Everything posted by LAM09
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Roma want almost double that for Alisson
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Whoever is appointed will be set to fail based on this season alone. Our last two managers have seemingly been victim of their own success; won the league and were rewarded with whatever in the market. There are no more ready made winners waiting in the wings this time around. I'd loved to have seen what would have had happened if Pep was our manager last season.
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Emery has a slightly weaker front line and can't even make it into the CL quarters. Talent alone doesn't win trophies. He helped Valencia to a fifth place finish, so I refute your final point. In conclusion, I don't want either of them here.
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Every "big name" manager with European experience has won a league title during their tenure, so you can measure success however you want. Me & my neighbour's cat. Enrique knows what the expectations are of a big club and delivered regardless of the front line (managed to fail with the same line up last season as well, but that was probably his fault) whilst Tuchel doesn't/hasn't, as I previously mentioned. That's the difference between the two no matter how you paint it.
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Deserved. Been our best keeper this season
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The reason Zidane & Pep hit the ground running was largely down to how well they knew their respective clubs, which is why I'm an advocate of Terry, Lamps or Drogba joining the club in a managerial capacity in the near future. Emery was brought in by PSG to win or get to the latter stages of a competition he had never done well in, so the expectations were well above his pay grade from the start. The board/Roman are now just appointing "Yes men" and they are the ones who get the chop when things go south as a result. Only manager that seemed to have full control during his tenure was Mourinho when he first joined. I've been saying for long enough that the structure of the board needs to change immediately if we want long term success instead of what we've been experiencing over the last few years. The club doesn't seem to have any plan or identity which is detrimental.
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Think it just goes to show there is almost no value in the market now
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He got West Bromwich promoted and won two trophies within two months (can diminish the achievements as much as the next person but he was in charge). Appointing Tuchel would be in the hope he could do something notable, as he's only won the DFB Pokal in 7 years. He'd be a bigger gamble than Enrique & that's saying something.
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I didn't realise it was an 18 month deal. Hope whoever's in charge in the summer gets rid of 20+ players at the very least.
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We still own Baba as well
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They'll probably interchange but we should be doing the double especially with Kane (their best player by some margin) out of the picture.
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Only leaves Real, but they seem to have their sights on other targets (Salah, Neymar & even Kane).
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We knew after the first few weeks of the season that his finishing was lacking despite a handful of goals against the likes of Burnley, Stoke, etc. Have to give him props for not being a static CF, so our lack of creative isn't as evident with him leading the line. Talk of Icardi coming to the club shouldn't even be up for discussion if a WC playmaker isn't added to our ranks in the summer. Cesc used to fill that quota but he's clearly past it to be a regular.
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The Arsenal away game alone was bad enough
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I'm sure he won't be starting and they'll field Alli as their vocal point instead.
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Kane supposedly out till late April/May at the very least, so that's a massive boost in itself.
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Our current team would be the issue. Can't expect a CF to thrive with one or two creative players. He'd be a hit at City but isn't Pep's type of player. He's a poacher. We've seen this season alone that it's better to have someone that makes runs instead of doing his job to the majority here.
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They have to play us, Stoke & City within 13 days. Going into that set of fixtures alone with Kane could see their Top 4 hopes in tatters. Main thing for us to worry about at this point is winning our remaining home games at the very least.
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Nice to see him finally get on the scoresheet in 2018. Still lacked alot in his performance today
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He's just out of his depth. One proper season as a starter shouldn't have been enough to sway the board.
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Got Southampton
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Kante was exceptional. Still in the hunt for silverware
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Moses with his contribution for the day
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Killer instinct that Hazard only dreams to have
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He might not here but he's been slated everywhere else. Not even defending well today