Kepa Arrizabalaga

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

13 hours ago, Vesper said:

If you cannot glean who is scouting, who is choosing targets, who negotiates, and who balances the books, from not just all that but also years of windows, I dont know what to tell you. There is not some secret cabal. Those listed, insofar as their listed duties and roles overlap into the signings arena, are to blame. I laid out the entire hierarchy of the club. Add Roman into the mix too, obviously.

Well, I can't do that.

What you might tell me as a result of that admission is up to you. What I'd like you to tell me is that I'm a logical person who is not prone to believing whatever the hell I want to believe based on nothing but a pile of unsubstantiated guesses.

[Vesper 28,772]

1 minute ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Well, I can't do that.

What you might tell me as a result of that admission is up to you, What I'd like you to tell me is that I'm a logical person who is not prone to believing whatever the hell I want to believe on nothing but a pile of unsupportable assumptions.

There is no admission from my end. I listed all responsible. Why you are being so obtuse is beyond me. I am not going to pat you on the back for your wilfulness.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

There is no admission from my end. I listed all responsible. Why you are being so obtuse is beyond me. I am not going to pat you on the back for your wilfulness.

To be clear the admission I spoke of was my own.

Let me take a different tack. Tell me clearly, do you think Marina chooses transfer targets?

[Vesper 28,772]

19 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

To be clear the admission I spoke of was my own.

Let me take a different tack. Tell me clearly, do you think Marina chooses transfer targets?

Yes, I think she gets info from the scouting department (Scott McLachlan, who has slashed our number of scouts), some input from the manager, and along with David Barnard (contracts, etc) and Eugene Tenenbaum (the money man) they then decide who to go for and those two also keep her on a leash in terms of the money spent. I also think that Roman dives in whenever he is frustrated from any angle, of feels Marina is not closing the deal. There needs to be a football savvy technical director put in to place to really take over a lot of the targeting. It is a mess atm, IMHO. The Serie A teams have just bollocksed us for 3 straight windows now. Emenalo was to blame for some of that as well, and I am sure he was the main driver behind selling KDB and Salah and Lukaku (along with Mourinho), with no buy back clauses (that pressure came from the money side, as the buying clubs surely wanted even lower prices if there was a buyback clause inserted).

I compare our transfer actions to the other top clubs, and we seem to always be in the weeds, especially if we are talking Barca, AM, RM, Bayern (the gold standard in tightly-run ships), Juve, etc.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

Yes, I think she gets info from the scouting department (Scott McLachlan, who has slashed our number of scouts), some input from the manager, and along with David Barnard (contracts, etc) and Eugene Tenenbaum (the money man) they then decide who to go for and those two also keep her on a leash in terms of the money spent. I also think that Roman dives in whenever he is frustrated from any angle, of feels Marina is not closing the deal. There needs to be a football savvy technical director put in to place to really take over a lot of the targeting. It is a mess atm, IMHO. The Serie A teams have just bollocksed us for 3 straight windows now. Emenalo was to blame for some of that as well, and I am sure he was the main driver behind selling KDB and Salah and Lukaku (along with Mourinho), with no buy back clauses (that pressure came from the money side, as the buying clubs surely wanted even lower prices if there was a buyback clause inserted).

I compare our transfer actions to the other top clubs, and we seem to always be in the weeds, especially if we are talking Barca, AM, RM, Bayern (the gold standard in tightly-run ships), Juve, etc.

Sticking to the selection of transfer targets. Why do you think it is Graniskova and Tenenbaum who jointly select the targets and what evidence do you have for that belief?

[Vesper 28,772]

7 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Sticking to the selection of transfer targets. Why do you think it is Graniskova and Tenement who jointly select the targets and what evidence do you have for that belief?

I never said they jointly selected, Tenenbaum is the money man, so I am sure he has some imput (ie, forget Mbappe, lolol) but he would be much more of a 'No, this wont work' type than a OMG, we need to Leon Bailey! type.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

3 hours ago, Vesper said:

Yes, I think she gets info from the scouting department (Scott McLachlan, who has slashed our number of scouts), some input from the manager, and along with David Barnard (contracts, etc) and Eugene Tenenbaum (the money man) they then decide who to go for

 

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

I never said they jointly selected, Tenenbaum is the money man, so I am sure he has some imput (ie, forget Mbappe, lolol) but he would be much more of a 'No, this wont work' type than a OMG, we need to Leon Bailey! type.

You must be trolling.

[Vesper 28,772]

6 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

 

You must be trolling.

Truly wtf. I have better things to do with my life than troll anonymous chat boards. You are simply not making sense this whole time. I am done with this subject with you. 

Cheers

[calculatingInfinity 1,443]

Another not so great goal conceded by him today. Had his hands on it again, but somehow his wrists just seems too weak again to keep it out half the time.

 

 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

3 minutes ago, calculatingInfinity said:

Another not so great goal conceded by him today. Had his hands on it again, but somehow his wrists just seems too weak again to keep it out half the time.

 

 

 

yup that looked suspicious again. I hope he settles his nerves at some point...but when you look at how Alisson handled himself yesterday you start thinking what this price tag does to a head

[ulvhedin 507]

5 minutes ago, calculatingInfinity said:

Another not so great goal conceded by him today. Had his hands on it again, but somehow his wrists just seems too weak again to keep it out half the time.

 

 

 

Had also very Caballer-esque pass in first half, luckliy for him opponent didn't catch the ball, but the decision to play pass like that was very stupid

[Alabama 1,992]

Lol...

Loads of criticism against this young lad...give him a break...what was Luiz doing all day long ball watching...

[Special Juan 27,424]

Cannot be blamed for anything at all, anyone says differently they need their head examining,. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Cannot be blamed for anything at all, anyone says differently they need their head examining,. 

Maybe for Miki's goal...

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[Magic Lamps 11,653]

5 minutes ago, eemanyooel said:

Lol...

Loads of criticism against this young lad...give him a break...what was Luiz doing all day long ball watching...

Let's not engage in whataboutism here... Luiz was shit and committed a crucial mistake as did Kepa. Both were in the same situation but still we should mend them individually

[Flavio 2]

Not to be blamed for the Joselu header, but I feel like De Gea would've saved that

[Alabama 1,992]

5 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Let's not engage in whataboutism here... Luiz was shit and committed a crucial mistake as did Kepa. Both were in the same situation but still we should mend them individually

He needs to improve significantly no doubt about that but I don't have any fuss about him considering all the goals he has conceded thus far especially considering the fact we have a ticking time bomb in Luiz...

[DDA 9,690]

3 minutes ago, Flavio said:

Not to be blamed for the Joselu header, but I feel like De Gea would've saved that

That was my immediate thought but De Gea is the best in the World. Kepa is nowhere near but he can't be blamed for that today. It was a great header.