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That's the attitude that has allowed your club to fall behind 4 clubs who 10-15 years ago you'd laugh at.

Heck even 2-3 years ago you'd be laughing at two of them.

Chelsea and Plop have spent that on a goalkeeper this summer. £60m isn't a lot to be spending on players now if you want to compete for the league.

spending 100 million per year haven't helped your club past our level other than running like the sun to capture silver once.

Maybe Mourinho and the 2-3 other managers should have spent their money more wisely?

As an outsider it seems more of a case of Mourinho failed rather than "we didn't have enough money spent on transfers during his reign". Correct me if I'm wrong.
Quarter of a billion net spent in three years is not bad at all.

08-19-2018 , 03:11 PM

#2577

BOIDS

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theory: ev1 in football is motivated a combo of having joy for the game and wanting to prove the critics wrong

mourinho is like 1% joy 99% proving people wrong
ronaldinho is 99%/1% the other way

likability can be directly measured on this metric

08-19-2018 , 03:12 PM

#2578

sixfour

should be called sevenfour

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 74,774

TJ, the correct way to pick a team is to RNG amongst the 92

08-19-2018 , 03:13 PM

#2579

MindFckr

Classic Arsenal GHW

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kingweed

Seems like you guys are taking the fast track to us. Welcome.

Also pretty sure most clubs take that approach when they expose themselves financially... New stadium. See spuds this year. What does United have to pay apart from Mou when they fire him?

08-19-2018 , 03:54 PM

#2580

Cinarocket

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ok, giving this man city documentary a go. Amazon prime goat btw

First feedback, 3 minutes in is that Pep could be a professional clown if he wanted to

08-19-2018 , 04:03 PM

#2581

ChopSueyyy

formerly IRunWorse

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 18,615

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cinarocket

First feedback, 3 minutes in is that Pep could be a professional clown if he wanted to

mou is a professional clown eventhough he doesnt want to be one

08-19-2018 , 04:15 PM

#2582

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

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Only available manager is Conte.

Dont think he would like the equaliser any more than Mou.

08-19-2018 , 04:24 PM

#2583

Consty

resident wizard

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Lol.

08-19-2018 , 04:26 PM

#2584

BOIDS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1

Only available manager is Conte.

Spoiler:

08-19-2018 , 04:30 PM

#2585

Elrazor

losing momentum

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 13,809

Quote:

Originally Posted by DuckSauce

without a healthy kane they will struggle a bit.

I think it would only be a bit. We actually looked really good in the few games we played without Kane in the second half of last season - Dele, Son, Moura and Lamela make a very fluid attacking band, and there is no way Llorente sees meaningful minutes even if Kane does go down.

We haven't looked very good in our opening games, but we've ground out 6 points. We will only get better once our WC players have reached full fitness.

08-19-2018 , 04:33 PM

#2586

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Consty

Lol.

It is funny, but at the same time I would like to see managers call out sports journos more often for using horrible lazy cliches.

08-19-2018 , 04:41 PM

#2587

BOIDS

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theres a rumour going round that spuds new stadium looks like a toilet seat

discuss

08-19-2018 , 04:42 PM

#2588

MindFckr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BOIDS

theres a rumour going round that spuds new stadium looks like a toilet seat

discuss

A more than fitting home for the Spurs

08-19-2018 , 04:48 PM

#2589

Consty

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08-19-2018 , 04:50 PM

#2590

DuckSauce

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Uhh spurs performances towards the end of the year after kane injury took a massive nose dive.

1.78 NPxG/game .77 NPxA/game with kane first 30 games.

1.3 NPxG/game 1.26 NPxA/game last 8 games post kane injury.

Kane also did not look great at the world cup. His shot volume has plummeted since the injury from > 6 p90 to ~3ish p90.

Will double check the numbers later as I'm on my phone ATM.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elrazor

08-19-2018 , 04:55 PM

#2591

daca

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mw828

I think we are basically a CM and a backup striker from being about as good as we can be within our means. Winks is going to have to make a leap this year to be a very solid option, and Kane can't go down for big games because Sonny is our next best option. It's a real shame because we probably could have got someone for only 15m that would have given us a rotation option in the CM.

i basically think spurs should be at the atletico madrid level and there's enough there already that they could be if they just spent some of the pl £££. a top class cm and forward/winger should be possible. maybe 130-140m + wages.

it wouldn't be at the risk of doing a leeds or whatever some people here think. it would just mean some of the profit sacrificed for really going for it with this generation

08-19-2018 , 05:03 PM

#2592

72off

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aoFrantic

Most MLS teams are about the level of the bottom of the championship (division below the pl)

nah, pretty much every MLS team is better than Bumley, so...

08-19-2018 , 05:03 PM

#2593

ZAIDS

it’s coming home again

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Confident for top 4; at the same time watching arse cut through us quite easily at times had an AVB-vibe to it (iirc arse beat us 5-3 that year too; could’ve gone that way).

08-19-2018 , 05:06 PM

#2594

Elrazor

losing momentum

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DuckSauce

Uhh spurs performances towards the end of the year after kane injury took a massive nose dive.

Yeah, we're arguing similar things then. My eye test says we looked pretty good in Kane's absence, and when he came back too soon we didn't look nearly as fluid.

Anyway, we're going to score goals with or without Kane, and even if Toby phones it in this season we still probably have 3 of the top 10 CBs ITL*, so we'll be fine.

Last edited by Elrazor; 08-19-2018 at 05:08 PM. Reason: *probably top 5

08-19-2018 , 05:11 PM

#2595

PeteBlow

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DuckSauce

1.9 points/game with Kane first 30 games with 1.97 goals/game

2.0 points/game last 8 games post Kane injury with 1.88 goals/game

08-19-2018 , 05:18 PM

#2596

MindFckr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PeteBlow

1.9 points/game with Kane first 30 games with 1.97 goals/game

2.0 points/game last 8 games post Kane injury with 1.88 goals/game

So basically they are better off without Kane! Don't let them find out tho

#tabledontlie

Quote:

Originally Posted by 72off

nah, pretty much every MLS team is better than Bumley, so...

you are talking about the 7th best team in England

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZAIDS

Confident for top 4; at the same time watching arse cut through us quite easily at times had an AVB-vibe to it (iirc arse beat us 5-3 that year too; could’ve gone that way).

Could have gone either way. Way to early to tell which team will **** the bed tho. Today's ManU game should be very encouraging for us top4 seekers though

08-19-2018 , 06:27 PM

#2597

DuckSauce

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I feel real good about mun not getting top 4, I think che ars and spuds are reasonably close with ars prob in it's current state being the weakest of the bunch. I think arsenal and Chelsea have the highest ceiling for improvement where as spurs at full strength is a known quantity (and would favor them over current strength Chelsea and arsenal if spurs were full strength.)

08-19-2018 , 06:28 PM

#2598

mw828

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DuckSauce

Educate me on why you are citing xA stats at the team level. How does it matter if it a chance was assisted/unassisted?

08-19-2018 , 07:01 PM

#2599

aoFrantic

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Iwobi definitely put on a bunch of muscle during the off season. He's the type of player who could improve a lot with a more structured manager.

Really loving Guendouzi. Torreirra might end up being better, but these are the two best CM we've bought in over 5 years.