell him how much his mum is going to enjoy meeting A&C if he insists on staying at that silly little club.I hope Isco changes his mind in the next hour
The way I see it, Poch was on holiday today. Sure he was by a phone, but if he was really stressing the quality of the squad, I think he would have stayed behind, or flown home for today to make sure we got what he wanted. I think everyone was on the same page in terms of players and prices. Club legitimately tried a couple of different players in Isco and Sissoco but could not push either deal across the line. I don't fault the club in either case, and I doubt Poch is losing any sleep over it either.
If Poch is happy with the situation then I'm happy.
Is Poch happy?
In terms of wages we're definitely 6th, and some distance ahead of the other 14 clubs. I doubt transfers entirely make up for that - mid-table clubs spend big occasionally, not every year, so whilst it looks frustrating the difference over time isn't actually massive.i doubt on that basis will be the 6th highest
Mitchell was all still part of this?
Then why the fuck are we bidding for Sissoko?
Agree, I think the board would be happy enough with that. I would be happy enough with 5th and building a brilliant stadium. IF, we still manage to play football like we did last year. TBH I believe a lot of teams performed well below par last year. So I think last years performance this year gets us 5th.Its almost like we overachieved to the point where the board don't know what to do with themselves. Whilst I have no ideas that they wouldn't want us to get into the CL, I do however believe that a 5-7th finish would suffice for the next few years as its a relatively good season without needing to spend some cash to get us to "the next level".
It's bloody madness.
I love how having CL for a season and a bit of extra cash seems to mean that the best players in Europe should be knocking down our door to play for us.
Only once in our recent history have we attracted a player from above us in the pecking order and that was VdV so why does anybody believe that has changed? They would rather imagine the nefarious shenanigans of Daniel Levy are secretly holding us back rather than just facing the truth that Isco/Gotze/Meyer etc just don't fancy us.
That leaves us with having to pay £55 million plus for the likes of Zaha and Sissoko and no-one in their right mind should do that.
The bottom line is that we have improved the squad, maybe not as much as we all would have liked, but we no longer have any glaring deficiencies.
If he was happy would he have specifically mentioned Mane in a press conference and how much a player like that would help? Would he have mentioned bringing in another couple players?If Poch is happy with the situation then I'm happy.
Is Poch happy?