I've got the impression from previous things he's said that dear Jamie doesn't know fully what goes on at the club, whether it's based on what daddy tells him or not. I would not take his pundit soundbites as gospel.
Yep. A second striker is a must, even if its and up and comer like Leandro.Firstly, I am assuming there will be a right to buy.
Secondly, I'm still kinda hoping we will be getting the boy Leandro in and/or someone similar, and they will be capable of cutting the mustard if he is a one season wonder.
Yes, but what I mean is, for instance, his father may have only said to him that Ruiz didn't have a great game and that was it. Jamie then puts a spin on it in front of the cameras that he doesn't think we'll sign him based on that commeny, when , in fact, the latter is just his own opinion.I always assumed he'd be pretty reliable if he's just relaying info straight from Harry's mouth though...maybe I'm being naive
Adebayor, Ruiz and Diarra would be a superb window IMO
Why does it perplex you? Because you can't figure out whether it's code for 'He's just what we want. We're in for him' or 'Nah, he's not up to snuff'. I can't either, but I don't think for a moment that this wasn't completely calculated. Harry's a master of talking a lot without actually saying anything.
Absolutely. It's the fact that Jamie comes out and relays Harry's message of 'he was only alright, don't think he'll sign' that perplexes me. If he had a good game would that mean that we'd go for him? Doesn't seem like a logical way of conducting transfer business.
Adebayor, Ruiz and Diarra would be a superb window IMO
Oh, FFS. Jamie doesn't even work for the club mate. It's nothing to get worked up over. :shrug:It may well have been calculated, it may well not have been. I have absolutely no idea. I do think it was an odd thing to come out and say either way. What does it achieve? What could it possibly do to help us?
This might be my greatest post ever. Because Berglad just sent me this link from the man I consider the greatest football writer in the world.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/944258/you-can't-beat-the-system?cc=5901
I seriously didn't read that before posting. And Uli owes me a pint the next time I'm in Dortmund because I bet him they would win the title last year.
Let's think what connects those three. Could it be La Masia and the system they all learned as children (Xavi joined at age 11, Messi and Iniesta at age 12)?...a system that's evolution is worth a book on its own, but at it's most simplistic is a crossing of Michels totaalvoetbal via Cruyff with Lillo's positioning 1st philosophy via Pep. It would be folly to compare those three with any 3 players on the planet because the SYSTEM is the true star at Barcelona. Mourinho wins with whatever components he has because of THE SYSTEM (his based on the winning the battle at transition). Dortmund are successful because of the SYSTEM (based on Kloepp's dynamic high-pressing 4-1-1-3-1) and can lose Sahin without much of a blip. Villas-Boas and Solbakken will be fired because they know that they system trumps the players, but their bosses are inept and think the player are more important.
We spend the whole summer talking about who will join, when we should be talking about our system. We actually have one, believe it or not. As well we should considering we are built on the foundation of a philospher-general in Nicholson. The man was a genius in an era of geniuses such as Shankley, Revie and Busby. The fact is that everybody wants a 4-2-3-1 but Harry has a system, which is my name with pace on the wings to stretch play. It's adaptable to any two forward as long as they complement one another (which VDV made tricky as he's a fase 9 and none of our other forwards are the kind that works with such) . I don't know if you noticed, but its brilliant when it works. We need to apply the system to anybody linked, which some do with say Ade but few do with Diarra (he can't push back between the CB's). Nobody has done with Kaka because its probably not worth the effort. I think I see what Harry wants in Rossi, who might be brilliant as a false 10 off a false 9, but I can see it going tits up too. We spunk our load at inverted wingers, but it is folly and would be worthless under our system. People speak ill of Zomora, but he would work in the system. Every player should be filtered through this, yet we often just think of talent. Talent is secondary to system. An average team can win with superior tactics. A great team can lose without them
Yep. A second striker is a must, even if its and up and comer like Leandro.
It may well have been calculated, it may well not have been. I have absolutely no idea. I do think it was an odd thing to come out and say either way. What does it achieve? What could it possibly do to help us?
Id be excited about this. Im also usually quite upbeat and confident in POTL's ITK. But didnt he say Diarra was done last week too?