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 Kermit8  Hevon 30 Sep 17 8.55pm |
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Originally posted by rollercoaster
Getting sick of the we=know-better-hypocrites on here. The majority said De-Boer was an ok appointment, the majority said we had to recruit Sakho. Everyone said the mistake palace made in the past was recruiting too many lower-priced but average players. Now it seems everyone knew the Sakho money should have been spent "on 4 quality signings" (please?) and that De-Boer was "a disaster waiting to happen" and Parish is "useless" because he wouldn't dip into his own pocket for a striker to replace 35m Benteke. Hindsight is such a great thing. I personally think we have suffered and are suffering from a great deal of bad luck and that plus having to start our period in the prem financially way behind most other teams means we will probably go down this season. To last 5 seasons we've had to take risks but eventually with all risk taking you will come unstuck and that is where we are right now. I don't agree. Nearly every penny has been spent 'on the field'. A better strategy long-term would have been to spend say 75% for the squad and 25% on the infrastructure looking toward the future. The risk element is practically zero because the club have been spending their income via Sky and not loans. Basically, we have spent half a billion in five years to end up back in The Championship with very little change to what we were like in 2011. Criminal.
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rollercoaster  Cornwall 30 Sep 17 9.20pm |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
I don't agree. Nearly every penny has been spent 'on the field'. A better strategy long-term would have been to spend say 75% for the squad and 25% on the infrastructure looking toward the future. The risk element is practically zero because the club have been spending their income via Sky and not loans. Basically, we have spent half a billion in five years to end up back in The Championship with very little change to what we were like in 2011. Criminal. When I say we've had to take risks, I mean like spending 35m on Benteke because we had no quality up front. He could have been a flop last season and we would've gone down. (I know he's been poor this season). We appear to have risked all our available budget on players (apart from some significant spend on infrastrure groundture mandated by the prem) hoping it will be enough to keep us up and start to consolidate. If we'd spent less on players we would surely have gone down before this year?
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| spartakev2 Anerley 30 Sep 17 11.40pm |
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Originally posted by rollercoaster
Getting sick of the we=know-better-hypocrites on here. The majority said De-Boer was an ok appointment, the majority said we had to recruit Sakho. Everyone said the mistake palace made in the past was recruiting too many lower-priced but average players. Now it seems everyone knew the Sakho money should have been spent "on 4 quality signings" (please?) and that De-Boer was "a disaster waiting to happen" and Parish is "useless" because he wouldn't dip into his own pocket for a striker to replace 35m Benteke. Hindsight is such a great thing. I personally think we have suffered and are suffering from a great deal of bad luck and that plus having to start our period in the prem financially way behind most other teams means we will probably go down this season. To last 5 seasons we've had to take risks but eventually with all risk taking you will come unstuck and that is where we are right now. Its not hindsight to know we needed another striker...m
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 01 Oct 17 6.59am |
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Originally posted by PZ Eagle
When I played goalies wearing gloves were called wusses.
Bexley Dave Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing! "The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum) |
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 01 Oct 17 7.04am |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
I don't agree. Nearly every penny has been spent 'on the field'. A better strategy long-term would have been to spend say 75% for the squad and 25% on the infrastructure looking toward the future. The risk element is practically zero because the club have been spending their income via Sky and not loans. Basically, we have spent half a billion in five years to end up back in The Championship with very little change to what we were like in 2011. Criminal.
Just 25% of that, over £100m on the infrastructure, could have had a huge impact on our future, and you could add the American's £50m to that.
Bexley Dave Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing! "The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum) |
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 01 Oct 17 7.07am |
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Originally posted by rollercoaster
When I say we've had to take risks, I mean like spending 35m on Benteke because we had no quality up front. He could have been a flop last season and we would've gone down. (I know he's been poor this season). We appear to have risked all our available budget on players (apart from some significant spend on infrastrure groundture mandated by the prem) hoping it will be enough to keep us up and start to consolidate. If we'd spent less on players we would surely have gone down before this year? When did £27m become £35m?
Bexley Dave Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing! "The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum) |
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| Den1923 01 Oct 17 9.34am |
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Originally posted by Brinscall Eagle
Ok we now have another two weeks of embedding the managements ideas into the squad. We will then play Chelski and get beaten as we all expect but we will be better practiced at the style and formations that the management require before travelling to the North East. That will be the game that we can start our critical judgement. So far as MKCPFC has argued we have been coping with a legacy of a manager who has ruined the players confidence and totally confused them and played against the cream of the division. There is a lot of sense in what you are saying, there is nothing we can do now except wait for the harvest from the seeds sown by SP, who seems to want a pristine putting green from cheap grass seeds!
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| susmik PLYMOUTH -But Made in Old Coulsdon... 01 Oct 17 10.05am |
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Originally posted by PZ Eagle
When I played goalies wearing gloves were called wusses. Was that with Truro United ??????
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| PZ Eagle Penzance 01 Oct 17 10.40am |
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Originally posted by susmik
Was that with Truro United ?????? For a start it's Truro City and no it wasn't. I am not Cornish, I grew up in South Norwood and Addiscombe and played my football in Croydon mostly with some in Surrey. I have also played in the USA and on the 1994 World Cup Final pitch, Australia, Bermuda, Germany, Greece, Italy, Holland, Ireland and Denmark. The team for most of those games abroad was coached by the brother of a Spurs legend. I also qualified as a referee with Surrey FA so I do think I know a little bit about football.
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| Midlands Eagle 01 Oct 17 11.05am |
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Originally posted by PZ Eagle
For a start it's Truro City and no it wasn't. I am not Cornish, I grew up in South Norwood and Addiscombe and played my football in Croydon mostly with some in Surrey. I have also played in the USA and on the 1994 World Cup Final pitch, Australia, Bermuda, Germany, Greece, Italy, Holland, Ireland and Denmark. The team for most of those games abroad was coached by the brother of a Spurs legend. I also qualified as a referee with Surrey FA so I do think I know a little bit about football. Don't worry about susmik as he's old and people reputedly get crotchety when they get to his age Edited by Midlands Eagle (01 Oct 2017 11.05am)
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| Crazy_Eagle South London 01 Oct 17 11.24am |
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Originally posted by slubglurge
All we will have left after 5 years in the Prem will be a huge wage bill. No rebuilding of the stadium and the club hasnt moved forward an inch 100% this
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| susmik PLYMOUTH -But Made in Old Coulsdon... 01 Oct 17 12.04pm |
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Originally posted by PZ Eagle
For a start it's Truro City and no it wasn't. I am not Cornish, I grew up in South Norwood and Addiscombe and played my football in Croydon mostly with some in Surrey. I have also played in the USA and on the 1994 World Cup Final pitch, Australia, Bermuda, Germany, Greece, Italy, Holland, Ireland and Denmark. The team for most of those games abroad was coached by the brother of a Spurs legend. I also qualified as a referee with Surrey FA so I do think I know a little bit about football. I had to laugh at the bit you say "I played on the 1994 world cup pitch" for feck sake does that make you a world cup player??? I think you added that to put a bit of gloss on your fantastic football career. My the places you have played football I suppose I could say I played in Aden, Singapore, Burma, Malaya, Northern Island Florida, Cyprus, Borneo, Falklands, Scotland to name but a few places I played when I was in the Marines but it deflects from the issue which is Wayne is s***e and I am not alone in my thoughts if you read ALL of the thread. Many people see him as the weak link as I do. He does not command his area he just stands there with his arms in the air and cannot dive to save his life. Jules maybe a lot older than him but he can move a lot faster and does not mind if he gets hurt unlike pansy Hennessy who is frightened of getting hurt and putting himself on the line for the team. OK the defence is weak BUT Wayne is the last man standing and SHOULD be saving more goals than he does but he is not. I just cannot understand why Jules does not get in goal more often as he cannot and I repeat Cannot do any worse than "Flapper" Hennessy who has in reality lost us more points in the last year and made us easy prey to all other teams. Our defence is weak due to Hennessy being behind them and they panic when the ball is getting near knowing "Flapper" is behind them and then they go and make lots of mistakes due to him being there. He needs to be moved to the bench in my opinion and that is the opinion of many others on this site. So do not please just get on my back for stating the obvious that is out there to see. As a supposed Referee you shouldbe watching Wayne more than you do and just see how he is weak playing in goal and not just blame the defenders.
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