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Offline martin o`who??

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Re: Are we in danger of having too many players?
« Reply #45 on: January 14, 2022, 01:55:30 PM »
Well it didnt/hasn't/won't do Chelski or the shit of Manchester any harm.
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Re: Are we in danger of having too many players?
« Reply #46 on: January 14, 2022, 01:55:43 PM »
Quote from: DrGonzo on January 14, 2022, 10:46:20 AM
What a question.  The top 4 clubs can field 2 quality first 11's.  We sometimes struggle to field one. 

But they also have long runs in league and FA cups and endless rounds of Chumps league games to give players game time. Ironically they then spend all their time moaning that they play too many games!
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Re: Are we in danger of having too many players?
« Reply #47 on: January 14, 2022, 03:12:00 PM »
Quote from: martin o`who?? on January 14, 2022, 01:55:30 PM
Well it didnt/hasn't/won't do Chelski or the shit of Manchester any harm.

I dunno.  Selling 21 year old Romelu Lukaku to Everton for £31m and then buying 28 year old Romelu Lukaku back for £100m+ wasn't the best bit of business Chelsea ever did.
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Re: Are we in danger of having too many players?
« Reply #48 on: January 14, 2022, 04:28:07 PM »
Quote from: Hookeysmith on January 14, 2022, 01:55:43 PM
Quote from: DrGonzo on January 14, 2022, 10:46:20 AM
What a question.  The top 4 clubs can field 2 quality first 11's.  We sometimes struggle to field one. 

But they also have long runs in league and FA cups and endless rounds of Chumps league games to give players game time. Ironically they then spend all their time moaning that they play too many games!

Because they have a large pool of talented players... Without the squad we won't be in Europe and the late stages of cups.
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Re: Are we in danger of having too many players?
« Reply #49 on: January 14, 2022, 06:08:44 PM »
Quote from: Ad@m on January 14, 2022, 03:12:00 PM
Quote from: martin o`who?? on January 14, 2022, 01:55:30 PM
Well it didnt/hasn't/won't do Chelski or the shit of Manchester any harm.

I dunno.  Selling 21 year old Romelu Lukaku to Everton for £31m and then buying 28 year old Romelu Lukaku back for £100m+ wasn't the best bit of business Chelsea ever did.
Exactly my point - they can afford to do it without even noticing the merest hiccup in their cash flow - reckon we could do likewise??.....
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Re: Are we in danger of having too many players?
« Reply #50 on: January 14, 2022, 06:26:26 PM »
Quote from: martin o`who?? on January 14, 2022, 06:08:44 PM
Quote from: Ad@m on January 14, 2022, 03:12:00 PM
Quote from: martin o`who?? on January 14, 2022, 01:55:30 PM
Well it didnt/hasn't/won't do Chelski or the shit of Manchester any harm.

I dunno.  Selling 21 year old Romelu Lukaku to Everton for £31m and then buying 28 year old Romelu Lukaku back for £100m+ wasn't the best bit of business Chelsea ever did.
Exactly my point - they can afford to do it without even noticing the merest hiccup in their cash flow - reckon we could do likewise??.....

They'll notice a £70m loss.

They may have more scope to absorb such a loss because of their regular place in the Champions League but they couldn't keep doing that.
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Re: Are we in danger of having too many players?
« Reply #51 on: January 14, 2022, 09:24:36 PM »
25 playing squad so No.
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