We need to at least enquire. The big clubs can't have a Monopoly on every decent prospect.superpull wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:15 pm If we've spent any time on this (and I appreciate that is a big if), then it is very specifically the problem I had with Moyes for years (and why my levels of flap have increased this summer).
It was never, ever going to come off. At best it was agent stuff to drive out better suitors.
That time could have been better spent persuading a more realistic target that he was our number one pick.
What has happened in the last, is those more realistic targets have been chased early and hard by other clubs, so we miss out on the very best, then we miss out on our best options, then we Scrabble around for whatevers left at the end of the window.
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Chelsea: Hold my beerMayorFarnham wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 2:10 pm We need to at least enquire. The big clubs can't have a Monopoly on every decent prospect.
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We think this might happen then??
Will make a load of people eat some humble pie if we do
Will make a load of people eat some humble pie if we do
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No, Ekrem doesn't have a clue.Dchans wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:11 pm We think this might happen then??
Will make a load of people eat some humble pie if we do
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Why pie?Dchans wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:11 pm We think this might happen then??
Will make a load of people eat some humble pie if we do
Concern at a lack of players, doth a pie not maketh.
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Because the drop off when anything goes even slightly against us is massive and totally out of proportion
People need to calm the fuck down 95% of the time and trust that the people actually paid to do their jobs know what they are doing
People need to calm the fuck down 95% of the time and trust that the people actually paid to do their jobs know what they are doing
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In what world do people in high positions really know what they are doing??Dchans wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:28 pm Because the drop off when anything goes even slightly against us is massive and totally out of proportion
People need to calm the fuck down 95% of the time and trust that the people actually paid to do their jobs know what they are doing
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Had this when people questioned Moshiri though didn’t we?Dchans wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:28 pm Because the drop off when anything goes even slightly against us is massive and totally out of proportion
People need to calm the fuck down 95% of the time and trust that the people actually paid to do their jobs know what they are doing
“I’m sure the billionaire accountant knows what he’s doing” was a common phrase.
It is possible that in a competitive field such as the premier league the people we have employed to sign identity and sign players maybe aren’t as good as the other experts employed across the league.
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Pretty much every major company perhaps? Hence why they are in those positions, and we ain’t
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Perhaps but they are infinitely better at those jobs then we areTheRam wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:34 pm Had this when people questioned Moshiri though didn’t we?
“I’m sure the billionaire accountant knows what he’s doing” was a common phrase.
It is possible that in a competitive field such as the premier league the people we have employed to sign identity and sign players maybe aren’t as good as the other experts employed across the league.
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Its just bullshit though!Dchans wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 3:34 pm Pretty much every major company perhaps? Hence why they are in those positions, and we ain’t
You see it all over the world. People high in power positions have no clue most of the time or are corrupt as fuck.
Anyway, it just doesn't mean they know and it will all be fine.
Things aren't currently going well.....there's no denying that.