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The only strategy I care about is backing Conte.
If he is happy then so am I.
If he is happy then so am I.
I doubt Conte wanted those two rejects.Eh? By all accounts Kulu and Bentancur are almost done, and we've had ITK that could be one or even more in tomorrow. Plus hopefully shifting out some players who aren't in Conte's plans.
Wasn't that also the Summer we sold Berbatov and Keane for £50m?A bigger problem with it is that the transfer window was months after the 2-points-from-8-games bit.
We'd won 18 points from the next 12 games under Redknapp, and that put us higher up the table. It's not quite the "in the relegation zone" picture it paints, but rather our trajectory had improved.
The biggest problem with the statement is this:
That suggests that we didn't invest in that summer, then 'suddenly found money' in the winter window. Absolute horseshit.
That summer we'd bought:
- Modric £16m
- Pavluychenko £14m
- Bentley £15m
- Gomes £7.8m
- Dos Santos £5m
- Corluka £8.5m
plus whatever we paid for Cesar as a backup keeper
That's back in 2008's money. I have no idea (well, I do) why someone would suggest spending over £65m in 2008 was "failing to invest". It seemed to me that Ramos was given his players and couldn't get them to play. Behind all the above was Darren Bent at some £16.5m the previous season, too, so it wasn't like he had no players or spending - and it's not like most of them didn't turn out great under Harry.
We must have a 1 in 25 success rate in our recruitment. As people have said , there is still no clear plan , we are about to have another Gedson Fernandes , Carlos Vinicius moment . Have we really brought in a director of football who is now going to back to his old club to help relieve them of squad players ( he brought ) that they no longer want . What a joke of a club .
You say a refresh , our starting 11 still consists of Lloris , Dier , Davies , Winks , Son, Kane , Lucas . 3 or 4 of these players are squad players and shouldn’t be anywhere near the first 11. Add Hojberg , Emerson , Doherty , ( not required standard . It’s only really Romero and skipp that have potential to be regulars in a top 6 team pushing for 4th place .So do most other clubs. We just focus on our own. We've actually had a quite refresh of the first XI over the last three years, and that team is battling for a top four finish. Our problem is still lack of balance and that our best players are the ones who have been at the club for a while. But we aren't in a position where we can go out and spend £80m on one player and have that player not live to the billing.
I've believed ENIC are a massive problem, to us actually winning silverware, for a long time but there are some serious issues in the marketplace and although we can all see fundamental problems in the first XI, it's very hard to see who we can realistically (and that's the key word) get that would almost certainly be a sure thing to improve us.
My concern with us buying players from Italy, is that I genuinely can't remember the last time a player came from that league to the Premier League and was outstanding. In the 90s their cast offs came to the Premier League and were a cut above. But those days are long gone. Jorginho's done well for Chelsea, but can't think of many others?
So do most other clubs. We just focus on our own. We've actually had a quite refresh of the first XI over the last three years, and that team is battling for a top four finish. Our problem is still lack of balance and that our best players are the ones who have been at the club for a while. But we aren't in a position where we can go out and spend £80m on one player and have that player not live to the billing.
I've believed ENIC are a massive problem, to us actually winning silverware, for a long time but there are some serious issues in the marketplace and although we can all see fundamental problems in the first XI, it's very hard to see who we can realistically (and that's the key word) get that would almost certainly be a sure thing to improve us.
My concern with us buying players from Italy, is that I genuinely can't remember the last time a player came from that league to the Premier League and was outstanding. In the 90s their cast offs came to the Premier League and were a cut above. But those days are long gone. Jorginho's done well for Chelsea, but can't think of many others?
Genuine question. When have we been mired in a relegation battle?
they had 2 points from 8 games when I joined
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Hardly 'mired in a relegation battle' but even if we were - that is not the only time we have spent money as per the posters claim.
you’ve Neva had it so good
im not a fackin wheeler dealer
Your opinion of what Conte wants and an empty sack is worth the sack.I doubt Conte wanted those two rejects.
Thats what they are, folks need to stop kidding themselves. Nothing has changed. Waited 30 days to buy rejects!
It is, but were these players creating anything for us this season?I know Conte is all about the system and set patterns, but now we’ve got rid of Dele, Lo Celso, Ndombele, I do look at our squad and it’s incredibly workmanlike. Kane’s all-round class aside, the rest of our squad really lacks any guile or magic.
No, of course not. I just mean by taking even their potential out of the squad you look at the rest of it now and it’s all hard running, good workers. There’s really very little game changing ability in there. It’s a squad that’s gonna have to rely on Conte’s system and hard work to win games.It is, but were these players creating anything for us this season?
True.No, of course not. I just mean by taking even their potential out of the squad you look at the rest of it now and it’s all hard running, good workers. There’s really very little game changing ability in there. It’s a squad that’s gonna have to rely on Conte’s system and hard work to win games.
Yes, maybe that’s the way to do it. You introduce lavishly gifted players before the team culture is ingrained and they can just coast by on their talent.True.
I wonder if the first step is getting the right attitude into the squad. Peak Poch years had a very determined and together team. The work rate was constantly present.
So, hopefully getting a squad with the right attitude is just the first step.
Adding real quality and ingenuity has to be the next step.