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Nah they've left it late like you rightly predicted.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
Now they've got to sell the whole club and go for Kvaradona or nothing else :)
I'm kinda enjoying how they are trying to save face having our name linked with all the best talents playing for established clubs who we know won't sell.
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Yes the Declan Rice stuff is absurd, it's just trying to placate fans getting worried about having no signings when we desperately need to make some.Quote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Mate. You criticise the club for its (lack of) transfer business - yet we arguably had the best Summer transfer season of all the EPL clubs in 2021/22 (despite the club being criticised then by some of its supporters for the sums spent on Ben White and Aaron Ramsdale - that now look amazing value, and people asking who Tomyasu was) - and securing Odegard for what now looks like an astonishing £30M.Quote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Many people were in uproar about getting rid of Auba - yet that was again a masterstroke in hindsight, and even missing out on CL football has contributed to us flying high now. Those who wanted us to sign Vlahovic and were like you are now about our failure to do so have egg on their faces now - given his disappointing displays for Juve.
Again last Summer, we had an excellent transfer window - signing transformative players in Jesus and Zinchenko (signed for a paltry £31.5M); a player with real promise for the future in Vieira and a GK that everyone wrote off but who is proving to be a decent No. 2 bought for peanuts.
The result? - 8 points clear at the top of the most competetive league in the world, with the youngest team.
I know we want someone in to strenghten the squad but give your club a break FFS!
Rice will go to the Chavs:coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Mate.I hate to sound like HCZ, but please don't put words in my mouth (seeing as you are doing this for the second time in a row).Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK
Firstly I wasn't one of the people who "criticised" us for spending money on the squad in 21/22... I mean how can anyone who has read anything from me suggest this?! Next, I didn't give a flying "F" about Vlahovic, so please don't go there.
I mean if you're looking for people to ones up on those signings, there aren't that many posts on this board that one can't go back and check so you can get your targets right. I do that once in a while e.g. you were an AW enabler for quite a long time, but all is forgiven :)
Anyway now that I have rebutted those untruths, lets debate a bit.
Firstly I am not going to change my mind that getting rid of Auba the way and manner we did was silly and childish (at least you got this right).... especially with the way our season panned out and the difference he made to Barca on the field and off the field, not forgetting they still managed to turn a profit on him. To think we have people here who make it their job to be our self appointed "Accountants", telling us daily what we should and should not spend...well I wonder what school these degrees are coming from if one does not understand the ABCs of how companies dispose of assets!
Next your assertion is that we have had 2 "Great" transfer windows, yet in your previous posts you've also expressed the sentiment that the squad is lite....please correct me if I am wrong, because if I am not wrong, what exactly are we arguing about mate? Or are transfer windows not meant to make sure you have an adequate squad? ( Doctor : "Oh the organ transplant was great, but you still have to live with leukemia for the next few years ...." )
Anyway I think I get it, maybe it grinds some of us when people think independently and don't regurgitate exactly what Kronke and co want us to.
Well I am definitely never going to be in that alley and I don't need my "actual" opinions to be popular....all I want is the best for my club at every single point in time.
If that annoys some who clearly have 100% blind faith in our current custodians, then so be it.
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...if you wanna do an "I told you so" for a player who hasn't even kicked a ball yet for Chelsea, lets let him kick the ball first eh, an "I told you so" counts at any point in time, just ask Letters :)
As time ticks on, didn't quite expect my thread title to be so on the money. :ninja:
I was thinking that :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
The rumours are this morning that we will not sign anyone in January to put cash aside for the summer
My feeling is if this is the case we should at least make an effort to sign an attacking player on loan. Because we are relying heavily on both Nketiah and Saka, on Martinelli’s side we can at least play Marquinhos or Nelson when he’s fit.
You're forgetting Jesus.
New signings :bow: