Lamela
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Seen somewhere there that we have put in enquiries today for lamela, draxler, arda, anderson (lazio?), and muriel.
Turan can piss off
Im happy with who we have brought in, Mignolet, Kolo, Aspas and Alberto look like cracking business.
Problem is we are one match winner short of a challenge.
Coutinho
Sturridge
Suarez
Gerrard
Are all match winners on their day. I just think we need one wideman. We are linked with the right people now (im not sure Costa and Henrik were).
Muriel would certainly be the dream but Lamela, Willian and the likes would all walk into our team.
The annoyance comes from the fact we are cutting cost and spending less at the very time other teams are on the back foot.
Moyes at United, Newman at citeh, Arsenal a mess, Spurs losing Bale and with a lot of new players, we have this window to bring ONE player in and add to our already good squad and not overly affect our flow. If we dont do it we're missing a trick and im worried the chance wont come again for a while.
So we hope.
Problem is we are one match winner short of a challenge.
Coutinho
Sturridge
Suarez
Gerrard
Are all match winners on their day. I just think we need one wideman. We are linked with the right people now (im not sure Costa and Henrik were).
Muriel would certainly be the dream but Lamela, Willian and the likes would all walk into our team.
The annoyance comes from the fact we are cutting cost and spending less at the very time other teams are on the back foot.
Moyes at United, Newman at citeh, Arsenal a mess, Spurs losing Bale and with a lot of new players, we have this window to bring ONE player in and add to our already good squad and not overly affect our flow. If we dont do it we're missing a trick and im worried the chance wont come again for a while.
So we hope.
How do they even get to them? It's guesswork at best.
You want moooore?
Oh and Cissokho i forgot him.
Go on, then.
That means a lot man.
Just promote Ibe problem solved.
Agree with this 100%. Compare where we are today with last season at this time. We are miles ahead. One more match winner would be great, but I do not want us to throw money around just for appearances sake. If we can find a match winner for a reasonable value, then even better. Otherwise, keep the powder dry for January.
Oh....I would not mind another CB real soon. Worried about durability of Agger and Toure.
You'd be pissed even if we have a squad competing for top 4 for another reason. It's your style.
Exactly. Look at how far the squad has come, how it has transformed really. And we have two weeks still, plenty of time to do proper business. Once the window closes, there's a lot of time for us to whinge.
Glen's pissed off because according to Tony Barrett......
Didn't we spend more than anyone in January? Didn't we spend more than most last Summer? It's been fairly obvious we've been restructuring finances in order to keep our noses above water and not go down the same route we did under G&H. If FSG ran us into the ground there would be riots, instead they're trying to put a plan in place for the future, which means having a valuation and wage earmarked for a player, so what?
Look at what we've spent in recent years, aside from the billionaire owned sides, we've spent more than most, yet people are moaning we can't compete, when it's pretty clear we have adequate finances but not an infinite pot, we have enough to compete, it's just about buying the right players and being shrewd about it.
If there's one thing I'm pissed off about with our pursuit of the bigger players, it's being dragged into £30m chases for over priced players that other, better positioned clubs, clearly already have their eye on. With Coutinho we went under the radar, same with Aspas, this is what we should be doing, not going for inflated value players.
As for Spurs, why do I get the feeling they have a deal in place with Madrid to allow them to get their business done first before Bale goes, A) so they can still attract the player and B) so they (believe) they won't get raped in the transfer market.
We both started this Summer with massive headaches regarding our star players, people seem to want their cake and to be able to eat it. We'll see who's kept hold of their best player once the dust settles, and whether cashing in was the right option. Right now, I can't be arsed getting hysterical about who does or doesn't come in - we're financially sound but unfortunately someway behind the Billionaires and those in the capital, it's been like that for ages, we just have to be clever bastards and stop with this bollocks of trying to play them at their own game. Let's all laugh at Liverpool? Seriously, have a look at the state of Arsenal's comings and goings by comparison.
Didn't we spend more than anyone in January? Didn't we spend more than most last Summer? It's been fairly obvious we've been restructuring finances in order to keep our noses above water and not go down the same route we did under G&H. If FSG ran us into the ground there would be riots, instead they're trying to put a plan in place for the future, which means having a valuation and wage earmarked for a player, so what?
Look at what we've spent in recent years, aside from the billionaire owned sides, we've spent more than most, yet people are moaning we can't compete, when it's pretty clear we have adequate finances but not an infinite pot, we have enough to compete, it's just about buying the right players and being shrewd about it.
If there's one thing I'm pissed off about with our pursuit of the bigger players, it's being dragged into £30m chases for over priced players that other, better positioned clubs, clearly already have their eye on. With Coutinho we went under the radar, same with Aspas, this is what we should be doing, not going for inflated value players.
As for Spurs, why do I get the feeling they have a deal in place with Madrid to allow them to get their business done first before Bale goes, A) so they can still attract the player and B) so they (believe) they won't get raped in the transfer market.
We both started this Summer with massive headaches regarding our star players, people seem to want their cake and to be able to eat it. We'll see who's kept hold of their best player once the dust settles, and whether cashing in was the right option. Right now, I can't be arsed getting hysterical about who does or doesn't come in - we're financially sound but unfortunately someway behind the Billionaires and those in the capital, it's been like that for ages, we just have to be clever bastards and stop with this bollocks of trying to play them at their own game. Let's all laugh at Liverpool? Seriously, have a look at the state of Arsenal's comings and goings by comparison.
I do agree we need a big attacking talent, I'm just not sure why we have to spend £30m to achieve that. It's like "oooh, look at Spurs, they've spent £30m each on Soldado and Willian, ergo we must do the same" - no, we really don't.
Either Spurs are going for a Leeds-esque punt on their future, or they're spending the Bale money early.
I agree Mark, I don't care about the fee, we could sign some Egyptian lad for 5 camels for all I give a fuck as long as he can play.
This a million times. Spurs have done exceptionally well for themselves, but they also hit the jackpot with Bale and Madrid being ultra knobs for doling out that much. If we can't dine at the same table with the big boys, our transfer strategy just has to be cleverer. More Coutinhos, more Sturridges.
Do you know what I really like the look of Aspas and we have Sturridge and the excellent Coutinho from the get go this season, IMO we already have a better season starting team than last time out...
Spending 30M on a player is not the be all and end all of everything, yes its nice to splash cash but by the same token we wont be seeing Downing again and we've got a pretty good young attacking unit...
I don't know much about this spurs bound Willian fella, by all accounts he would have made us stronger but fuck it... Spurs will miss Bale be sure of that and spending 80 odd million is certainly no guarantee of anything.... anyway who is to say Aspas isn't just as much of a player??
I don't think anyone can really be sure we will definitely finish outside the top 4 football is not that black and white, what we do need is to concentrate on playing good footy from August onward not from Jan like last season... What was it 2 points from the first possible 15 last time out??
A mobile technically gifted attack is what i think we might be looking at this season we need to ignore the press hype and get them purring together as a unit.
And then By Eriksen, Muriel and the portugeeser defender just in case
Spending 30M on a player is not the be all and end all of everything, yes its nice to splash cash but by the same token we wont be seeing Downing again and we've got a pretty good young attacking unit...
I don't know much about this spurs bound Willian fella, by all accounts he would have made us stronger but fuck it... Spurs will miss Bale be sure of that and spending 80 odd million is certainly no guarantee of anything.... anyway who is to say Aspas isn't just as much of a player??
I don't think anyone can really be sure we will definitely finish outside the top 4 football is not that black and white, what we do need is to concentrate on playing good footy from August onward not from Jan like last season... What was it 2 points from the first possible 15 last time out??
A mobile technically gifted attack is what i think we might be looking at this season we need to ignore the press hype and get them purring together as a unit.
And then By Eriksen, Muriel and the portugeeser defender just in case
Where..... In a thread started by Oncey?
I think we have creativity in our midfield...and wide players. We need another goalscorer and I'm surprised with the players we are linked with.
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