The search for a new DM
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We did?
Sounds bloody bonkers to me that.
As was the james pearce and LFC media junket was spouting
Lets put it another way. We supposedly had 111m to spend on one player. If we dont spend 90m across multiple players(lets subtract the endo fee), do you think we've fully invested in our squad as we should have?
Do we believe that a 16m 30 year old from Stuttgart was the best DM we could achieve?
We played a blinder with Mac and szob. First month of the window, we're 10/10. Everything since has been a fucking joke
Yep but what fuckwit reads what the likes of James Pearce has to say anyway?
Just because we were willing to spend 111m on a player doesn't lead me to believe we now have to use all that on 2-3 more players, no....I think we can spend a portion of that & still have done what we needed to do.
In Endo's case it's quite difficult to explain the calibre of signings to people, because we go and sign Naby and Nunez for £120m and immediately everyone is excited only for the season to pan out and actually a lot of those same people have now grown fucking tired of them, on the other hand we sign Mane and Robbo for £40m and immediately everyone is like "fuck this fuck that why didn't we sign Idk Joao Felix and Ben Chilwell instead for £200m".....then the season pans out & everyone's out getting their dicks wet by the local stripper at a batchelor party.
Do I think Endo is the best we could've got? No. He probably isn't....most certainly isn't in fact. Which tells you what? Maybe that he wasn't intended to be.....? Does that mean we can't still challenge, win games and maybe come away with a trophy or 2? No.
I'm not saying we have to immediately go out and spend the remaining 90m, but it's churlish to think that there's no one who could improve us, which half seems like what the club's doing.
We need a CB, hence our very loud colwill push. Ideally we buy someone else, but links seem thin on the ground. Ideally we buy someone to compete with endo.
I might be having unrealistic expectations but when we've neglected chunks of the squad for at least 3 years, we desperately need huge investment
We need a CB, hence our very loud colwill push. Ideally we buy someone else, but links seem thin on the ground. Ideally we buy someone to compete with endo.
I might be having unrealistic expectations but when we've neglected chunks of the squad for at least 3 years, we desperately need huge investment
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Shouldn't improvement be about rectifying what was wrong other than improving upon current options?
Just because majority of those who left didn't feature/contribute much doesn't mean it's not an issue (squad depth) we should/need to address?
3 midfielders in (inc. 1 seemingly on "contingency plan") is quite far from the rebuild what this window was heralded to be, imo.
Injuries (esp. knowing our luck), suspensions, loss of form, tactical reasons... Just look at the no. of games we will be playing in between end Oct to end of the year.
With all due respect, Phillips being kept on is one example of how poor our planning has been ("easy and convenient" solution of CB cover and HG quota, despite the fee his transfer may fetch as well as allowing the player the opportunity to move on and get regular football he deserves, albeit at lower level). Thiago and Matip's contracts are expiring at the end of the season. The more we delay/waste each transfer window, the more work/issues we leave ourselves to do/address (sounds familiar?).
(Just getting by shouldn't be what a club of our stature should be doing. Effort and innovation seems to be lacking, unsurprisingly.)
Just because majority of those who left didn't feature/contribute much doesn't mean it's not an issue (squad depth) we should/need to address?
3 midfielders in (inc. 1 seemingly on "contingency plan") is quite far from the rebuild what this window was heralded to be, imo.
Injuries (esp. knowing our luck), suspensions, loss of form, tactical reasons... Just look at the no. of games we will be playing in between end Oct to end of the year.
With all due respect, Phillips being kept on is one example of how poor our planning has been ("easy and convenient" solution of CB cover and HG quota, despite the fee his transfer may fetch as well as allowing the player the opportunity to move on and get regular football he deserves, albeit at lower level). Thiago and Matip's contracts are expiring at the end of the season. The more we delay/waste each transfer window, the more work/issues we leave ourselves to do/address (sounds familiar?).
(Just getting by shouldn't be what a club of our stature should be doing. Effort and innovation seems to be lacking, unsurprisingly.)
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Therein lies our biggest failing across the seasons.
I think rectifying what was wrong and improving current options go hand in hand. What was wrong? Well our midfield. Fab and Hendo were wrong. They're gone. Having around crock heads for long enough was wrong. They're gone.
Now we can focus on improving the XI/squad but it's really the XI I'm worried about.....the depth we can use for guys like Jones Harvey Doak Bradley Baj etc I'm not too concerned in that aspect. In came MacA and Szobo from the start, £95m spend. Great. Ok we go on to mess around for the next 5-6 weeks when we should've kept on the ball. Then in comes Endo. Let's at least give him the time of day before sweeping him under the rubble. Now let's see what the next 10 days hold.
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When we factor that the pressing needs going into the window were a centre half and a defensive midfielder, it's laughable really that we've only brought in Endo (no disrespect to him). The other two we brought in are class like, but once again the priorities have been overlooked or cheapened.
Well in fairness, we haven't really seen any solid links or interest in CB's, so considering we're about to play our 3rd game of the season, I'd be hard pushed to give an improved score even if we do bring one in, in predictable last-minute fashion.
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm just as annoyed as the next man we haven't done more of our business which will hopefully come, earlier, but that would be quickly forgotten if we bring in a DM and a CB.
Someone like a Hincapie/Theate and Sangare/Grav now surely no one could rate that window less than a 7?
This is how FSG get away with it, they tried for some big names and now there’s nothing close to a sure thing left so it’s kind of reasonable not to blow the lot on some maybes.
Us buying a dm now is like trying to choose a name for your 3rd or 4th kid, any name you like has already been taken by someone else and whatever is left you’ve already considered but ruled out for whatever reason.
Us buying a dm now is like trying to choose a name for your 3rd or 4th kid, any name you like has already been taken by someone else and whatever is left you’ve already considered but ruled out for whatever reason.
The MacAllister sending off shows us how vulnerable the squad is, hopefully also FSG.
I reckon we are back on the Gravenbech, Kone, Thuram train, for a young talented player?
70 million fees should be reserved for creative footballers, not those who break up play, however snobbish that might sound. Creating is harder than breaking.
I reckon we are back on the Gravenbech, Kone, Thuram train, for a young talented player?
70 million fees should be reserved for creative footballers, not those who break up play, however snobbish that might sound. Creating is harder than breaking.
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6/10
You clearly didn't see the gameyeah all they had to do was score 3 more goals.
I did.
Remote ownership is an issue for me. I think an owner needs to be interested, committed and present to drive a club.
Appointing a COO to 'run' things and checking in on the 'stats' (both performance and financial) occasionally is collecting assets not running a club.
Chelsea dominated them completely for a large chunk of the game, they should have won. West Ham played within their means and did brilliantly, derbies are like that anyway, but Chelsea were very good for much of the game.
Exactly.
Chelsea should have scored at least 3 goals in the first half. They were abysmal in front of goal. A missed pen too.
Smash and grab by the Hammers, imo.
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The reason that we should sign Amrabat
The reason that we should sign Amrabat
Chelsea won’t score three goals without a top level striker. Dominated us for long periods and only got a point. Dominated West Ham but got zilch.
Should have spunked £115 on genuine strikers.
Nkunku?
I'm still on the Amrabat train
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