Fake bids or unsuccessful ones don't add to the squad!
I make you spot on in the rest of that post but I want to discuss this bit.
Arsenal did the opposite of what we did with Lukaku and IMO they did what we should have done with him.
The minute Lemar pulled out Arsenal told Sanchez his move to City was off.
In other words, they were not selling their main man without a replacement.
IMO Lukaku should never have been sold when he was......the more one looks at it the madder that decision seems.
Why the haste?
Why not tell him we will do the deal when we sign a striker?
And if it takes a month or more.....be it so.
But if no suitable replacement is found, he stays for at least one more year.
Like Arsenal and Sanchez.
And sadly the only conclusion I can come to is we needed the dough in to fund the other purchases, none of which I would consider a potential replacement for an out and out striker.
And this is why I have gone from being an outright supporter of Moshiri to taking an altogether more sceptical approach to him this last couple days.
Yes, I am very much liking what is happening off the pitch.....the past seventy two hours of drunk driving, medical tests which may or may not have happened, David Goldesque phone calls to Jim White and a manager whom was fiddling on the golf course while Rome burned notwithstanding.....but ultimately I am more concerned with what happens on it.
And like most of us on here, I am at a loss as to how we are going to score goals
The point was we were frantically trying to sell RB, and KM and maybe Lennon to Burnley to get in a goalscoring foreward we had the money from the Lukaku sales weeks ago - Koeman and Walsh just duplicated midfielders!
For me the writing was on the wall when we didn't spend any money until we sold Stones. All of those players were available yet we didn't make a move until after selling him. This summer has just confirmed what happened last year, it's sell to buy with a bit of extra TV money thrown into the mix. I also think it explains his strong desire to sign an average manager like Koeman. He wanted someone who could deal with selling to buy and still produce a decent team.I make you spot on in the rest of that post but I want to discuss this bit.
Arsenal did the opposite of what we did with Lukaku and IMO they did what we should have done with him.
The minute Lemar pulled out Arsenal told Sanchez his move to City was off.
In other words, they were not selling their main man without a replacement.
IMO Lukaku should never have been sold when he was......the more one looks at it the madder that decision seems.
Why the haste?
Why not tell him we will do the deal when we sign a striker?
And if it takes a month or more.....be it so.
But if no suitable replacement is found, he stays for at least one more year.
Like Arsenal and Sanchez.
And sadly the only conclusion I can come to is we needed the dough in to fund the other purchases, none of which I would consider a potential replacement for an out and out striker.
And this is why I have gone from being an outright supporter of Moshiri to taking an altogether more sceptical approach to him this last couple days.
Yes, I am very much liking what is happening off the pitch.....the past seventy two hours of drunk driving, medical tests which may or may not have happened, David Goldesque phone calls to Jim White and a manager whom was fiddling on the golf course while Rome burned notwithstanding
And like most of us on here, I am at a loss as to how we are going to score goals
Yep there was a long explanation from the esk about all that & how it was required because we were going to be spending loads of money on players and wages. Unfortunately all of that was complicated rubbish & the logical & simplest explanation was sell to buy.
Think the midfielders is all on Koeman.
I don't get this duplicated midfielders thing all of our midfielders bring something different to their game which gives us options. This what we were aiming for i.e. squad depth. Koeman stated he wanted another striker to give him options upfront, had we brought one in would you accuse us of stockpiling forwards?
gaye = schneiderlin Rooney- Sig - Klassen - no forwards or wingers!
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