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It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread
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Bellamy's Caddy
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10 years ago we had shittiest transfer market ever since the Sheikh Mansour era..
Mancini was waiting for De Rossi and RVP and maybe Bale as well :D TBF Mancini had the point -> guy won PL title against fucking Fergie and his United, who were playing like robots.. You can hate current Liverpool team, but at least they have got some quality players and even though you can't bear, it's logical when they win.. But United ? Phil Jones and Johny fucking Evans and other shitheads, except Rooney - they didn't have quality players, so it was Fergie and his "magic", which made this whole process unbearable..
And so Mancini waits for those three players, to compete for another title and maybe CL and at this stage at the end of July we only had Jack Rodwell :DDD and Adam Johnson / Dejong were gone.. And on 31-th of August we got the perfect pack of players: Scotty Sinclair, Xavi aka slow Garcia, Maicon's fake double and Nastasic..
10 years later our transfer window is masterpiece created by Txiki and other ones.. You can't even wish for the better one...
That transfer window was such a wasted opportunity. I can't remember if we went shopping in the bargain basement because of FFP, but if we'd added the players you mentioned as targets, we'd potentially have had a Champions League winning side, as well as ridiculous squad depth.
10 years on and it's great to see lessons have been learned. A squad refresh after consecutive titles is an exciting proposition. Hopefully Cucurella to add as well.
As a back up option to cancelo and ake
Thanks, wasn't sure if you were suggesting as a regular first choice FB.
Neither Cancelo not Ake are LBs, they both play in other positions which they share with specialist players in that position.
Agree to a large extent, give JWE a chance as a back-up, sign a LB however that can play and perform there. There is a reaosn the club are seemingly willing to buy Cucurella now as opposed to last year when we reportsdly also looked at him. He has proven something. They are looking for a player that has done so either i this league or another top one.
By all means, have JWE in the team though and give him minutes to come through.
simon23
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just rumour and gossip to fill space...thats what the media is nowadays..self serving and shitJesus is this news now? Something that happened 2 weeks ago that didn’t progress?
Well i'm struggling to understand how the fuck its relevant three weeks later. Maybe you should try explaining that one.
It's not very clear I agree, but I think the point is that we definitely won't let Ake go now, because our number 1 replacement target if we'd sold him was Kounde.
It's like a game of musical chairs. There are 3 clubs but only 2 centre backs. Chelsea are the chumps without a chair in this analogy.
Centurions
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Our number 1 target? No doubt his name came up but I've seen nothing reliable that indicates he was first choice.It's not very clear I agree, but I think the point is that we definitely won't let Ake go now, because our number 1 replacement target if we'd sold him was Kounde.
It's like a game of musical chairs. There are 3 clubs but only 2 centre backs. Chelsea are the chumps without a chair in this analogy.
Gvardiol was certainly in the discussion although his price tag was prohibitive. We seem to like Pau Torres as well, but I'm not convinced by him.Our number 1 target? No doubt his name came up but I've seen nothing reliable that indicates he was first choice.
kun
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Except there are literally scores of chairs waiting just outside.It's not very clear I agree, but I think the point is that we definitely won't let Ake go now, because our number 1 replacement target if we'd sold him was Kounde.
It's like a game of musical chairs. There are 3 clubs but only 2 centre backs. Chelsea are the chumps without a chair in this analogy.
You analogy fails miserably because it pre-supposes the idea than Aké and Koundé are the only valid CBs on the market.
southamptonblue
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Who else was mentioned? You were obviously in the discussions to know that Gvardiol was discussed, and that 'we' like Pau Torres ;)Gvardiol was certainly in the discussion although his price tag was prohibitive. We seem to like Pau Torres as well, but I'm not convinced by him.