It’s not quite as bad but if we’re not careful it’ll be like when Fergie left the scum. Ageing players not replaced or much inferior players coming inLosing the goals of Alvarez with no replacement was a huge mistake no matter how much cash we received. Simply not enough goals in the squad to challenge for trophies.
Worse is that Haaland is playing every minute - which is going to end in tears. When he pulls up injured cause of being overplayed we will be really in the shit.
Txiki’s been asleep at the wheel whilst on his 12 month lap of honour.
Lots of mitigating factors but there has been chronic mis-management which won’t be sorted in January.
Pep is also a huge part of that transfer committee, was he reluctant to get involved because he though he may not extend his deal?Losing the goals of Alvarez with no replacement was a huge mistake no matter how much cash we received. Simply not enough goals in the squad to challenge for trophies.
Worse is that Haaland is playing every minute - which is going to end in tears. When he pulls up injured cause of being overplayed we will be really in the shit.
Txiki’s been asleep at the wheel whilst on his 12 month lap of honour.
Lots of mitigating factors but there has been chronic mis-management which won’t be sorted in January.
My own personal opinion, so means fuck all in the scheme of things, is that the powers that be at the club are a lot less confident of winning the charges case than their public bolshiness would have us think.Can you elaborate or put some context on "the fear of offending the PL" bit?
The buck stops with the Director of Football. Txiki has explained the complications of managing post treble - but he’s made an absolute arse of it.A post showing how little you know of the background to last summer and how our club came to their transfer decisions ,of which Txiki was only one part. To be fair I don't full understand it either, but I know Txiki wasn't just left to his own devices, and then at the end of the summer the rest of the club were asking Txiki what happened.
"Written a season off" you sound entitled.The buck stops with the Director of Football. Txiki has explained the complications of managing post treble - but he’s made an absolute arse of it.
We were shown several times last year that the team can’t function without Rodri. Whether it was the money he wasted on Phillips and Nunes - but to go into the season with just Rodri and no proper back up was negligent.
We sold our backup striker at the end of the window meaning we went into the season with one striker that we know cannot play every game.
Those two decisions are mind boggling to me.
As you say, there could be loads of reasons we don’t know about - 115 related - Pep possibly leaving before signing his contract - loads of complications but the Summer activity ( and lack of activity ) has killed us and written a season off.
Replace Alvarez with whom ??Alvarez wanted out, rumours his family were not going to get their visa renewed by UKG, who knows, 80m was great but not to replace him was foolish.
54 games and 19 goals, not replaced.
FA Cup and CL to come, along with reinforcements and some injured/ill players returng to full fitness and elite condition."Written a season off" you sound entitled.
15 games in and everything to play for, we probably won't win the league for the 5th time in a row, is that what your expecting.?
"Written a season off" you sound entitled.
15 games in and everything to play for, we probably won't win the league for the 5th time in a row, is that what your expecting.?
Replace Alvarez with whom ??
Replace Alvarez with whom ??
With someone that will get you 19 goals and play 40 games a season.Gyokeres? Toney? Delap?
Someone else our scouting network should be able to identify perhaps?
The new players still bedding inWhos the new batch?
So you do think before the window, Soriano and Khaldoon and Pep go off on holiday saying wonder what Txiki will get up to this summer. The day after the window closes, Soriano and Khaldoon Pep wander into Txiki's office and saying so Txiki waht happened this sumer,how much have you spent what have you bought us.The buck stops with the Director of Football. Txiki has explained the complications of managing post treble - but he’s made an absolute arse of it.
We were shown several times last year that the team can’t function without Rodri. Whether it was the money he wasted on Phillips and Nunes - but to go into the season with just Rodri and no proper back up was negligent.
We sold our backup striker at the end of the window meaning we went into the season with one striker that we know cannot play every game.
Those two decisions are mind boggling to me.
As you say, there could be loads of reasons we don’t know about - 115 related - Pep possibly leaving before signing his contract - loads of complications but the Summer activity ( and lack of activity ) has killed us and written a season off.
Gyokeres who is being talked up as a €100million player? Toney who was banned for 8 months at the time? Delap who wasn't good enough and perhaps never will be?Gyokeres? Toney? Delap?
Someone else our scouting network should be able to identify perhaps?
I do believe the court case has made it harder because no elite pkayer will want to cone in if they don’t know where they will be playing . Didn’t think it would matter at first but as it’s got nearer it’s now plain to it’s having an effect and tbh so it should as any team would have the sane issues so to actually win a treble and then another title while it’s been going on in the background is amazingHe said recently that winning the treble made his job infinitely harder as lots of players wanted more money or to leave.
That being said, we missed out on a fair few midfield targets and the ones we ended up with haven’t worked 100% as of yet.
Txiki has had a stellar career as a DoF. No one gets 100%of transfers correct.
But delap was better than we had which was zilch cover for he Viking . We knew all summer alveraz wanted out so we left ourselves bare .Gyokeres who is being talked up as a €100million player? Toney who was banned for 8 months at the time? Delap who wasn't good enough and perhaps never will be?
It’s very possible mateI don’t see how a transfer ban is possible
Toney wasn't banned when we decided to let Alvarez go. Whilst posters are getting shot down for saying we needed a replacement for Alverez (which we did) it is on the basis of demanding they answer who with. That isn't our job. We have gradually over 3 years or so allowed good solid squad players to leave, without replacements coming in close to the exiting players level. Hopefully that improves with our new man coming in. Txiki done a good job, that's it.Gyokeres who is being talked up as a €100million player? Toney who was banned for 8 months at the time? Delap who wasn't good enough and perhaps never will be?
And when our army of scouts and analysts come up with a shortlist but Pep doesn't fancy any of them. What is your suggestion?Gyokeres? Toney? Delap?
Someone else our scouting network should be able to identify perhaps?