tsubaki
Player Valuation: £90m
the difference between Spurs and us is the manager - if we had Pochettino, with this exact squad, we'd be fifth
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the difference between Spurs and us is the manager - if we had Pochettino, with this exact squad, we'd be fifth
Avoid relegation
Queens Park Everton
Queens Park Everton
A new manager that has proven they can actually win things, forget the likes of Silva, Howe,dyke etc they are all midtable manages who have went through a nice bit of form for a month or two and then went back to being average.
I reckon FSW could actually be pretty decent for us, he has shown at loads of clubs he is great at winning cup competitions. We are never gonna be winning the league any time soon, so let's start of in the right track and actually wins SOMETHING.
I reckon FSW could actually be pretty decent for us, he has shown at loads of clubs he is great at winning cup competitions. We are never gonna be winning the league any time soon, so let's start of in the right track and actually wins SOMETHING.
More Swansea players as we could not replicate them yesterday.
A director of football doesn't have to be a single individual.
What it needs is people who run a sanity check on each signing
1. Do they fit in with the style of football we want to play
2. Does the fee they cost represent good value given their age and other options (including youth) within the squad
3. Does the manager have a clear plan how he wants to use them
If they pass that test then give the go ahead to sign them.
When I was doing interviews for the manager post I'd give them a few days to assess our squad and come up with a plan for how to use the existing players within their system and the types of players they'd need to bring in to improve the squad (if they didn't say a left back and a passing midfielder they'd fall at the first stage!)
What it needs is people who run a sanity check on each signing
1. Do they fit in with the style of football we want to play
2. Does the fee they cost represent good value given their age and other options (including youth) within the squad
3. Does the manager have a clear plan how he wants to use them
If they pass that test then give the go ahead to sign them.
When I was doing interviews for the manager post I'd give them a few days to assess our squad and come up with a plan for how to use the existing players within their system and the types of players they'd need to bring in to improve the squad (if they didn't say a left back and a passing midfielder they'd fall at the first stage!)
royalbalou
Player Valuation: £20m
The summer break... although shots on target wouldn't change
The back of Fat Sam
Agent Blue
Player Valuation: £10m
Really? You think Schneidercrab, Williams, Jagielka, Baines and Cuco are all top talent that would get us near the CL spots. Until we have the mother of all clearouts it wont matter who is manager here. I just get the feeling that Schneiderlin and Williams are the truly bad eggs, based on nothing other than my intense dislike of them.
brieverton
Player Valuation: £40m
The worst thing IMO would be to make another six or seven signings next summer.
Assuming best case scenario with a new manager/DOF, then no more than 3 signings considered ready to go straight into the first XI would be about right.
I'm all for putting the majority of the squad on a one-way trip to Mars, but the reality for the short-term will be that a core of 16-18 of these players are going to have to play their way out of this mess in the short-term with us, add a few more on top, and bring back Dowell and promote 1 or 2 others and thats it.
We have nobody to generate a huge transfer fee anymore, and I don't see continual spending. The money on Tosun already looks suspect.
The league is dreadful, and this probably means accepting so-called mid-table mediocrity for another cycle, but the damage inflicted has become so severe that its probably the most we can hope for. At least we could try to do it with some flair and commitment as a given, and try to adapt a progressive but long-term view.
New Manager
New DOF, or abolish the role
CB/LB/Centre Mid
Perhaps another striker, though we have enough goals in us with the right approach.
Thats without board changes.
Assuming best case scenario with a new manager/DOF, then no more than 3 signings considered ready to go straight into the first XI would be about right.
I'm all for putting the majority of the squad on a one-way trip to Mars, but the reality for the short-term will be that a core of 16-18 of these players are going to have to play their way out of this mess in the short-term with us, add a few more on top, and bring back Dowell and promote 1 or 2 others and thats it.
We have nobody to generate a huge transfer fee anymore, and I don't see continual spending. The money on Tosun already looks suspect.
The league is dreadful, and this probably means accepting so-called mid-table mediocrity for another cycle, but the damage inflicted has become so severe that its probably the most we can hope for. At least we could try to do it with some flair and commitment as a given, and try to adapt a progressive but long-term view.
New Manager
New DOF, or abolish the role
CB/LB/Centre Mid
Perhaps another striker, though we have enough goals in us with the right approach.
Thats without board changes.
..we already have a jokes thread.
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