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Not sure I get the logic there.
Hoping the Charlton guy looking at the Tax Payers money going towards the stadium pushes the agenda further, the finances at the club don't seem right maybe with fuller details we can get some light shed on the matter.
Fans find or are handed this information, yes I know it can be over the top reaction but most are not going to go looking for the correct data, these two weapons don't help at all, the "4m net spend over two seasons" by Gale has now been trumped by that mega muppet Merson
got a decent fit striker, capable to do that on a regular basis.
Just because they played football doesn't necessarily mean they know what they are talking about. TV talking heads - ex pros - are often wrong about some of the very basic rules of the game and nearly always let their bias show.
I ain't no mug for buying a season ticket! What I am is a long term supporter who puts her hard earned were her mouth is.
I'll turn up and support my football club as I have done for the last 40 years regardless of what goes on during a transfer window, who the manager is and weather or not Diafra Sakho is a spoilt little child who needs a reality check.
WHTID ;scarf
Interesting article by Sean W on the finances which is probably more realistic
If the boss keeps saying I'm happy with what I've got then the board arent going to keep signing players are they?
He's got a real job on his hands now
What did grind my gears though was the four away games where no assistance was offered to fans in terms of travel. At the very least the club could have put on free coaches to the games that should have been played at home.
Whilst those fans will gain later when those games are played at home, it was the fact it was four on the trott.
Either way it's been a decent window without instilling a genuine sense of enthusiasm that we are about to make the leap into genuine top 8 contenders. I think on reflection we may have paid a little to much for Arto, but time will tell, I would likely have kept Fergouli as a squad player as we didn't add anyone late. If Sakho wanted to go I would have liked to get it sorted and bring in someone else to replace as he is likely to sulk or get injured and providing we had a replacement I would have happily let him go.
I feel that we will either put a few results together now and move up the table or Slav will come under quick pressure and may even find his new signings are of the character that will create a rather fractious dressing room, resulting in an environment in which he finds his job hard. He may also find a Mark Noble problem in that if he doesn't start will he back Slav in any power struggle? Mark will clearly have a supporters and could be central to the managers ability to manage, a little how people always imagined John Terry's role at Chelsea, he was so influential that the manager needed him which likely resulted in him playing a good season or two longer than his current form ever warranted.
That's where the problem lie's. To win, you need to score goals, and we havn't
got a decent fit striker, capable to do that on a regular basis.
Chicarito is more than decent and is fit and will score on a regular basis ;goal
Hart
Reid Collins Ogbonna
Byram Obiang Kouyate Cresswell
Lanzini Antonio
Hernandez
Adrian, Zabaleta, Rice, Noble, Arnautovic, Carroll, Martinez
That is a pretty solid match day squad. No excuses from anyone now. The bed is made.
And in that 18 you haven't even got Fonte, Masuaku, Fernades, Ayew or Sakho. And then you have youngsters like Samuelsen, Haksabanovic and Holland who are supposedly pushing for the first team.
Am I completely happy with the squad? No.
But we are pretty ok in most areas.