- Jul 28, 2004
- 27,719
- 54,929
Some of the comparisons to other teams business is cringeworthy. Remember when we signed Bentley, Modric, Giovanni, Corluka, Pavlyuchenko, Gomes in the same summer? Not one of them looked like a bad signing:
Same logic applied for when we sold Bale and bought Eriksen, Lamela, Charlie, Soldado, Paulinho, Chiriches.
Yes, Pochettino must be annoyed, and yes, one very good player to improve us, either out wide or in the middle, would’ve been wonderful, but let’s not kid ourselves that Liverpool’s huge influx guarantees them anything other than a greater risk if the fail. And the thing is, Liverpool have done this every summer since Benitez was sacked pretty much and they’ve still not achieved anything more than us, finishing above us once when we had our worst season since Ramos was sacked.
As for Chelsea, massive lol at their world record goalie who is going to take years to even be a patch on Courtois. He’s talented but he’s also never dealt with premier league set pieces and 6ft 4 beast strikers before, or even heard the word long ball. Their defence remains shocking and I haven’t a clue who they expect to score any goals. Kovacic has no option to buy and the s being baby sat for a year. Jorginho is the only one I’m slightly jealous of.
Then Arsenal... not one of their signings would make our bench. Aubamayang could be scary though.
Lastly, Man Utd... I’ll be shocked if mourinho lasts beyond Christmas after this window.
- Current premiership proven young England international
- Best young playmaker on earth
- Skilful young forward from the world’s best youth academy
- Premier league proven international right back
- One of the top scorers from the recent European championships
- Brazilian international keeper who we’d seem first hand play a blinder against us a few months prior
Same logic applied for when we sold Bale and bought Eriksen, Lamela, Charlie, Soldado, Paulinho, Chiriches.
Yes, Pochettino must be annoyed, and yes, one very good player to improve us, either out wide or in the middle, would’ve been wonderful, but let’s not kid ourselves that Liverpool’s huge influx guarantees them anything other than a greater risk if the fail. And the thing is, Liverpool have done this every summer since Benitez was sacked pretty much and they’ve still not achieved anything more than us, finishing above us once when we had our worst season since Ramos was sacked.
As for Chelsea, massive lol at their world record goalie who is going to take years to even be a patch on Courtois. He’s talented but he’s also never dealt with premier league set pieces and 6ft 4 beast strikers before, or even heard the word long ball. Their defence remains shocking and I haven’t a clue who they expect to score any goals. Kovacic has no option to buy and the s being baby sat for a year. Jorginho is the only one I’m slightly jealous of.
Then Arsenal... not one of their signings would make our bench. Aubamayang could be scary though.
Lastly, Man Utd... I’ll be shocked if mourinho lasts beyond Christmas after this window.