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Ok tell me another way it’s comparable thenOh, so it's just about how much they cost?
Ok tell me another way it’s comparable thenOh, so it's just about how much they cost?
I'm gonna give it a go.Ok tell me another way it’s comparable then
The quality of players for the holes/weaknesses in the first 11/squad, I believe we have filled better than they have.Ok tell me another way it’s comparable then
We shouldn't look at the prices spent. Rice and Havertz were way overpriced. It's more about who identified their weaknesses and addressed them. Then you add the sale of Kane which adds a new weakness. Arsenal had less weaknesses to address and maybe have done that but Arteta is tinkering a bit much. We've left ourself short in depth. It doesn't matter if we spend less to get them though.Rice £110m
Havertz £65m
Timber £45m
Raya £5m loan
maddison £40m
Vdv£45m
Johnson£45m
Vicario £15m
let me get my calculator
I mean, if we are going to look at it from this perspective, we had a waaay better window than Arsenal.Rice £110m
Havertz £65m
Timber £45m
Raya £5m loan
maddison £40m
Vdv£45m
Johnson£45m
Vicario £15m
let me get my calculator
Not sure what you are getting at.Yeah because they’ve all got ages left at the top level
Think after 20 years in charge he still hasn’t worked out how to support success on the field.I'm about to jump in the car for a long journey, so going to be dipping out of the discussion, but I'll leave by saying this...
I don't disagree that we could and should have done more. But to reduce the whole situation down to Levy in essence actively trying to undermine the manager and the club is just utterly ridiculous.
Could he be a bit more ambitious? Of course! Do I wish he would be? Yes! But to look at what we've done and try to claim that he's only about the money or not bothered about success on the pitch is just hugely reductive.
I'm about to jump in the car for a long journey, so going to be dipping out of the discussion, but I'll leave by saying this...
I don't disagree that we could and should have done more. But to reduce the whole situation down to Levy in essence actively trying to undermine the manager and the club is just utterly ridiculous.
Could he be a bit more ambitious? Of course! Do I wish he would be? Yes! But to look at what we've done and try to claim that he's only about the money or not bothered about success on the pitch is just hugely reductive.
You're not naive, it's a ridiculous conspiracy theory.Quite a lot fans were very happy with the sacking of Mourinho, and I'm not sure it was motivated solely by the potential of having to pay a bonus. I mean if that's true, that's ridiculous, maybe I'm naive, but I find it very hard to believe that.
I don't think it's been a bad window. We were never fixing everything in one hit although that's what a lot of people seem to have been expecting. We didn't shift out enough deadwood but it's a very difficult market right now and some might yet move on. Either way, they will be gone either in January or at the end of the season. We've improved our HG situation which prepares the way for some non HG signings at some point which will provide more value for money, and Ange has got some of the players he wanted. I look around at other clubs and none of them have exactly blown me away with their business which I think denotes the nature of the market right now.
Lol I don’t believe that for a second.
I just don’t get what our strategy was with trying to sell Sanchez.
- We know we have to sell this window or he will go free next summer
- So we know we may have to sell for less than our valuation or risk not selling at all. Selling for £5m below our valuation is still better than selling for £0 next summer.
- Yet we still drag it out until the last day to try squeeze those extra couple million out of buying clubs
- But doing that means we can’t buy the replacement as the selling club don’t have enough time to replace them. With no replacement we can’t sell Sanchez.
- So trying to squeeze the extra couple million out of the Sanchez deal means we have lost the full amount for him and will have to let him go for free next summer
I just don’t get it, it’s another classic example of Penny wise, pound foolish from our supposedly financially/business savvy chairman.
Can someone shed light on this as it makes zero sense to me.
Not sure why Højbjerg is even a point of discussion for either of you, since we in fact accepted Fulham's offer. Whether Levy thought he was worth more or less we don't know, so it doesn't really make a difference?Of course it's not. But it fits the narrative that Levy "compromised" by accepting £30m for him.
Not sure why Højbjerg is even a point of discussion for either of you, since we in fact accepted Fulham's offer. Whether Levy thought he was worth more or less we don't know, so it doesn't really make a difference?
Doris the tea lady. She's often mistaken for a 6ft centre back.Do we know, who was in the house last night. Did it get confirmed it was Bremer?
I think your post trying to summarise that this is what the majority of fans a reducing the whole situation down to is actually hugely reductiveI'm about to jump in the car for a long journey, so going to be dipping out of the discussion, but I'll leave by saying this...
I don't disagree that we could and should have done more. But to reduce the whole situation down to Levy in essence actively trying to undermine the manager and the club is just utterly ridiculous.
Could he be a bit more ambitious? Of course! Do I wish he would be? Yes! But to look at what we've done and try to claim that he's only about the money or not bothered about success on the pitch is just hugely reductive.