Millwallawayveteran1988
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Doesn't matter if we do have the best squad when we have Pellegrini organising them.
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We have the best squad.....
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stablemcfc
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Best players, but best squad logistically? No, not really. Most would say our best players are Kompany, Silva, De Bruyne, Aguero & Toure, you could throw Sterling in there too given his expected future & good form most of the season; which are their favoured positions? You could argue Silva, KdB, Toure & Sterling would all want to play in the same position if they were offered the choice (behind the striker); on top of that Nasri is a good player, but also wants that position.
Having a significant portion of your best players wanting one spot means inevitably most of them play out of position, not really ideal. Similar failings at Real Madrid, look at Isco & James, they've got more star players than Barcelona I'd argue, but they can't shoe horn them into a team whereas Barcelona have their 3 star players in arguably their favoured positions (Messi up for debate whether he prefers right or central) with the 8 other players also playing where they want to (natural positions).
Our rumoured transfer targets this summer pose even more questions, if we got Sane & Isco what exactly would we do with them? Same problems. We need to start being sensible about who we buy rather than buying shiny toys that we don't need. Whilst KdB is a fantastic player & a great acquisition, he's not exactly what we needed & we've been forced to unbalance our team to accomodate him & Silva starting.
Having a significant portion of your best players wanting one spot means inevitably most of them play out of position, not really ideal. Similar failings at Real Madrid, look at Isco & James, they've got more star players than Barcelona I'd argue, but they can't shoe horn them into a team whereas Barcelona have their 3 star players in arguably their favoured positions (Messi up for debate whether he prefers right or central) with the 8 other players also playing where they want to (natural positions).
Our rumoured transfer targets this summer pose even more questions, if we got Sane & Isco what exactly would we do with them? Same problems. We need to start being sensible about who we buy rather than buying shiny toys that we don't need. Whilst KdB is a fantastic player & a great acquisition, he's not exactly what we needed & we've been forced to unbalance our team to accomodate him & Silva starting.
kaz7
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I don't subscribe to the view that we should be running away with it but we should at least be on top and hard to be pushed off it by nowThis, surely were allowed to critisise the team when they havent consistently played well for months and we have the best squad in the league and somehow were third behind arsenal and leicester we should be running away wih this league considering how bad the rags and chelsea have been
If you went through it player for player you woudn't get many Arsenal in it.IMO Arsenal has the best squad in terms of quality and work rate. Chelsea and us probably about the same level.
Cech arguable, and Sanchez for sure. (I don;t like Ozil before you say it)
Hart, Otamendi, Kolarov. Zabalata (when properly fit). We've got players like Delph, Mangala, Fernando, Clichy who I think are terrific players, or can be. Clichy when he's playing regulalrly can be really really good. I remember the end of the 2010-11 season, he was immense in the run in.Best players, but best squad logistically? No, not really. Most would say our best players are Kompany, Silva, De Bruyne, Aguero & Toure, you could throw Sterling in there too given his expected future & good form most of the season; which are their favoured positions? You could argue Silva, KdB, Toure & Sterling would all want to play in the same position if they were offered the choice (behind the striker); on top of that Nasri is a good player, but also wants that position.
Having a significant portion of your best players wanting one spot means inevitably most of them play out of position, not really ideal. Similar failings at Real Madrid, look at Isco & James, they've got more star players than Barcelona I'd argue, but they can't shoe horn them into a team whereas Barcelona have their 3 star players in arguably their favoured positions (Messi up for debate whether he prefers right or central) with the 8 other players also playing where they want to (natural positions).
Our rumoured transfer targets this summer pose even more questions, if we got Sane & Isco what exactly would we do with them? Same problems. We need to start being sensible about who we buy rather than buying shiny toys that we don't need. Whilst KdB is a fantastic player & a great acquisition, he's not exactly what we needed & we've been forced to unbalance our team to accomodate him & Silva starting.
He's quality. Bottom line is they have two World Class players in Sanchez and Cech. We have severalAaron Ramsey, I would like him in our midfield
When you're a mid-table team (or lower), you accept that not every player is flawless. For some reason, when your team has loads of money, you think your players shouldn't have any flaws. SO:
1) We have the best squad of players
2) No player is perfect
1) We have the best squad of players
2) No player is perfect
ninjamonkey
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We have the best squad but that doesn't mean we don't have problems or things can't improve. The two points the OP is trying to make aren't mutually exclusive. I don't know whether it's still the small club mentality refusing to die with some people that are willing to just sit back and enjoy the ride because we used to be shit or there's sides struggling more than us but at the very top in any walk of life you always look to make improvements and can never be truly satisfied if you want to remain there, as shown when teams win the league and do nothing with their team the following year.
Aside from Chelsea (who have drastically improved since getting rid of Mourinho) we're comfortably the most under-performing team in the league. Our current healthy situation, despite performances only shows the potential we could be reaching if we performed even anywhere near our potential nevermind exceeding it like most of the teams at the top this season are doing.
Aside from Chelsea (who have drastically improved since getting rid of Mourinho) we're comfortably the most under-performing team in the league. Our current healthy situation, despite performances only shows the potential we could be reaching if we performed even anywhere near our potential nevermind exceeding it like most of the teams at the top this season are doing.