The Skipper 20,609 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Would answer the 'stability' problems we've had But, Buck said the same thing about AVB being our 'long-term' manager, so we can't really speculate. Would prefer someone like Jose at the helm of the club for the long term then, say, David Moyes To be fair, I'm pretty sure AVB was actually the long term option but because he screwed up do badly he had to be sacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Read it again, I never said our team wasn't unbalanced, I said people are over exaggerating it. Like I said, we're 2/3 ('clinical' as Jose said) signings away from having a complete squad.We are not 2 or 3 clinical signings away from a complete squad. More like 4 or 5!Our last transfer window (which Mourinho was in charge, btw) was completely useless. Not only we didnt fix our long going pivot and striker problems, but we created one (despite being a good problem to have) in the AM department!Sorry, but we have already spent too much to still have to buy 3 top players (another 60-70mi?) in order to be successful (and I dont mean trophies)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 We are not 2 or 3 clinical signings away from a complete squad. More like 4 or 5!Our last transfer window (which Mourinho was in charge, btw) was completely useless. Not only we didnt fix our long going pivot and striker problems, but we created one (despite being a good problem to have) in the AM department!Sorry, but we have already spent too much to still have to buy 3 top players (another 60-70mi?) in order to be successful (and I dont mean trophies)...4 or 5? Elaborate please...I personally believe that we need another CB, another CM and another ST, but they have to be the right signings. If we had done these correctly in the summer the squad would be fine right now. You're right in saying that we've spent too much to buy 3 more top players but what's happened has happened. It's why I was against the Willian signing; even though he's a great player - £30m on an area that didn't need investment whatsoever was pretty pointless. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,513 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 4 or 5? Elaborate please...I personally believe that we need another CB, another CM and another ST, but they have to be the right signings. If we had done these correctly in the summer the squad would be fine right now. You're right in saying that we've spent too much to buy 3 more top players but what's happened has happened. It's why I was against the Willian signing; even though he's a great player - £30m on an area that didn't need investment whatsoever was pretty pointless.4 signings - CB, CM, ST and LB to fill the void of Ashley Cole. Belgiannutt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 4 signings - CB, CM, ST and LB to fill the void of Ashley Cole.Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 4 or 5? Elaborate please...I personally believe that we need another CB, another CM and another ST, but they have to be the right signings. If we had done these correctly in the summer the squad would be fine right now. You're right in saying that we've spent too much to buy 3 more top players but what's happened has happened. It's why I was against the Willian signing; even though he's a great player - £30m on an area that didn't need investment whatsoever was pretty pointless.Totally agree with the second part. Willian is a great player, but not what we needed (he isnt even a true winger). We could have spent 30mi on a CM to fix our 3 year long pivot problem. We need at least 4 signings, at least. A ST, CM, LB, CB. You agree with that right? Ok. And a legitment case can also be made that we could use a DM (do you trust Mikel and Essien?). So, 4 key players and maybe another one elsewhere. Four OR five players, without even counting the ones we need to return from loan (Courtois, Chalobah, Lukaku, etc). That is easily 60-70mi, if not more. On top of the 300mi we already spent in the last 4-5 years!We have spent 60mi on strikers and none of them turned out to be useful. We spent 130mi on AMs and we still cant find a perfect trio. 23mi on Ramires, but no more investments on definitive replacements for Lampard, Essien, etc. We bought Azi to fix our cronical right back issues, but play him as a LB because Cole is already past his prime and Jose doesnt trust Bertrad. Our only secure defender is a 34yo (no disrespect for the Legend). Even Cech is not playing well!Our good players are either loaned out or not playing half as good as they can. People are not exagerating, trust me!Now, of course another 70mi transfer window (buying the right players) and a great pre-season can make a lot of difference, but that is not even close to what Jose Mourinho is making. We have been playing bellow average and we cant defend nor attack. We look like Tottenham for fucks sake! The Skipper and Stingray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Mourinho's record over Wenger is being played up....if we do lose then expect to see a lot of stories about him losing his aura, and perhaps rightly so. This Christmas period is going to be incredibly important to the future of this club, and I don't think it' beyond the realms of possibility that Mourinho could be under immense pressure within 12 days.Need to get a result tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho 8,443 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 We need another winger.We have a lack of options in that area right now. Be good to have some more choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I think its funny that some people here are saying we have to spend more. Thats Mourinho, when the results are not good enough the answear is: spende more and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Warrior 109 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Lets not forget Mr Abramovich who calls the financial shots. I believe limited funds are available. A striker and a holding midfielder are all we might get. Free spending days are over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuvala 2,167 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 A lot of you guys are always against signing players and spending money.. whilst I get your point, sometimes you have to spend in order to make a crucial signing.What is a crucial signing u ask? NOT a buy like Willian. But rather a buy like a top CM (we've had pivot problems for some time now), buying a top striker (again, a big problem. We've already seen the results of bringing in "cheap" alternatives such as Ba and Eto'o). A new LB, Cole is past it and we're playing a RB in the LB position. A new CB because Terry is not gonna last forever, Cahill is average and Luiz is a liability as of now.Some of you make the point of "we have young players who can do that" - well, we might have more than a few talented youngsters but they are not ready to lead a team to the title. However they should be incorporated in the team (Lukaku as a 2nd striker, PVA as a LB option, perhaps Omeruo aswell etc.).If we buy any other AM I'm gonna kill myself.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I think its funny that some people here are saying we have to spend more. Thats Mourinho, when the results are not good enough the answear is: spende more and more.Don't think there's much question that we need to spend more, no matter how ridiculous it seems with all the money we've already spent. We lack key elements that make or break a team.ST, CM, LB, CB need to be bought. Just sell some of our deadweight (Ba, DeBruyne) and maybe some of our loanees . yuvala 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 A lot of you guys are always against signing players and spending money.. whilst I get your point, sometimes you have to spend in order to make a crucial signing.What is a crucial signing u ask? NOT a buy like Willian. But rather a buy like a top CM (we've had pivot problems for some time now), buying a top striker (again, a big problem. We've already seen the results of bringing in "cheap" alternatives such as Ba and Eto'o). A new LB, Cole is past it and we're playing a RB in the LB position. A new CB because Terry is not gonna last forever, Cahill is average and Luiz is a liability as of now.Some of you make the point of "we have young players who can do that" - well, we might have more than a few talented youngsters but they are not ready to lead a team to the title. However they should be incorporated in the team (Lukaku as a 2nd striker, PVA as a LB option, perhaps Omeruo aswell etc.).If we buy any other AM I'm gonna kill myself.. The reason why we have spent so much is mainly because of the number of managers we've had after Jose. In his first spell here,Jose knew who he wanted and hence spent accordingly and to be honest most of his signings for us have been top notch.Every manager sets out a plan of what kind of players they want and try to get them with the funds available.Our case is very different,managers have the luxury to splash out and get the players they feel will work but unfortunately most of them were told to part ways. I have no complaints with Jose spending because I know he's building a solid team which will last at least 2 or more seasons.Relying upon our youngsters will be a phase he will focus hopefully after he gets his desired starting players.Gradually he'll give our youngsters the squad player role or promising loan spells to prove their quality as a starter.The summer transfer window is ours to dominate,some players will clear the way for world class signings. Till then, Jose will use the quality players he already has and compete for major trophies.Also in terms of success this season I really won't be disappointed if we finish this season without winning a trophy.I won't consider it as a failure as I very well know that the next season will be for ours to rule.At the moment,we have a good squad but next season we'll have a very good one with each position being covered by some really lethal players.(including the ones we have at our disposal now) Phil Driver and yuvala 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouri_Matic 560 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 The thing here is we got 2 types of people, one is definitely against spending more and one is for spending more, it is all about expectations really. Do we all want us to win the CL,BPL title soon or at least compete very well in them? If yes then we need to spend more. But if we could accept not getting any trophy(Roman won't) and not spend more then we can develop the team with young players.The people that say we shouldn't spend more, what else can we do to become better? Buying better players obviouslyOther might say we should integrate young players into the team, but do you really think we can beat top class teams with the like of Lukaku leading the line? He hasn't played well for like 3 weeks now and at a club like Chelsea that is not good enough, if he was here now he would have been on the bench for his performances. So in the end, it all boil down to what you want us to achieve. If you are happy with consistent top 4, good run at FA Cup, Capital one cup and just QF of CL at best then of course we don't need to spend more, but if you all want more(which I hope you all do) then really we just have to spend. No team will sustain a continuous challenge at the top with just your own players, every top team do. Even Barcelona, who got one of the best academy in football history got to buy top class players summer after summer, and even then they can't retain success continuously. Even Bayern had to sign Martinez for £40m despite reaching 2 CL finals in 3 seasons. Madrid spend millions after millions. While teams like Dortmund now found out that you just can't sustain a continuous challenge without spending bug, they just lost like their 5th home game this season at the weekend and will probably got knock out of CL soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I think its funny that some people here are saying we have to spend more. Thats Mourinho, when the results are not good enough the answear is: spende more and more.It was also the same answer under AVB, Di Matteo etc.We don't just want spending for the sake of it, but sensible spending hence why most of us won't overly enamoured with the Willian signing. Rmpr, The Skipper and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 To spend more just might be a short patch up job. To some, it may be a solution. To me, this team should try to place as highest as possible, but introduce young players next year. Certainly, there are plenty of them around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura90 556 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I think its funny that some people here are saying we have to spend more. Thats Mourinho, when the results are not good enough the answear is: spende more and more.Nobody would be asking to spend more if 80% of our spending budget wasn't used on one winger and 3 attacking midfielders, while already having a damn good one.And if Terry wasn't getting older...And if Cole wasn't getting older...And if Torres was back to his best... BleedsBlue, manco and kellzfresh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouri_Matic 560 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 To spend more just might be a short patch up job. To some, it may be a solution. To me, this team should try to place as highest as possible, but introduce young players next year. Certainly, there are plenty of them around.Sometime you just got to spend though if you want to compete, for example there is no possible way to make our strikers better, we can't fix them as if they are robot, we can't make them younger in case of Torres and Eto'o. While our young strikers are not good enough, do we really want Lukaku and Feruz to lead the line against Barca...when they are even struggling against Swansea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Warrior 109 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 If we get a striker we are far more competitive and it does not hurt are chances. With PSG and Monacos spending power we need to be more realistic in are targets and dealings. In Roman we trust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Sometime you just got to spend though if you want to compete, for example there is no possible way to make our strikers better, we can't fix them as if they are robot, we can't make them younger in case of Torres and Eto'o. While our young strikers are not good enough, do we really want Lukaku and Feruz to lead the line against Barca...when they are even struggling against Swansea.I realize teams must spend & plenty, these days. After all, Roman´s money made this team into what it is now. Do I want to see Lukaku leading the team ? Yes, I do. Of course, another striker is needed. I still believe, introducing Lukaku, Piazon, Chalobah won´t hurt the team though. Perhaps others too. Let Jose work on it. This team must play these kids eventually. Otherwise, pretty soon, no one would come aboard to play for Chelsea. Do you think KDB is happy to leave ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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