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who has strengthened and who aint?

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by poolie_mackem, Sep 1, 2012.

  1. poolie_mackem

    poolie_mackem Well-Known Member

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    What you rekon lads?

    Arsenal - far weaker than last season, cannot believe they let Song and RVP go and never brought anyone else in

    Villa - if they finish above 15th it will be a good season for them IMO, scary how poor they are compared to 3-4season's ago

    Chelsea - far stronger, gutted they never got Hulk or Falcao mind

    Everton - stronger, great business by Moyes once again

    Fulham - stronger and only spent around 7m, great work by Jol

    Liverpool - slightly stronger but cannot see them making a huge impact, like Villa whats happened to them over the last 3-4years

    City - stronger but thought they would of brought in better players, see Mancini not happy he couldn't get his first choice target of RVP, De Rossi and Martinez in

    Utd - stronger

    Newcastle - slightly stronger, kept there main players, mag fans I know think they should of got Douglas and Debouchy signed up early in the summer and they would of improved them loads

    Norwich - think Lambert was a huge part of there success, think they are going to struggle

    QPR - far stronger, will they gel though and will there be a team spirit there

    Reading - stronger

    Southampton - stronger

    Stoke - slightly improved with the signings of Kightly and Adam, no great shakes though

    Sunderland - stronger

    Swansea - stronger

    Spurs - even though they have brought in 3 or 4 quality players they have not replaced Modric who is top class, Pav went last Jan and they still aint got a 3rd choice striker, King retired and VDV has gone along with "Arry" I think there weaker if anything. All the talk of Willian, Remy, Moutinho and M'Villa and they signed none of them, Dempsey and esp. Dembele are good players but the 4 they were linked with are next level IMO

    WBA - dunno

    West Ham - stronger

    Wigan - Kone looks decent but Moses and Diame going are huge blows so I would say they are no better off than last season


    If a team does a Newcastle of last season then I think 4th is wide open this year and I wouldn't be surprised if its Everton, this Mirralas bloke is apparently class
     
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  2. QWOP

    QWOP Well-Known Member

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    We have stood still. Any business that stands still invariably goes backwards so technically, we are weaker. That said, everything else is spot on in my view.
     
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  3. A mag by any other name...

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    What QWOP said. We have got better strength in depth, but that simply cancels out the fact we're in Europe, which I'm still buzzing about. We should have got Debuchy or maybe been cheeky enough to have a try for Richards. Sunderland have made one amazing signing imo, and some more good team members. We'll go backwards and you'll go forwards this year I would have thought, I'd much rather we focused on the cups instead of the league this season.
     
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  4. concrete tony

    concrete tony Well-Known Member

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    I think we finally have a manager who is building a team!
     
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  5. Obertan's Rancid Toe

    Obertan's Rancid Toe Well-Known Member

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    Arsenal are weaker but they DID bring players in. Cazorla (great player), Giroud and Podolski.

    City did get Martinez in.
     
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