Ideally if you get the player early enough, they shouldn't cost the earth.
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He's the mental one.
No surprise then - because you said you weren't watching it !
Yup. Not even any highlights (yet). LOL.
We'd been watching him and waiting for the summer, but Spurs made a bid and forced our hand
But can you imagine an SCM manager, with the excessive recency bias that typifies this place.
Post match discussion in the dressing room -
- "Mbappe, you missed a 25 yard sitter in the 89th minute, that's you relegated to the reserves for the rest of the season & sold for dog food in the summer"
- "Poulsen - you completed a 2 yard pass, just after scoring that screamer OG in injury time, here's a lifetime contract"
Quite a few of us were in that group.
Yet some people (not naming names) had the opposite view of "why break up a winning team"
Copa America.
"Diaz, i'm sorry to hear about your parents kidnapping. The lads will come round later your house to hold a prayer vigil for you. You'll never ever, EVER, i mean it, EVERRRRRR walk alone hermano !"
A few moments later.
"Diaz, you useless sack of sh*te. I wish the kidnappers should have kidnapped you instead cos you're just a showboating good for nothing. Lads, give him a good beating and feed him to the dogs !!"
The earliest kick off is 1 am and the next one is 4 am. Greek kids stay up late in the summer but not that late.
But isn't that a little related to our spending policy?
Do you sell and replace at the same time when it's budget is tight or stick with what you have?
It's a bit easier for clubs like RM,City or even Arsenal whom can spend 20-30 million on a younger version and bed him in over 1-2 season without having to sell the starter.
I'm not saying we haven't brought duds but Klopp really did have to operate in really tight scenarios over his tenure.
In theory but then costing the earth bit is a subjective, our costing the earth for a sub/youth is 5-10 million and most other clubs is 20-30.
We were best at spending when we sold big and then used that money for several signings. We even managed to do it when Barca paid us on the never never.
That was kind of unique because we brought him young (19?) and sold him at 24(?) before peak?
Other players we mentioned related to core players, not sure really we could have done it to the same level.
Most of our big buys so far have been 24yr old, so would mean typically we would need to buy a replacement when they are 26 and sell at 27-28? To make some big money, not sure if that is really a very repeatable pattern.
But if you get them that early then you're not getting any guarantee as to what player he'll become. So you do this 4-5 times and none pan out and now you're £25-50m down the swanee.
Unfortunately that's the market we need to fish in though. We don't have the pull as much as other teams do ATM. New manager, huge upheaval, aging stars; the finished product might not want to risk on us clicking.
1. How about the attack was often brutal when it mattered AND the defense was too? How does that work? Virgil is nowhere near what he used to be, and at his best now is a very good defender. And his worst, he's a shadow of his former self. Just like Mo, actually.
2. Why is this being done in a thread about the Euros?
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My power rankings after the group stage:
1. Spain - played best football and rested their best team in the 3rd game as one should.
2. Germany - the Musiala/Wirtz creative double-pivot is impressive. Don’t think they’ll win it all though.
3. Switzerland - a solid, balanced, modern team with some outstanding players.
4. France - Kante has been a revelation, they’ll be hard to beat with him.
5. Austria - Rangnick showing what a forward-thinking coach can do with a national team that buys into his philosophy.
6. Portugal - great squad, stupid manager.
7. Italy - good manager, great GK, mediocre rest of the squad.
8. Georgia - everybody should learn how to say Kvaratskhelia and Mamardashvili now. Also buy some Georgian wine, it’s delicious!
9. Denmark - played some decent football, but need cutting edge from somewhere.
10. Netherlands - some interesting players, but overall unbalanced and Koeman doesn’t know what to do with most of them.
11. Romania - probably the best of the Eastern European teams in this tournament, good spirit and organization.
12. Belgium - ageing and disapponting. How come Openda isn’t playing?
13. England - if marmite played football.
14. Slovakia - spirited, but limited.
15. Slovenia - even more limited.
16. Turkey - shite, shouldn’t have qualified from the group.
1. Spain - played best football and rested their best team in the 3rd game as one should.
2. Germany - the Musiala/Wirtz creative double-pivot is impressive. Don’t think they’ll win it all though.
3. Switzerland - a solid, balanced, modern team with some outstanding players.
4. France - Kante has been a revelation, they’ll be hard to beat with him.
5. Austria - Rangnick showing what a forward-thinking coach can do with a national team that buys into his philosophy.
6. Portugal - great squad, stupid manager.
7. Italy - good manager, great GK, mediocre rest of the squad.
8. Georgia - everybody should learn how to say Kvaratskhelia and Mamardashvili now. Also buy some Georgian wine, it’s delicious!
9. Denmark - played some decent football, but need cutting edge from somewhere.
10. Netherlands - some interesting players, but overall unbalanced and Koeman doesn’t know what to do with most of them.
11. Romania - probably the best of the Eastern European teams in this tournament, good spirit and organization.
12. Belgium - ageing and disapponting. How come Openda isn’t playing?
13. England - if marmite played football.
14. Slovakia - spirited, but limited.
15. Slovenia - even more limited.
16. Turkey - shite, shouldn’t have qualified from the group.
Spain'll win it. They were my pre-tournament favourites.
Yawn.
Yawn.
They have a couple of kids I’ve never heard of at CB and relying on a 16-year-old and Morata to provide the goals. Also their goalie is suspect.
Who cares. They'll win it.
And when will we ever learn ? Stats are just stats.
I put down my scores in my prediction/fantasy league, based on H2H and form book like most punters do. But look at the results so far - half of those scorelines, i bet nobody expected them.
Georgia beat Portugal ? USA, host nation lose to a canal ? England....well england will always do england things.
And when will we ever learn ? Stats are just stats.
I put down my scores in my prediction/fantasy league, based on H2H and form book like most punters do. But look at the results so far - half of those scorelines, i bet nobody expected them.
Georgia beat Portugal ? USA, host nation lose to a canal ? England....well england will always do england things.
I've got this in my simulator for the semis
Spain vs France
Austria vs England
Funnier things have happened before. England may just enter the final only to be beaten again. On german ground. LOL.
Spain vs France
Austria vs England
Funnier things have happened before. England may just enter the final only to be beaten again. On german ground. LOL.
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