I fundamentally don't trust Jose's judgement in the market on the records of his transfers so far. Particularly in this area.Tweet
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If he wanted to buy two center backs why did he extend that useless hack Rojo?Tweet
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Whos to say thats what happened? Maybe they werent interested, or their clubs didnt make them availableEither of those would have been very good purchases. Shame we decided they weren't value
But if Woodward could delay it for a year, it allows him to save money, for that financial year.Koulibaly. He'll cost 80-100m though. The point that those who agreed with Ed refusing to pay a lot for a defender is that sooner or later we'll be forced to.
Get off your high horse. He had every right not to approve any more CB signings, when Jose bought two who are fecking shiteBut if Woodward could delay it for a year, it allows him to save money, for that financial year.
Remember, think of this as a business, trying to save money by not spending. The longer you can go without spending (or spending little), the better your financials will look.
Availability and cost are the same in football within reason. I think it's unlikely both would have said no to us but maybe that's biased.Whos to say thats what happened? Maybe they werent interested, or their clubs didnt make them available
Very. And a bit disrespectful to their current clubs too. If they sold them to us who on earth are they going to replace them with? So of course its easier to keep them.Availability and cost are the same in football within reason. I think it's unlikely both would have said no to us but maybe that's biased.
That was most likely to be Woody's decision, so he can 'protect' his transfer fee.If he wanted to buy two center backs why did he extend that useless hack Rojo?
That was Woodward to get something from his transfer. He was heavily liked with Everton for 25m before they checked it on Yerry Mina.If he wanted to buy two center backs why did he extend that useless hack Rojo?
He'll be forced to approve it next summer, whether he wants to spend or not, and I expect those who were saying we shouldn't spend 70m on a non Varane defendee will be contradicting themselves when the next manager asks for a defender who will be even more expensive. It'll be fun.Get off your high horse. He had every right not to approve any more CB signings, when Jose bought two who are fecking shite
If that's the situation he should have immediately appointed a DoF who would have just agreed that both of these targets are of the required standard.Get off your high horse. He had every right not to approve any more CB signings, when Jose bought two who are fecking shite
This. Obviously the likes of Varane, Umititi and Laporte would be favored over those two, but theyre unrealistic and play regularly in better clubs so. But I'd definetly get rid of Jones and Rojo. Maybe keep Smalling as backup.Koulibaly and Alderwereld. Bring back Tuanzebe and Fosu Mensah. Sell the current lot apart from Baily.
Plenty of clubs try to sign their players to new contracts to make sure they dont leave for peanuts.That was most likely to be Woody's decision, so he can 'protect' his transfer fee.
As has been said numerous times, our poor transfer records and ongoing issues go much deeper than Mourinho.
Whats funny about that is that Smalling is statistically the 10th best CB at the top clubs this seaso. Even though we have troubles defensively, are playing the worst of those teams, are the worst to watch and are sat lowest in the league.This. Obviously the likes of Varane, Umititi and Laporte would be favored over those two, but theyre unrealistic and play regularly in better clubs so. But I'd definetly get rid of Jones and Rojo. Maybe keep Smalling as backup.
Absolutely fair points yourself. Bailly has more time on his side, but also a lot more to prove.You got some good points @Ekeke, I just dont feel like hes a topclass CB tbh. And when it comes to Bailly, hes much young than Smalling and got a huge potential. Remember hes been benched many matches in a row. I wouldnt keep Jones as back up, hes just too injuryprone. Lindelof is still young, but really not sure if he got what it takes. But yea I'd keep him over Rojo and Jones thats for sure.
I'm fairly confident that we received reasonable offers for Rojo last summer, but because we sold Blind and didn't manage to bring in a new CB so we decided to keep Rojo for now.Plenty of clubs try to sign their players to new contracts to make sure they dont leave for peanuts.
But footballers have ups and downs. Unfortunately for us Rojo was completely useless last season so few people would suggest he'd improve their team. If he had played okay he would have had enough interest for us to get a decent offer for him. He didnt. Who's fault is that?
Mourinho? Because he did trust him. He trusted him to get more out of all that money we've spent already. Else he'd have been gone in the summer.I'm fairly confident that we received reasonable offers for Rojo last summer, but because we sold Blind and didn't manage to bring in a new CB so we decided to keep Rojo for now.
It's easy to blame Jose for the mess, but what's the point giving him a new contract early in the year if Woody don't trust him?
So you don't agree Woody should take responsibility in the mess we're in now since SAF had resigned?Mourinho? Because he did trust him. He trusted him to get more out of all that money we've spent already. Else he'd have been gone in the summer.
I think he's been part of the problem, which I thought was the case back when he fluffed things in Moyes first summer with us paying so much for Fellaini when he had a cheaper buyout earlier in the summer and Moyes specifically saying he didnt want Fellaini to be the big name signing, but they failed with the other players so thats what ended up happening.So you don't agree Woody should take responsibility in the mess we're in now since SAF had resigned?
Like I have said, these on-going issues isn't just purely down to Mourinho, its much deeper than that but people would just happily and easily point fingers at Jose and think once we get a new manager in we will be back in winning ways.
Akanji actually has improved so much from last year, I watched him a couple time last year but he seemed shaky and nervous, this season he's been pretty great and much more composedAs for potential new CBs we might look at, I liked the look of Manuel Akanji from what I saw of him for Dortmund this week. Looks like he can get into the thick of the action and also handle having plenty of the ball at his feet.
One to keep an eye on and see how he does over the entire season. He also played against us for Basel last season helping them to finish 2nd in our CL group.
He signed for Dortmund in Jan for 21.5 million euros