KaKa
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I'm telling you guys, more and more clubs are getting good managers in place and putting together solid scouting and recruitment teams. Just throwing money around isn't going to be enough anymore.
I don't know why you lot are so worried about clubs spending money and this guaranteeing they will have sustained success. It's going to take a whole lot more than that going forward.
All the money Man Utd have spent in what the last 5 years lets say. Outside of perhaps Bruno Fernandes, who else has really been an outstanding purchase that has worked out for them? If we look at Chelsea, same question, who are their real standouts at the minute? It's probably Reece James and Mason Mount, who came through under Lampard when they were under a transfer embargo and couldn't spend money.
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1 hour ago, Tiresias said:
I do see that, and certainly the big clubs seem unable to spend sensibly, but still think the gap to where Man City are now is pretty huge. Yes they can have an off season but looking at the winners since Leicester's miracle -
Chelsea
Man City
Man City
Liverpool
Man City
Man City
I don't believe in the top 6 - below a great liverpool team and man city there were rich other clubs but none run especially well and that has shown in domestic leagues. Smart spending by Villa could get into the top 6 but to get close to Man City is waaaay beyond them. I have previously argued Liverpool and Man City were basically the big 2 but wonder if Liverpool was more a great team that was built rather than anything sustained.
We have the resources of course to get there, but will take a while as good as this season has gone, but it shouldn't cost so much, it's silly. the 'Big Six' is a narrative driven by sky who want the league to remain the best to distract from how it isnt actually any more competitative than any other league. We're in a similar situation as La Liga where Barca and Real dominate and occaisionally another challenges but never for too long.
I think Haaland's performances upfront have been such a big story no one is really talking about how Man City have dropped a level with Zinchenko, Jesus and Sterling leaving.
I don't think they look as dangerous as they have previously. If anything they are falling off a bit now too. A lot of their games look a lot more competitive and they are not having as easy a time dominating teams.
The £100 million on Grealish was a complete whiff, as he's performing worse for them than he did at Villa. Be interesting to see what they do in the market going forward, with the likes of DeBruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo and Mahrez getting older now. More Grealish and Kalvin Phillips like moves, and it could get really awkward for them, as those two don't look like they are going to work out as well as most anticipated for different reasons.
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36 minutes ago, Froggy said:
Big games tonight. All going well we will be 1 point clear of you with a game in hand.
You just jinxed yourself.
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2 hours ago, Tiresias said:
Honestly this is a problem with ludicrous sums being thrown around for players. These vastly inflated fees ballooned by agents caring little for their players actual careers means a good player who could be crafted into something special moves for such a high fee not getting an immediate return of a load of goals becomes a disaster. These huge sums makes these players huge investments and I just think this will keep happening and some common sense needs to kick in. Financial fair play was supposed to stop this crap and instead all it does it make it more difficult to compete for other clubs.
He may just need time, he's clearly doing a lot well.
There's too much money in the game now for all the clubs in the Prem, and the level of scouting and recruitment at all the clubs is at a pretty high level even for the smaller clubs. I think it's easier to compete than ever before. There are so many players out there, and it is easier than ever to identify talents all over the globe.
If anything the clubs most at risk are the traditionally so called 'big clubs' with more money, as they are more likely to be lazier about their scouting and/or feel more pressured to go for bigger name players. They will get caught out the most over spending on players that don't live up to expectations or that don't pan out at all.
The more prudent clubs with decent resources are going to start making a far bigger impact. Ourselves and Aston Villa, now they've got Emery, are going to be the first to really cause a big headache and more clubs will start to come to the forefront from there.
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5 minutes ago, Jack27 said:
Not even a year, was the summer wasn’t it?
Yes, of course. We're only just in January!
They've pretty much capitalised on his World Cup showing to get ten times what they paid for him in just six months
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Unbelievable business by Benfica man. Bought him for £12 million just a year ago for goodness sake
Chelsea are utterly grotesque and it is going to end very badly for them. Potter is not going to be able to make it work with all these players. He'll be out soon and they'll be desperately fumbling around for big name managers like they are players at the minute.
The American owner is shockingly clueless.
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2 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:
Klopp definitely seems to have stepped over the same line Mourinho did, where he went from care-free, charismatic and funny to an insufferable, irritable whingebag
They couldn't handle the success and adulation they got. Started feeling entitled to it. It's embarrassing.
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4 hours ago, Whitley mag said:
Chelsea have just appointed Christian Vivell who was at one of the RedBull clubs and apparently unearthed a lot of talent. If memory serves me right they also took the chief scout from Brighton, who probably would take a lot of the credit alongside Ashworth for their success.
They seem to be all over the best young talent at the minute and the type of players we’re interested in. I actually think they’re going about it the right way and would imagine Potter is much better working with young and hungry players.
At the end of the day though how fucking good does it feel to be talking about Chelsea. There’s more than enough good players out there and I’m sure with our setup we’ll having a cracking team in place to compete with this lot going forward.Chelsea aren't going about anything the right way. They will bring in people that can get in all the talented youth like they did back in the day with Emenalo, and then the players will never come through to the first team, because the new owner is enamoured with spending on flashy big name players.
We just need to be ready to nick all the youth players off them when they get frustrated with a lack of opportunities. It is going to be an absolute farce at Chelsea.
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Guys please stop freaking out about Chelsea's spending man, and don't be envious of it. It's the absolute worst case approach and I am so glad we haven't gone down this road. It's not going to work. This buying success model isn't going to be as effective as it was in the past.
A really good manager that can coach who is working in tandem with the sporting director/recruitment team and who are making well thought out signings is the approach going forward.
There is so much money in the Premier league now that even the smaller teams can spend a decent amount of money on players that are good enough to make an impact. Provided they have the aforementioned manager/coach and recruitment model working well success can be had.
Potter is not the type of manager that will be able to handle having all of these big name and big price tag players thrown at him so haphazardly. It's going to be really difficult for him to get them playing the way he wants, which takes a lot of coaching. I don't think these players are going to be open minded or patient enough. Not to mention the fans are going to be incredibly impatient now, which will ramp up the pressure immensely.
Its turning into a galactico club. Potter at heart I think would have done his best work utilising the likes of Gallagher, Broja, Mount, James, Loftus Cheek etc. The young hungry and really talented young players that come through their academy. He's completely the wrong manager for this nonsense. It's actually quite unbelievable how dumb the new owner is.
The whole thing is going to be a spectacular mess. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
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Nunez is so entertaining man
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Barnes and Nunez comedy act.
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Nunez man ... his movement is legit brilliant but such a careless finisher it's untrue
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10 minutes ago, The Butcher said:
Leicester could do with a new striker.
If they trusted Kelechi as the main man upfront he'd score a bunch of goals.
For some reason he's behind both Daka and Vardy.
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Barnes has been rubbish man. Urgh.
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Nunez is an extraordinary mix of brilliance and buffoonery. What a ball through to Salah that was!
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1 minute ago, ExiledGeordie said:
Foxes have played well but totally shot themselves in the the foot ffs
Shot themselves in the Faes more like.
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Just now, joeyt said:
Was dreadful against us too
He's a good defender. Watched a fair bit of Reims when we were linked with Ekitike and he stood out. Has also been good for Leicester for the most part and was a big part of their recent turn around in form.
Looks like the Christmas break has not been good to him though
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Just now, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Seriously? I thought he meant Faes.
Nah its Nunez. He's so chaotic it starts rubbing off on everyone else around him
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7 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:
Faes looks full of mistakes despite also generally looking canny good. Same as Soyuncu in that regard.
Faes is class. Having a rough night though.
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Man I just coughed up a lung laughing at that sequence
Nunez with what should have been an excellent goal, but of course it hits the post, only for Faes to get a second own goal
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I really don't like Harvey Barnes' game too much at all. Plays with his head down when he is on the ball and never seems to release the ball on time.
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1 hour ago, LionOfGosforth said:
Yeah it's like Twilight Zone because when you watch him, it just doesn't add up to his record being decent. He's all over the place but he does carry major threat in stretching the field with those chaotic runs he makes.
I think when they bought him, they must have expected him to be one of the elite CFs in world football and for 70m+ he really should be. He'll have great moments in games and score surprising goals from time to time but looks like he needs a ton of coaching
I think they were expecting some growing pains. He's young enough to develop further for them still.
He's got some great attributes to work with, but there's no guarantees with him from what I can see. Will be interesting to see what he ultimately becomes for them.
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5 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:
Nunez is weird af. Fast, good physical talent, excellent movement, can't finish for toffee
And to add to the weirdness when you actually look at his scoring record its really decent for Liverpool
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Nunez is a sensational athlete. I'll give him that.
Fantastic powerful pacy run to get to that ball.
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I just think more clubs in the prem are now able to pay for decent coaches and can also now afford and attract a much better calibre of player.
As I mentioned previousy, both ourselves and Villa all of a sudden have found ourselves with two top managers and there are the resources to get in some very good players. I think we are both in a very strong position to cause problems if clubs at the top slip up even a bit. West Ham brought in some really talented players in the summer, and already had some in place at the club. They should be right there as well, but Moyes just isn't right for the type of players they have gone and brought in. If they go and hire someone more adept at getting the best out of the likes of Paqueta and Scammacca along with the likes of Rice, Bowen etc. I could see a big improvement there going forward. Lets say they hired Pochettino for example.
There's also just going to be a lot more competitive games week to week for clubs competing at the top. There's hardly anymore games that are a complete walk in the park. When you then see the likes of Wolves signing someone like Matheus Nunes who a lot of top clubs were monitoring, there's possibilities there if they get the right manager in. Fulham signing Paulinha in the summer was absolutely ridiculous too, and their manager seems to have found his feet, after struggling a bit at Everton, he's clearly a talented manager. A few good seasons and with more money to spend and Fulham could start progressing as a club too. If you don't have your stuff together I think it's just going to be much harder to coast to titles. There's going to be more challenging games in general, and more clubs able to put pressure on if you fall off.