Transfer Rumours
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peterhague you owe the HJC 10 of your finest pounds my friend.
You've just described exactly the reasons why Mario was what we needed JJ. We've got plenty of the "you know what you're going to get" players. What we need, after the loss of Luis, is the unpredictable.
A respectable argument, Wiz, but I don't agree. For one thing I reckon it's a mistake to think in terms of trying to replace Suarez, who's an unmatchable talent (you'd be looking at Ronaldo or Messi. so forget it). For another, we have a decent degree of unpredictability in the squad still, via the likes of Sterling, Sturridge and Coutinho, eventually Lallana and Markovic too. The order of the day now IMO is to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts.
We've arguably done that though in adding more depth. I think what Wiz is getting at, is that Mario is like Suarez and Garcia, in terms of having that ability to conjure up something out of nothing in a tight game. For all of the aforementioned players abilities to make something happen, it's not as off the cuff as we need. You're right, we shouldn't try to replace the irreplaceable, but there always room for one maverick.
The fee was undisclosed.
Oh we have fussier doctors to Chelsea do we
I wonder if we backed out of the Remy deal at the last minute because Milan (or Mario's agent) approached us in the US with an offer to deliver us Balotelli, and we decided that it was too good a deal to miss.
Or positive. #dodgyrumours
I have to disagree with that Jules. I said before last season that Suarez wasn't replaceable and that only became more obvious during last season. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try and replace any of his qualities.
One of his most important qualities was the fear and uncertainty he placed in the mind of defenders.
There aren't many coaches in the EPL who don't know the qualities of Sturridge, Sterling, Coutinho etc. That doesn't mean they can be shut down but they can certainly take steps to limit them.
A quality of Suarez, however, was that it was hard to know what his qualities were - they were so unpredictable that it was immensely difficult to make plans on how to limit him.
We have some top class players but any manager worth his salt knows what they're good at and plans to nullify them. To really get to the top you need that streak of utter, irrational, unpredictable brilliance - a player with an unstructured thinking who has the ability to pull off the completely unpredictable. City, the Chavs, Barca, Madrid, Bayern etc have this in varying quantities.
I don't think Mario is anywhere near our best player but his unusual qualities make us an entirely more difficult proposition.
I suspect their better finances clearly effect the risk/reward percentage given to doctors comments.
Similarly I read hundreds of reviews before I buy anything costing more than £100,whereas my in laws will spend hundreds on a whim because if it's not all that it doesn't matter, it's a fraction of their disposable income.
Yea that's a pretty solid analogy. The Remy thing is a shame and he'll probably be fine but I'm glad we're approaching transfers that way. It's sensible.
Better Chelsea than Arsenal I guess. It's great watching Sanogo in an Arsenal shirt.
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