Or "who knocked my glass over, because it's empty ". I don't see why so many are getting so upset, when the transfer window still has 6-7 weeks to run. I don't see the concern over bringing in young players to fill the academy, because if they are better than what we previously had, that's good. Isn't it? I don't see why the bringing in of a coach, who is good at developing young players, automatically means we are going to abandon all our years of progress, and take unnecessary risks by filling the team with kids. Why is so much faith being put in an article, in the Echo, when they regularly spin reports in order to maximise infighting amongst readers, creating more advertising income from repeat visits? I will do what I do every year. I will judge the board's transfer strategy on September 1st, when I can comment on truths and not "what ifs".
Rupert Lowe and Michael Wilde.? http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/3134773.Lowe_on_verge_of_Southampton_return/
Just 2 months ago i was standing in the kingsland ecstatic after a 4-1 demolition of palace and qualification for the Europa league. Koeman, mane, wanyama and pelle now out. Key personnel, yes but all gone nice and early to allow a re building processes. Annoying - yes but decent sums received. No-one knows how next season will go. Just because clubs like palace are splashing the cash does not mean they will finish above us. 2 of our biggest signings were disappointments. If the last few weeks have taught us something, then is about the team, not the individual players as shown by ourselves, Leicester, Iceland, Portugal and Wales. The club are in a healthy position. The team that steps out against Watford will get our full support whether it includes a marquee signing or an untried academy player. Just let things unfold and enjoy the summer.
Be careful making objective and insightful posts around here! You may be shot down for this. I agree, have thought for a long time that business comes quite a way in front of football. Mane will be very very difficult to replace and I hope the club are not so naive to think Redmond is a like for like replacement. Like you say I'm happy to be proven wrong but this feels like a big gamble.
The simple fact is that there will always be young players with potential out there for clubs like ourselves to sign. Once a player is established we let them move on and repeat. That is the club direction. Where it gets us is anyone's guess, but it hasn't done badly so far
But I don't get that. It's not an either/or situation. We've said that we wanted to re-focus on the academy, but how did that become a negative? Is there anyone who actually believes that improving your pipeline of talent is a bad thing? Barcelona pays a lot of attention to La Masia. They buy up the premium young talent from all over the world. No one is calling them cheap. I'm just against this whole idea that the club is supposed to have "a direction" which is just another way of rehashing the silly "show ambition" concept. The direction we need to go in is "get better." That's all. Sometimes that means investing in the future, and sometimes it means investing in the now. Sometimes it means we need to try and hang on to a player, and sometimes it means we need to sell. And sometimes, the choice is taken out of our hands.
Last season we lost arguably our three best players; players who were always going to be next to impossible to replace. This season we have lost three players who have served us well, but of the three only Mane, imo, is anything like irreplaceable. Oh yeah, & we have lost another manager, which is a bit frustrating. But he wasn't quite ib the class of the manager we lost 2 seasons back. We're in a better position this July than we have been for the last three years I reckon. I'd certainly rather be us than Everton.
Perhaps you should also warn people to be careful posting insightful posts too early What exactly is it you think is a big gamble? We don't know what the club are going to do, it's guess work. If you mean that selling players who want to leave and are near the end of a contract (and won't sign a new one), then that's what we've done for a while. All we've been saying is that it is too early to worry. And worry is what has been happening. Nobody knows if Redmond is a replacement for Sadio. We won't know until later in the window. If this news yesterday that we look to be signing this Bayern Munich player doesn't encourage people to hold fire on their concerns, then more fool them I'm afraid.
Enough said. I just don't understand when fans focus in on the one point and that becomes set in stone. Of course we can do both. Good point well made.
All of this post is true. The only surprising thing is that some fans seem to forget this over the course of a good season. It's not as if it's a new thing.
Stood up and banged your head on a cupboard door? Trod barefoot on a toy? Realised you will have to miss Watford at home?
