"you don't buy them for August" is the dumbest stance in the world. August is just as important as December, February, September and ever other fn month.
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Marcus Kendall
Player Valuation: £10m
I remember that game, wasn't Osman to blame for a lousy back pass? Wasn't it boxing day?
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £20m
They do but it's better to have really good players for 35 games than mediocre ones for 38.
Or, you know, get good players in early?
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £20m
Before you start saying people are dumb do you want to check you understand the argument. Every game is obviously worth 3 points. That isn't in dispute. The argument is whether we should sign inferior players just so they are available for an 3 extra games this season or whether we should sign better players who are available for just 3 less games than inferior players over the four year period of their contract? Would you sooner have Dibling available for every game for the next four years minus the 3 in August this year, or Fellows for every game in that period? Am I the dumb one?
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £20m
Correct. Absolutely no need to play it but also terrible from Howard.
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £20m
Do you think we didn't do that on purpose? There are three variables involved in transfers, value, quality and timing. You can't have all three. If you want quality early in the window you need to pay way over the odds. If you want want value and early in the window then you won't get quality. I think we're choosing the right option.
Davideeyore
Player Valuation: £35m
On the squad.
Reading the arguments I see both sides but fundamentally the squad is short, bench is nowhere near what we need the US tournament shows that specifically comparing to the other 3 teams. This means we still need more players than the 1st choice primary targets. It'll be busy up till 1st September I reckon.
Reading the arguments I see both sides but fundamentally the squad is short, bench is nowhere near what we need the US tournament shows that specifically comparing to the other 3 teams. This means we still need more players than the 1st choice primary targets. It'll be busy up till 1st September I reckon.
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £20m
Those teams were played in incredible heat and it was preseason so lots of subs were made. We usually only make 2 or 3 subs a game. More players is nice but not essential.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Our starting XI at Chelsea at the end of April:-
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Even ignoring that fact that Tarkowski was unavailable which is why the back four was what it was here and Lindstrom & Mangala were already out long term - you can literally now add Dewsbury-Hall and/or Alcaraz to this side with Barry, Aznou & Armstrong available on the bench at worst.
Given then that all we really 'lost' in return was Young, Harrison, Doucoure & DCL - are you seriously telling me that we arent better off now?
You are one weird bloke. Alcaraz was available in April. You are then talking about bench options when I had clearly said ‘our first eleven’.
The first eleven now is no better than at the back end of last season, unless you consider KDH a huge upgrade on Garner or Alcaraz - and that is a real stretch.
I mean, this isn’t even controversial.
I heard if you master the secret handshake of other premier league clubs it serves as a shortcut to be immediately in advanced negotiations just got to learn those moves and we'll be closing deals in no time
he was indeed, weak AF
…..And is still only preseason.
The players who did play aren’t going to be killing themselves in the last 30 mins like they would if it was a premier league match. The fall off in these games won’t be as dramatic in a competitive fixture.
Our first 11 is still very competitive and our current squad has enough to get us through 2 or 3 games before the window closes.
We clearly need signings, but quality signings, at the right prices, before the window shuts, is much more important than paying massively over the odds now.
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