comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 3 hours, 22 minutes ago
Italian league has been rubbish for about 10 years and more now tbh. Juve have come up from their deserved relegation and dominated ever since. Nobody threatened them, nobody challenged them during that period. And now they can't challenge anyone of importance. They're excellent in the free transfer market, that's all they have going for them
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Juventus got promoted back in 07-08. Until 11-2012 Milan and Inter were winning the titles
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Okay Kunta
I said about 10 years. Juve have won it 8 years in a row. Rather than argue over the meaning of "about" why not argue with my opinion that Serie A is a really poor league and has been for a long time
The Scottish Premiership is a stronger league than Serie A. Napoli did destroy Liverpool though so Serie A is certainly ahead of the Prem.
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 3 hours, 22 minutes ago
Italian league has been rubbish for about 10 years and more now tbh. Juve have come up from their deserved relegation and dominated ever since. Nobody threatened them, nobody challenged them during that period. And now they can't challenge anyone of importance. They're excellent in the free transfer market, that's all they have going for them
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Juventus got promoted back in 07-08. Until 11-2012 Milan and Inter were winning the titles
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Okay Kunta
I said about 10 years. Juve have won it 8 years in a row. Rather than argue over the meaning of "about" why not argue with my opinion that Serie A is a really poor league and has been for a long time
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Not an argument, just correcting your statements which just wasn’t true. You said they’d dominated since they got promoted.
Even as for nobody challenging them, Napoli (twice) and Roma over the last 8 seasons both had 90 point + seasons and pushed Juve to the last games of the season. It is extremely rare for a club to get 90 points in a 20 team league and not finish first.
Prem fanboys are the worst.
Kunta Kante
As much as that may historically be the case, one look at the points amassed by the champions in our own league over the last few years will tell you that the gap between the haves and have nots has never been greater.
Regardless of that, Serie A is still rubbish. When was the last time a team from that league even threatened to win the Europa League? Hell, even we won it! English teams win it and shrug their shoulders as it's a sign of failing to be in the CL to begin with
Serie A must just be so tough week in week out that they are not able to concentrate on the Europa League. Unlike their Prem counterparts who play in an easy league during at the weekends
You make a fair point FR!
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
Rashford and Martial have really stepped up though and have shown that they are more than capable of producing a moment of magic from the penalty spot.
I agree Rosso. And ole has said on more than one occasion that we're a striker down on where we expected to be. Regardless of how many or few names were on that list, we didn't get any of them.
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
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All down to Ed being incapable of getting deals done. He took way to long over AWB and Maguire.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by rosso is facking happy(U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
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All down to Ed being incapable of getting deals done. He took way to long over AWB and Maguire.
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I would like to skin him with cheesewire.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 36 minutes ago
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
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All down to Ed being incapable of getting deals done. He took way to long over AWB and Maguire.
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I have heard this mooted repeatedly and haven't ever had any confirmation. But Ed apparently works on one transfer at a time and one transfer only. And that is the only transfer we are even attempting to complete throughout Ed's protracted negotiations.
Like I said, I've never heard any confirmation on this, but if it was true, it would be absolutely bats hit crazy
Not to defend Ed (his millions can do that) but inter and juve were annoying with their transfer behaviour, leaving it to the last minute. If he didn't leave and we added another striker it would have been the complete opposite of Oles intentions this year.
I kind of think it was a blessing in disguise. Every young player who needed the constant stream of games and by the end of this season, Martial and rashford will benefit so much from these games. James and Greenwood would be behind in their growth with us. League positions will definitely improve eventually but it does not matter to me at the moment. Real team development is what's important to me. A style, complementary players without overpaid passionless players. The rest will come.
Redast, I think our issues aren't helped by being the only league to close the window early. A stupid decision, considering the others aren't closed.
We do need better players and quality, even when youngsters have been taken into account. We lack them up front and in MF. We don't even have enough backup options and end up with round pegs in a square hole. We are in a rebuild but we need better people making the signings as we're too slow or do not put things into place so we can make one thing happen after another.
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posted on 17/11/19
comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 3 hours, 22 minutes ago
Italian league has been rubbish for about 10 years and more now tbh. Juve have come up from their deserved relegation and dominated ever since. Nobody threatened them, nobody challenged them during that period. And now they can't challenge anyone of importance. They're excellent in the free transfer market, that's all they have going for them
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Juventus got promoted back in 07-08. Until 11-2012 Milan and Inter were winning the titles
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Okay Kunta
I said about 10 years. Juve have won it 8 years in a row. Rather than argue over the meaning of "about" why not argue with my opinion that Serie A is a really poor league and has been for a long time
posted on 17/11/19
The Scottish Premiership is a stronger league than Serie A. Napoli did destroy Liverpool though so Serie A is certainly ahead of the Prem.
posted on 17/11/19
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 3 hours, 22 minutes ago
Italian league has been rubbish for about 10 years and more now tbh. Juve have come up from their deserved relegation and dominated ever since. Nobody threatened them, nobody challenged them during that period. And now they can't challenge anyone of importance. They're excellent in the free transfer market, that's all they have going for them
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Juventus got promoted back in 07-08. Until 11-2012 Milan and Inter were winning the titles
Reply | Add Comment | Complain | Share
Okay Kunta
I said about 10 years. Juve have won it 8 years in a row. Rather than argue over the meaning of "about" why not argue with my opinion that Serie A is a really poor league and has been for a long time
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Not an argument, just correcting your statements which just wasn’t true. You said they’d dominated since they got promoted.
Even as for nobody challenging them, Napoli (twice) and Roma over the last 8 seasons both had 90 point + seasons and pushed Juve to the last games of the season. It is extremely rare for a club to get 90 points in a 20 team league and not finish first.
posted on 17/11/19
Prem fanboys are the worst.
posted on 17/11/19
Kunta Kante
As much as that may historically be the case, one look at the points amassed by the champions in our own league over the last few years will tell you that the gap between the haves and have nots has never been greater.
Regardless of that, Serie A is still rubbish. When was the last time a team from that league even threatened to win the Europa League? Hell, even we won it! English teams win it and shrug their shoulders as it's a sign of failing to be in the CL to begin with
posted on 17/11/19
Serie A must just be so tough week in week out that they are not able to concentrate on the Europa League. Unlike their Prem counterparts who play in an easy league during at the weekends
posted on 17/11/19
You make a fair point FR!
posted on 17/11/19
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
posted on 17/11/19
Rashford and Martial have really stepped up though and have shown that they are more than capable of producing a moment of magic from the penalty spot.
posted on 17/11/19
I agree Rosso. And ole has said on more than one occasion that we're a striker down on where we expected to be. Regardless of how many or few names were on that list, we didn't get any of them.
posted on 17/11/19
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
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All down to Ed being incapable of getting deals done. He took way to long over AWB and Maguire.
posted on 17/11/19
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by rosso is facking happy(U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
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All down to Ed being incapable of getting deals done. He took way to long over AWB and Maguire.
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I would like to skin him with cheesewire.
posted on 17/11/19
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 36 minutes ago
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
If the ownership knew he wanted to leave as early as March, and the manager told them that he was happy that we let Lukaku go, it’s an absolute disgrace that they didn’t bring a striker in this summer.
A complete and utter disgrace.
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All down to Ed being incapable of getting deals done. He took way to long over AWB and Maguire.
Reply | Add Comment | Complain | Share
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I have heard this mooted repeatedly and haven't ever had any confirmation. But Ed apparently works on one transfer at a time and one transfer only. And that is the only transfer we are even attempting to complete throughout Ed's protracted negotiations.
Like I said, I've never heard any confirmation on this, but if it was true, it would be absolutely bats hit crazy
posted on 18/11/19
Not to defend Ed (his millions can do that) but inter and juve were annoying with their transfer behaviour, leaving it to the last minute. If he didn't leave and we added another striker it would have been the complete opposite of Oles intentions this year.
I kind of think it was a blessing in disguise. Every young player who needed the constant stream of games and by the end of this season, Martial and rashford will benefit so much from these games. James and Greenwood would be behind in their growth with us. League positions will definitely improve eventually but it does not matter to me at the moment. Real team development is what's important to me. A style, complementary players without overpaid passionless players. The rest will come.
posted on 18/11/19
Redast, I think our issues aren't helped by being the only league to close the window early. A stupid decision, considering the others aren't closed.
We do need better players and quality, even when youngsters have been taken into account. We lack them up front and in MF. We don't even have enough backup options and end up with round pegs in a square hole. We are in a rebuild but we need better people making the signings as we're too slow or do not put things into place so we can make one thing happen after another.
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