Agreed, we had 13 players to get in for around £130 million. That really is bargain basement squad building at PL level. Could we have spent better, yes. But could we have spent more, no.
Another of the reasons the likes of Maupay, Benrahma and Phiilips were players on Smith' radar, were also the wages factor. The owners seem to making sure that our wage bill doesn't spiral out of hand with rumours of a 45k per week ceiling, especially if we ended up relegated.
Quote from: Holte L2 on July 10, 2020, 09:39:39 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:31:47 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:24:31 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:13:22 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:06:57 AMJT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches I think you're right.Issue is. They both know it You heard out about who might be a replacement?The thing i keep coming back to is, who are we going to get in that would do any better?Whichever way you look at it those group of players aren't good enough at this level. And if thats Suso and Purslow's recruitment then they need to be held accountable. Smith's job title is head coach. Not Manager.Dyche has been suggested but I'd still doubt that he would be able to get any better out of the squad. Thats the same Dyche that relegated Burnley in their first season back in the Premiership.We all new this season would be a struggle based on the turnaround in numbers of the playing squad. I'd stick with Deano and get rid of Suso. Time we appoint a manager who's won major trophies recently and managed at top level (and isn't about 65 as Houllier was when we got him).Very difficult if you're in championship but other clubs have shown that if the project is good enough they'll come.Last time we went down we appointed someone who'd won the european cup four years previously although taking the job seemed to make him lose any common sense e.g. thinking we could storm the league playing 4-2-4.Still just because that didn't work dosen't mean similar appointments would be doomed to failure.
Quote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:31:47 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:24:31 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:13:22 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:06:57 AMJT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches I think you're right.Issue is. They both know it You heard out about who might be a replacement?The thing i keep coming back to is, who are we going to get in that would do any better?Whichever way you look at it those group of players aren't good enough at this level. And if thats Suso and Purslow's recruitment then they need to be held accountable. Smith's job title is head coach. Not Manager.Dyche has been suggested but I'd still doubt that he would be able to get any better out of the squad. Thats the same Dyche that relegated Burnley in their first season back in the Premiership.We all new this season would be a struggle based on the turnaround in numbers of the playing squad. I'd stick with Deano and get rid of Suso.
Quote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:24:31 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:13:22 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:06:57 AMJT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches I think you're right.Issue is. They both know it You heard out about who might be a replacement?
Quote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:13:22 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:06:57 AMJT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches I think you're right.Issue is. They both know it
Quote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:06:57 AMJT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches I think you're right.
JT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches
Quote from: SoccerHQ on July 10, 2020, 03:14:00 PMQuote from: Holte L2 on July 10, 2020, 09:39:39 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:31:47 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:24:31 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:13:22 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:06:57 AMJT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches I think you're right.Issue is. They both know it You heard out about who might be a replacement?The thing i keep coming back to is, who are we going to get in that would do any better?Whichever way you look at it those group of players aren't good enough at this level. And if thats Suso and Purslow's recruitment then they need to be held accountable. Smith's job title is head coach. Not Manager.Dyche has been suggested but I'd still doubt that he would be able to get any better out of the squad. Thats the same Dyche that relegated Burnley in their first season back in the Premiership.We all new this season would be a struggle based on the turnaround in numbers of the playing squad. I'd stick with Deano and get rid of Suso. Time we appoint a manager who's won major trophies recently and managed at top level (and isn't about 65 as Houllier was when we got him).Very difficult if you're in championship but other clubs have shown that if the project is good enough they'll come.Last time we went down we appointed someone who'd won the european cup four years previously although taking the job seemed to make him lose any common sense e.g. thinking we could storm the league playing 4-2-4.Still just because that didn't work dosen't mean similar appointments would be doomed to failure.Don’t know what you’re smoking mate but if you’re in the Sutton area can you drop some by? I don’t know if you’ve noticed at all but we’re not exactly an attractive proposition. We’re getting relegated and about to lose arguably our 3 best players as a result.
Quote from: The_ads on July 10, 2020, 05:09:40 PMQuote from: SoccerHQ on July 10, 2020, 03:14:00 PMQuote from: Holte L2 on July 10, 2020, 09:39:39 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:31:47 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:24:31 AMQuote from: Ads on July 10, 2020, 09:13:22 AMQuote from: VinnieChase84 on July 10, 2020, 09:06:57 AMJT and Smith will go after this - regardless of what happens next four matches I think you're right.Issue is. They both know it You heard out about who might be a replacement?The thing i keep coming back to is, who are we going to get in that would do any better?Whichever way you look at it those group of players aren't good enough at this level. And if thats Suso and Purslow's recruitment then they need to be held accountable. Smith's job title is head coach. Not Manager.Dyche has been suggested but I'd still doubt that he would be able to get any better out of the squad. Thats the same Dyche that relegated Burnley in their first season back in the Premiership.We all new this season would be a struggle based on the turnaround in numbers of the playing squad. I'd stick with Deano and get rid of Suso. Time we appoint a manager who's won major trophies recently and managed at top level (and isn't about 65 as Houllier was when we got him).Very difficult if you're in championship but other clubs have shown that if the project is good enough they'll come.Last time we went down we appointed someone who'd won the european cup four years previously although taking the job seemed to make him lose any common sense e.g. thinking we could storm the league playing 4-2-4.Still just because that didn't work dosen't mean similar appointments would be doomed to failure.Don’t know what you’re smoking mate but if you’re in the Sutton area can you drop some by? I don’t know if you’ve noticed at all but we’re not exactly an attractive proposition. We’re getting relegated and about to lose arguably our 3 best players as a result. Leeds got Bielsa Wolves Nuno WBA Bilic With Leeds going up I don't think there is any argument at all we will be biggest team in that league if we drop which will help us attract a decent manager IMO.
... On top of that at 2-0 the game was over unless we changed it and instead the same 11 came out and spent 25minutes going through the motions before he made changes that looked like they'd been decided before kick off. We should've had 2-3 up front and gone for it. Goal difference doesn't matter when you're 4 points from safety with 4 and a half games to go, we needed to score early in the 2nd half to change the game, and we didn't try.
This team would piss the championship with a decent manager we could obviously lose a couple out of the list but we would also have good money to replace them HEATONGILBERTENGELS MINGSTARGETNAKAMBAMCGINNLUIZEL GHAZIWESLEY SAMATAapologies to those who think I’m being to negative because we’re not down yet but I’m just trying to cheer myself up
Quote from: paul_e on July 10, 2020, 05:16:02 PM... On top of that at 2-0 the game was over unless we changed it and instead the same 11 came out and spent 25minutes going through the motions before he made changes that looked like they'd been decided before kick off. We should've had 2-3 up front and gone for it. Goal difference doesn't matter when you're 4 points from safety with 4 and a half games to go, we needed to score early in the 2nd half to change the game, and we didn't try. I think it's become abundantly clear of late that there's no correlation whatsoever between how many "forwards" we have on the pitch and the likelihood of us scoring.
Quote from: john e on July 10, 2020, 05:21:09 PMThis team would piss the championship with a decent manager we could obviously lose a couple out of the list but we would also have good money to replace them HEATONGILBERTENGELS MINGSTARGETNAKAMBAMCGINNLUIZEL GHAZIWESLEY SAMATAapologies to those who think I’m being to negative because we’re not down yet but I’m just trying to cheer myself upAt least 5 of those go.