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Yes and that’s the only way to have sustained success, you have to buy your way to it. I get the contradiction. But I’m just after realistic spending that we could afford to service and not the type that means we’re blowing everyone out of the water. We need a left back, I want us to buy Alphonso Davies, but I know that’s only going to happen if we overpay and I wouldn’t want that
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Agreed. I don’t want us to be able to sign someone like Haaland’s level right now purely because we could pay him millions every month. What I want, is to be able to take a punt on someone like Solanke without having to worry about sell on values
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I get that, but you have to invest substantial amounts of money now to make any inroads whatsoever. £400m is nothing in 2024 when the price of everything has gone crazy. I liken the signing of Tino to when Chelsea signed Glen Johnson all those years ago- £40m versus £5m is the sign of the times. Giving us free rein would exasperate this, but you have to be able to invest.
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You could see the pattern of play developing after 3 minutes. We can have all the ball as teams realise we can’t create against the low block. Plus teams also love to draw us in with the press and easily get at us with a few quick passes and pace in behind
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I’m pretty sure Tino will be the best right back in the world
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Was the only signing I wanted after the takeover. Well before I realised that football is rigged and you’re not allowed to break the status quo even with secure finance
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Got goals against all the ‘top teams’ as well - get in lad!
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We badly need to get some pace in the midfield 3, at left back and centre back. You need speed to get to the ball and recovery pace if you want to press high
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Is it just me but I thought today he had an excellent game. Sitting deeper, he broke up play really well in the first half and played some really nice passes. Switching positions in the second half to the left reduced his impact, but he played well. He shouldn’t be starting, but needs must. Ultimately, my impression hasn’t changed, I don’t think he’s got the pace or technical quality to reach elite level. But you still want him in the squad
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Yeah that first half officiating was abysmal. There were about 3 clear 100% yellow card fouls that he failed to give and that let them off the hook big time in the second half
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He takes some blame for not showing him out wider, but I’m asking my goalkeeper to save that. Burn is just bad at defending the one on one and is the reason why he can’t start in my eyes
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I’d blame the goalkeeper more than Burn for that one. It’s a hard task defending a one on one when someone’s running at you like that with no support whatsoever
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So many of these chances where we’re through on goal and can’t control the ball
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I was watching the PSG game last and it left a bitter taste in my mouth - I really believe we should have made it through that group. And imagine if we’d drawn Real Sociedad with all the other challenges
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I’d be very happy with that outcome simply because we can spend our ‘budget’ on the other key areas of the pitch instead