Not too fussed about a striker but we haven't addressed midfield.
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To be honest, I'm very excited to see more of Gomes and Greenwood, but Chong could do with a loan move.
Chong wasn't great in his limited minutes. But the other two looked surprisingly accomplished. And not just good for a pair of kids. Good regardless of their age.
Another £25m for the Glazers pockets. Fecking leeches. Great work be Ed though, 25m is robbery. Sad they wont invest it into the squad.
I never understand why it takes until now for all the action to take place.
Are deals drastically different in terms of price/structure than they would have been a month ago?
Are deals drastically different in terms of price/structure than they would have been a month ago?
I remember Pereira's good pre-seasons as well and that Darren Fletcher looked great on the US tour in LvG's first season, then we started playing real competitive football and reality took over, same thing here.
Just wait for their performance threads on here.
So its safe to assume that we are not going to make an important offer for Mandzukic.
Only on Twitter and internet forums. At the ground, they'll be cheered every time they pick their nose.
Its funny, young guns from academy being successful in our shirt is a dream for both fans and owners just for 2 totally different reasons.
£44m
Maguire +£80m
AWB +£45m
James +£18m
Lukaku -£74m
Rojo -£25m?
Valencia and Herrera off the wages (£200k per week combined).
Fellaini sold in January for £7m.
Some European club could still sign him in the coming few weeks.
When all else fails play the youth card fans will suck it up.
fans will suck it up.I’m not as worried about not replacing Lukaku as I am that we didn’t replace Herrera or Matic ( who’s here but shouldn’t be used against any teams with pace who press high).
Not too arsed about not getting Mandzukic. There are positives to getting him but I don't want us to get a player just for the sake of making a deadline day signing. If we're going to rely on Greenwood more then go for it, should be exciting nonetheless.
Midfield is absolutely key though and there's feck all rumours about getting one. I think we're done for the summer.
Midfield is absolutely key though and there's feck all rumours about getting one. I think we're done for the summer.
I dont disagree with the idea behind this, but its a big old gamble for Ole and I wonder how much of it is the club just not being able to get the deals done.
If this gamble blows up in his face then make no mistake, the club will send him off to the slaughter and he will be the sacrificial lamb 'manager wanted to promote youth' etc and he will be gone at the end of the season and it will be a managerial merry go round again.
Just so it doesnt seem like im sitting on the fence:
Even though its a narrow thing and id have liked another midfielder or two, I think this is the RIGHT thing to do and would like to see the youth given a chance and think they are decent.
If they're good enough to step up what's the problem?When all else fails play the youth card
Of course they will. Look at how willing they are to get on the back of the absolute legend we have as manager.
If we'd paid £150m for Maguire, that would have been better. Then our net spend would have been £114m.£44m
Maguire +£80m
AWB +£45m
James +£18m
Lukaku -£74m
Rojo -£25m?
Valencia and Herrera off the wages (£200k per week combined).
Fellaini sold in January for £7m.
Yeah
you can get 2 years out of him. 7 mil a year - Not that bad. He'd contribute and give us something different.
you can get 2 years out of him. 7 mil a year - Not that bad. He'd contribute and give us something different.
We have experienced cover for all of them though with our "dead wood"
People aren't happy no matter what happens. I can see us slowly trying to integrate the youngsters into the team alongside more experienced players.
I'm quite pleased we've potentially sorted out the defence. Perhaps next window we will look at other areas after seeing how the kids develop. People expecting us to solve all our problems in one window are mental. Introducing half a new team in one fell swoop is often a recipe for disaster. We could have perhaps signed a midfielder, but if the players we want aren't available, why waste money?
Klopp is now being praised for that sort of approach, as in hindsight it worked out well. We're being lambasted for it.
Take off another £15-20m or so if Zaha goes and we're looking at below £30m.£44m
Maguire +£80m
AWB +£45m
James +£18m
Lukaku -£74m
Rojo -£25m?
Valencia and Herrera off the wages (£200k per week combined).
Fellaini sold in January for £7m.
What are you confused about? Fletcher looked great on our US tour under LvG in that first season, just go back and look at the threads, people were convinced he was reborn and a midfield of him, Herrera and Carrick was going to be great.
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You really think they're the solution, they may step up but they ain't a solution to get us where we need to be this year, still very raw.
Because it costs money.
With the Rojo sale, our net spend for this window is an incredible what, £60m or something? Excellent work, Edward - here's your £10m bonus.
Rojo sale is good business to be fair, £25m for probably our 5th choice CB but given the current climate, its basically the going rate for an international defender.
£25m back in the owners pockets. If Palace sell Zaha, bada-bing, another payday for the Glazers.
Darren Fletcher was a good player for us I have know idea who you're talking about but you're getting confused.
Massive IF.
The story of the last week has essentially been ‘talks with player X’ at the start of the day, only for us to walk away by the end of it.
No bigger an if than bringing someone in who hasn't kicked a ball in English football before.
£25m for Rojo would be brilliant.
There is no reason to shit on any youngster if they make a mistake, trying to make similarities in judging between Matic the Titanic and Garner for example is just laughable. With being youngsters they bring good and bad with it, no fear, potential to improve, desire to make it, lower wages vs strollin around like they own the place, high wages, same bs excuses week in week out, shitty performances etc.
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The back 5 is sorted is it not?
Next window or two and we will complete it by getting in midfielders and forwards.
Ole happy to promote Greenwood....but still wastes last couple of days negotiating for a grandad to get in his way and yet we don't focus on midfield with glaring weaknesses.
Ole trusts them so that's good enough for me. He's in a better position to judge than any of us.
So a combined £100mil spent in 2 years. One of the richest club in the world eh? Cant wait for the murderous Saudi's to buy us.
That's banking on them wanting to come to us like we've struggled with this window. We're taking a huge huge risk. Hopefully it pays off.
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