At no point five years ago were any Saudi top flight teams of a worse quality than Farsley, Marine or Chorley.
You said National League North as if the Saudi top flight is some part time crap stack. It's been fully professional since 2007 and their national team draws from players exclusively from that league. That team they had at the World Cup in Qatar beat Argentina 2-1 and although they finished bottom of their group, they did pretty well all things considered in a group that also had Poland and Mexico in it. It's not just you, but there's this weird assumption that any league that doesn't feature in football games or get mentioned on Sky Sports is somehow Sunday League standard and I've never understood why that is. Do people think the top flight in Egypt or Indonesia is like watching Beverley Town's standard?
I wasnt being literal but thanks for the info Top flight of indonesia must be better than the championship though, 1 beats 2
God help us, but hey, things cannot be that bad, if you can have free travel to Millwall for a 12.30 ko, or a Tuesday night game at Cardiff which makes things ok, doesn't it?
I theorised in the summer that like archer, Philogene had to sign a pre contract with villa which meant if they matched our bid he was forced to go there.
I usually push back on Kalman's negative slant on transfers but I just can't get on board this one. We've been saying for weeks we need players who can hit the ground running as we don't have time for players to get up to fitness, but then we go and sign a 37 year old winger who hasn't played for 2 months. It reeks of desperation. I'd rather us sign a Harvey Knibbs or someone like that from League One if we're going for a cheap punt.
For a club that's seemingly been desperate to trim the squad so we have free spots for transfers and giving Selles a tight, small squad, it's weird too. Hope he does well and proves me wrong but just don't see it.
I pretty much agree with what Syd said, although I would replace desperation with reactionary. At the same time, though, you're right, it's weird, so weird that I have to believe Selles sees a good reason for it.
The Amrabat signing is a bit odd. Given we are trying to trim the squad size and also struggling for capacity with squad allocations. I’d rather just keep Longman until the end of the season if I’m honest.
