THE TRANSFER WINDOW POST MORTEM THREAD

[$hoguN]

Maresca is irritating some fans atm, but I can't see him losing his job anytime soon. If any club will become the first to hire two managers at once though, it would be Chelsea.

Didn’t Liverpool do that at one point?

 

[ssamme]

Didn’t Liverpool do that at one point?

Evans and Houllier

 

[coy-spurs1882]

Ange inherited a decent enough squad?
Since his appointment we've brought in Maddison, Van de Ven, Vicario, Gray, Bergval, Johnson, Tel, Odebert, Dragusin, Danso, Kinsky and Solanke, that doesn't suggest anything of the kind to me.

decent enough to be top 10 no?

 

[carpediem991]

Ange inherited a decent enough squad?
Since his appointment we've brought in Maddison, Van de Ven, Vicario, Gray, Bergval, Johnson, Tel, Odebert, Dragusin, Danso, Kinsky and Solanke, that doesn't suggest anything of the kind to me.

Still way more quality than any other side has bar Chavs, City, Arse and Pool. Probably on level to Villa. And if we finish a season behind these five teams fair enough, we are miles away to achieve that though and every single win feels like a pleasant surprise.

 

[worcestersauce]

Still way more quality than any other side has bar Chavs, City, Arse and Pool. Probably on level to Villa. And if we finish a season behind these five teams fair enough, we are miles away to achieve that though and every single win feels like a pleasant surprise.

My point was that if we needed to bring in that many players Ange Postecoglu obviously didn't inherit a decent enough squad.
Wouldn't you agree?

 

[worcestersauce]

decent enough to be top 10 no?

Which, the squad he inherited or the squad he's built?

 

[McFlash]

decent enough to be top 10 no?

Ange inherited a decent enough squad?
Since his appointment we've brought in Maddison, Van de Ven, Vicario, Gray, Bergval, Johnson, Tel, Odebert, Dragusin, Danso, Kinsky and Solanke, that doesn't suggest anything of the kind to me.

Half of those players have only just arrived and the other half have been injured, some for a long time.

So that considered, yes it's good enough to be top 10 (probably much higher) but not right now.
It's called a rebuild for a reason and @worcestersauce 's point was that Ange didn't inherit a decent squad, he's still very much in the process of trying to build one.

 

[Roberts84]

Maresca is irritating some fans atm, but I can't see him losing his job anytime soon. If any club will become the first to hire two managers at once though, it would be Chelsea.

Coventry had two managers when they won the 87 cup final

 

[coy-spurs1882]

Which, the squad he inherited or the squad he's built?

both, and I mean 2023/24 and 2024/25 squads after summer transfer window

 

[worcestersauce]

both, and I mean 2023/24 and 2024/25 squads after summer transfer window

Yes but I'm not sure he was saying that. If only we'd had our squad available this season I'm certain we'd have been top five at least.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Issue we might have is that Chelsea will be all over him at this rate.

I think it's a stretch to say they'll get rid of him - not so long ago they were challenging. Getting rid of Poch was weird. I'd be surprised if they did the same thing this summer.

 

[THOWIG]

I think it's a stretch to say they'll get rid of him - not so long ago they were challenging. Getting rid of Poch was weird. I'd be surprised if they did the same thing this summer.

I wouldn't. Their idiots.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Apparently Perisic was moved on as he was clashing with players due to his professionalism and high standards. That was a massive mistake imo and we need more just like him to show these kids what it takes to win.

Nothing to do with his ACL injury or age then?

 

[kitchen]

I see Gimenez is now 2 in 2 for AC Milan. I hope this doesn't turn out to be another one we got wrong. I know we were strongly interested at some stage...

 

[Living Legend Colm G]

Coventry had two managers when they won the 87 cup final

 

[PT]

decent enough to be top 10 no?

Yes, agreed, when fit and available to play consistently.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I see Gimenez is now 2 in 2 for AC Milan. I hope this doesn't turn out to be another one we got wrong. I know we were strongly interested at some stage...

I'm not at all concerned about that personally - he didn't look like the required quality

He might turn out OK, and there's always that small chance, but for me he looked some way off, and doing it for AC (against Feyenoord no less) isn't much of an indication

Happy with Solanke