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some more- looks like we've sold about 40K tickets for Fulham. Why aren't you Levy fans putting your money where your mouths are?
Can you share with me how much ENIC have invested pleaseI'm not sure how much of that can be directed at ENIC. I think they've been great for us over the years and invested a hell of a lot into our club. The issues you speak of are in regards to the recruiting of players. ENIC provides the money we need, it's up to Daniel Levy to spend it on the right players. I kind of agree on the academy, it seems we've not signed as much young talent lately as in the past. It was going so well and we still have much young talent but it seems to be drying up. For sure Chelsea and City just throw money towards getting players, but there's plenty of talent about for us to get in before them.
I just think we need to recruit a lot better. Things as far as player signings go have gotten worse since Daniel Levy took over it. I would much rather we said 'here's 75m now go get the players that fit the philosophy of Poch and our wage structure'. As long as Poch gets final say on who we bring in I think it would work. We need another Baldini in my mind because Levy is not good enough with getting transfers done. He does so many things well from a business point of view but the football side of things is not his strength. We need someone full time to overlook player recruits all the way from the academy to the first team.
That really isn’t true. We have a reputation for giving youth a chance, even if I think the hype is greater than the reality, but we still don’t have the best players in our academy. Money counts at youth level just like it does at senior level, ENIC refuse to spend it on anything other than bricks and mortar.This will happen if/when we can show young talent they will get opportunities with us
I can understand why people would feel that way. It's tough because more and more clubs spend this way now so I'm sure you feel 'if you can't beat them join them'. We did somewhat last summer really when we got Sanchez for 40m. I don't mind that for the odd player, but when you see Fulham spend over 100m it just seems crazy now. I'm just not sure we've gone as far as we can with ENIC. I think they do give us good money to spend but it just feels we've fallen a long way from buying the prospects like Modric and Berbatov. Our transfer strategy feels more like we only really go for players who are already established so their price is sky high (Martial and Zaha for example). The Premier League money is crazy but not all leagues across Europe is like it, so with a better strategy in the window we could still get great players without spending an arm and a leg.I'm in similar agreement with you in that I want us to produce our own and be organic but also I want to offset that by being in a position to buy top quality to add the sprinkle of stardust that is needed to bag the big prizes.
So in essence I want us to be like city or Utd but still be a conveyer belt for home grown talent, with ENIC in charge we cannot be the former imo.
Not sure how much the state of the art training facilities and new stadium cost, in addition to what we spent on Moura in Jan and Sanchez last summer, 30m on Sissoko the year before. We always have money to spend in the window.Can you share with me how much ENIC have invested please
Please tell me you see the irony in what you’ve said and the clubs in the quote that we’re behind...
Not a penny of that has come from ENIC. It is all cash flow from operations I.e. what we as fans, either in the stadium, in front of a tv, or purchasing merchandise have paid into the club’s coffers.Not sure how much the state of the art training facilities and new stadium cost, in addition to what we spent on Moura in Jan and Sanchez last summer, 30m on Sissoko the year before. We always have money to spend in the window.
Even though I’m disappointed in this window, I still can’t understand anyone who criticises Levy for spending the current bubble that is TV money on solid infrastructure that will make us self-sufficient rather than just stuffing it all in the pockets of players and agents.Not a penny of that has come from ENIC. It is all cash flow from operations I.e. what we as fans, either in the stadium, in front of a tv, or purchasing merchandise have paid into the club’s coffers.
Even though I’m disappointed in this window, I still can’t understand anyone who criticises Levy for spending the current bubble that is TV money on solid infrastructure that will make us self-sufficient rather than just stuffing it all in the pockets of players and agents.
Even though I’m disappointed in this window, I still can’t understand anyone who criticises Levy for spending the current bubble that is TV money on solid infrastructure that will make us self-sufficient rather than just stuffing it all in the pockets of players and agents.
I’m not saying that. I’m saying rather than churning the TV money all into recruitment, we’ve invested it so we won’t be reliant on it in the future - like many other clubs who could suffer if the money doesn’t keep coming.it's not a binary choice- sign good players and we'll do a Leeds?!
I’m not saying that. I’m saying rather than churning the TV money all into recruitment, we’ve invested it so we won’t be reliant on it in the future - like many other clubs who could suffer if the money doesn’t keep coming.
I’m not saying that but there needs to be a balance, I don’t support the stadium I support the team.Even though I’m disappointed in this window, I still can’t understand anyone who criticises Levy for spending the current bubble that is TV money on solid infrastructure that will make us self-sufficient rather than just stuffing it all in the pockets of players and agents.
As camp as The Greatest Showman
I can understand why people would feel that way. It's tough because more and more clubs spend this way now so I'm sure you feel 'if you can't beat them join them'. We did somewhat last summer really when we got Sanchez for 40m. I don't mind that for the odd player, but when you see Fulham spend over 100m it just seems crazy now. I'm just not sure we've gone as far as we can with ENIC. I think they do give us good money to spend but it just feels we've fallen a long way from buying the prospects like Modric and Berbatov. Our transfer strategy feels more like we only really go for players who are already established so their price is sky high (Martial and Zaha for example). The Premier League money is crazy but not all leagues across Europe is like it, so with a better strategy in the window we could still get great players without spending an arm and a leg.