With Neto that'll be 10 signings this summer. I know they've had a few outgoing too. I read they have 50 players on their payroll for the first team now.

I took great satisfaction in seeing them miserably fail the past few years. Oops, I'm wrong, they'll get that extra money from the Europa Champions League .

I'm hoping they have another terrible season. Boeley and Clearlake have been absolute disasters.

They've also had to recall CG back from Madrid, because the player they were after from Athletic, didn't want to go to Chelsea. Gets better & better.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

You could well be right there Nick, Joao Felix, funnily enough, from Atletico Madrid.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

I view CG very much as an English Premier league player, in so much as his style of play is suited to pressure and fast play.

How much that translates into different foreign leagues remains to be seen. Tentatively I tend to think it won't be terrible but that it won't be as effective as in England.

I view him as a very good player and deserved England international (with a manager who knows how to use him) however I think he's more effective within the English style.

Which is somewhat ironic given how many foreign players make up the Premiership.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Not in my opinion. I regard CG not doing well in England colours, the same way I regard Foden not pulling up trees in an England shirt.....it's a Southgate style and tactics consequence.

Southgate led a charmed life with championship draws getting to late stages without meeting major teams. Even so his style of safety first football is hard for the traditionally aggressive English style to succeed at.

Personally I think the reason Glasner will do well in England is precisely because his style of play is a version of that aggressive pressing style the English game understands....he does it just a little bit more intelligently. I think if CG came here he'd fit in very well.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Aug 2024 2.38pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Yep, let's make their prawn sandwiches taste just a little bit sour that day.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)