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I read it. The timing's the sole issue for you?Nope, read the conversation again the post I was replying to.
It's in regards to timing not whether it was direct or not...
I read it. The timing's the sole issue for you?Nope, read the conversation again the post I was replying to.
It's in regards to timing not whether it was direct or not...
Lamela has been pretty average at best, the good spell here and there but he is hardly someone to rely on. Eriksen was quality, towards then end less so but there are reasons for that I guess. The Bale spending was pretty awful.Yeah. That makes sense tbf. We need some stability I guess. But we all know winks and Dier will still be here next season.
Was just trying to understand your point.
The problem is we wont get 150m for Kane which we all think he’s worth. So we either sell for 90m ish or he stays another year. How many decent players can you pick up for 90m these days?Lamela has been pretty average at best, the good spell here and there but he is hardly someone to rely on. Eriksen was quality, towards then end less so but there are reasons for that I guess. The Bale spending was pretty awful.
we're in for a nightmare anyway. what are you worried about if Kane leaves - not finishing 8th again? I know that may sound snarky but that's how good we are with Harry Kane.
This post is amazing, I honestly can't tell if you're being serious or not.I'm just so gutted we didn't give him a proper farewell today. A guard of honour or a banner flown over the stadium (best one in the world remember) at half time would've been great
I’m amazed people have such confidence we will invest any money well. I’m not confident at all looking at the disaster decision making that’s going on at the top in recent times.
As if I'd ever be non serious on an Internet forumThis post is amazing, I honestly can't tell if you're being serious or not.
For what it's worth, I think some fireworks would have capped the evening off nicely.
What evidence do you want, we have a team filled with mediocre players everywhere and you are surprised I have no trust in the recruitment people. Fine you are full of confidence good luck with that, the current state of affairs shows they select average players, the performances are average, the list of players you put up are average. It’s a celebration of mediocrity.It matters because you said you had no trust in the hierarchy to invest wisely, and evidenced that viewpoint with....nothing.
I'm trying to have a discussion about it with you, but whatever dude.
that season after Bale we finished 6th. With Kane, Son and Bale already here it will take a miracle to equal that. Its really hard to argue that this season has been less chaotic than 2013-14. There's more chaos coming either way.Cast your mind back to the chaotic disaster that was the post-Bale season. Absolutely nothing functioned in that team because, previously, everything had been set up solely to run through him. He scored ALL the goals. The team was his platform. AVB was frantically trying to integrate all those new signings now that Bale had left but he didn't have anything to fall back on the meantime to provide him with cover and give him time because his team had lost the part that fundamentally made it work.
The situation now isn't quite as dire, because we have players like Son, or even Bale v2.0 who can also score goals. But Kane now fulfils that Bale-esque role in the team where he's the lynchpin that makes everything run. The victory against Soton the other week felt major because we actually found a way to win without him.
I feel like, in the transitional season we're probably about to have, you need to keep Kane to be the working fundamental in the system. He fed off scraps under Mourinho to have one of his most productive seasons. He's a goal-scoring machine that will provide the time and cover for a changing side that we will need.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that all those signings made sense at the time. Were they earth shattering? No. But I heard no one complaining about any of them when we signed them.
To bitch and moan about recruiting them now, after a shithole of a season for everyone quite frankly, is disingenuous.
Bollocks to it.... if he’s going then he’s going. Let’s sign a striker that stays up top and scores and a midfielder that creates like Eriksen use to. Play skipp as the holding. Our striker shouldn’t need to do it all.
Exactly that is there job, they are supposed to be trained in identifying talent. They have identified average players, results have shown that, so it is perfectly valid to question those that are making those decisions. And someone bringing up fan excitement over a signing or hindsight is totally irrelevant. Asking for evidence while at the same witnessing the absolute shitshow of players barely trying FFSWe are fans, we are not scouts, we are not educated in the scouting game no mater how we think we should be. Of fucking course we arent going to bitch and moan, we are hear to support, the club has trained staff staff to do this job.