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I'm not saying we should compete with Man U, Citae and Chelski.
I'm saying we should compete with Crystal Palace.
We are, we beat them.
I'm not saying we should compete with Man U, Citae and Chelski.
I'm saying we should compete with Crystal Palace.
Im all for that if we actually see that through but fact remains we have signed none of the best young talent available in Europe this window. That would be understandable if we had no European football to offer, but thats not the case here, which leads you to the question why have not we....?The future is our academy. Buy and invest in the best young players in the game and leave the rest to blow 90mil on a player.
Im all for that if we actually see that through but fact remains we have signed none of the best young talent available in Europe this window. That would be understandable if we had no European football to offer, but thats not the case here, which leads you to the question why have not we....?
Fair enough but you know my thoughts on the BVB situation from a previous post in this thread. Are we signing up the best 14-17 year olds out there because we don't tend to hear much about this.Sorry I meant players aged between 14-17. The likes of Bellerin for example.
The only team this season who seems to have invested in young players is Dortmund.
I really can`t believe what we are doing especially with Champions League football.. If we end up selling Bentaleb, Mason, Chadli and Son that would be totally crazy unless we get better replacements in which does not look guaranteed.. is this more about Levy raising money? If this goes wrong and we are embarrassed in the Champions League and our League position ends up being poor I think the reaction of the fans will be toxic...
Im all for that if we actually see that through but fact remains we have signed none of the best young talent available in Europe this window. That would be understandable if we had no European football to offer, but thats not the case here, which leads you to the question why have not we....?
I'm not saying we should compete with Man U, Citae and Chelski.
I'm saying we should compete with Crystal Palace.
Im glad to hear that Poch seems to acknowledge where, most of us know, we are lacking with the comments about Mane.
But at the same time I am concerned that we have not scouted well enough or acted quickly enough in the market to have any chance of addressing the issue.
The late bid for Zaha reeks of desperation. We would have had a lot better chance of landing Zaha if we had gone for him early in the window, ideally before they had already sold Bolasie.
I really can`t believe what we are doing especially with Champions League football.. If we end up selling Bentaleb, Mason, Chadli and Son that would be totally crazy unless we get better replacements in which does not look guaranteed.. is this more about Levy raising money? If this goes wrong and we are embarrassed in the Champions League and our League position ends up being poor I think the reaction of the fans will be toxic...
We are, we beat them.
How often did Bentaleb, Mason and Chadli feature last year?
Dembele is a big miss from the side. Incredible to think that 2 or 3 seasons ago.Reality check. Look at the squad/bench for first 3 games, then look at what we should have as our players return.
Lloris, Walker, Rose, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Dier, Dembele, Lamela, Eriksen, Alli, Kane
Vorm, Trippier, Davies, Wanyama, Winks/Onomah/New Signing, Son, Janssen.
Suddenly doesn't appear we are falling behind.
What he means I think is that he'd rather we spent £30m on a Liverpool flop in Benteke rather than £17m on 22 year old Eiredivisie top scorer Janssen and £20m on Bolasie rather than £11m on Nkoudou and would probably rather we spent £30m on Fabian Delph than £11m on Wanyama, because well, because that is what it sounds like he wants to do, because yes we might have spent a load on average players, but at least he wouldn't have be moaning about Levy not spending money, even though we don't have to spend the same amount as we actually use our scouts and analysis departments to find good players at good prices.