Smores
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There's only really three approaches to building a squad.
You buy peak players and hope for short term success. They block youngsters game time and then you have to replace them all at once.
You buy young players and let them peak together. When they peak they block game time for next lot of youngsters and you have to replace them all at once when they age. Back to square one.
Or rather than listening to ideological fans you do the thing most sensible top clubs actually do and you build up a mixture. Where you have gaps from ageing players you fill it with talented youth.
That has to be per area of the pitch too so you don't end up with your entire defence going at once. We've got Maguire, Lindelof, Bailly all within 12 months and two young CBs who'll soon leave if they're excluded. It's far from ideal.
You buy peak players and hope for short term success. They block youngsters game time and then you have to replace them all at once.
You buy young players and let them peak together. When they peak they block game time for next lot of youngsters and you have to replace them all at once when they age. Back to square one.
Or rather than listening to ideological fans you do the thing most sensible top clubs actually do and you build up a mixture. Where you have gaps from ageing players you fill it with talented youth.
That has to be per area of the pitch too so you don't end up with your entire defence going at once. We've got Maguire, Lindelof, Bailly all within 12 months and two young CBs who'll soon leave if they're excluded. It's far from ideal.