Honey Honey Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 The problem would be advancing within the Premier League. Even Liverpool can't attract players as good as some of the others. Money does not guarantee you good enough players. You can easily become trapped like Everton where they have money to buy better than what is behind them but the players to go beyond that won't join them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 12 minutes ago, HoneyNUFC said: The problem would be advancing within the Premier League. Even Liverpool can't attract players as good as some of the others. Money does not guarantee you good enough players. You can easily become trapped like Everton where they have money to buy better than what is behind them but the players to go beyond that won't join them. My thoughts exactly. As much as they'll get access to much more money the fact they will not initially be guaranteed qualifying for European football will become an issue in getting players in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 On the subject of the poll, even haggis was introduced by Vikings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, HoneyNUFC said: The problem would be advancing within the Premier League. Even Liverpool can't attract players as good as some of the others. Money does not guarantee you good enough players. You can easily become trapped like Everton where they have money to buy better than what is behind them but the players to go beyond that won't join them. Spurs were in that mound and look to have broken out of it, for now. I think there is room for manoeuvre now, the boundaries aren't as clear cut as they were even 5 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Spurs have a manager making it look easy against the odds. The likes of Man City and Man Utd are throwing money around trying to advance and stuttering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted May 26, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted May 26, 2017 Spurs have succeeded because they've spent years actually having some common sense in the transfer market, buying young, quality players like Bale and Modric, and then when they lose them for big money, don't splash out massive transfer fees on high risk "star" players to replace them, instead spend the money on improving the squad as a whole. It's actually remarkably simple. While Man Utd spend £30m on a 30 year old van Persie because they *HAVE* to win the title this season before letting him go for peanuts after 2 years, and Man City splash £50m on players like Sterling and Stones who will never be more than quite good, start most games players for them, Tottenham make shrewd acquisitions at the right time. It's an absolute myth that people spout now that you have to pay £30m for any player good enough to compete in the top half of the Premier League. The value is still there overseas and in investing and nurturing young English talent from the lower leagues. In the last three years they're still finding Wanyama £12m, Alli £6m, Davies £11m, Trippier £4m, Alderweireld £14m. That's why it pisses me off that people think £28m for Bolasie is a good deal, or Enner Valencia for £10m would be a reasonable price. David Moyes was a genius for us following the "Spurs model" for a while to be fair to him, the club was just too riddled with debt for us to reinvest enough of the money each time for us to push on and do what Tottenham have done. Obviously, Spurs have had to get the right manager at the right time to make the most of the opportunity they've given themselves and it doesn't do any harm when you bring a 30 goal a season striker through your youth system just at the right time either. I don't like them but credit to them for what they've done in making a lot of those running "bigger" clubs look stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 26, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted May 26, 2017 Great post above. The blind eye turned to the money totally blown is frightening and it's indicative of the complacency that's crept into English football. If £15mil is spent on a player it is reasonable to assume that they will deliver at this level and if they don't it's abject failure in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 4 hours ago, Dan said: Great post above. The blind eye turned to the money totally blown is frightening and it's indicative of the complacency that's crept into English football. If £15mil is spent on a player it is reasonable to assume that they will deliver at this level and if they don't it's abject failure in my eyes. £15m gets you a top Championship striker mate, definitely not reasonable to expect that they'll perform at Prem standards. Which is a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 26, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted May 26, 2017 19 minutes ago, Danny said: £15m gets you a top Championship striker mate, definitely not reasonable to expect that they'll perform at Prem standards. Which is a bad thing. £15mil gets you a top Championship striker if you're not scouting properly. We signed Ndidi for £15mil in January. I confidently say he's someone who'll spend the bulk of his career, of which there are years left, playing at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 1 minute ago, Dan said: £15mil gets you a top Championship striker if you're not scouting properly. We signed Ndidi for £15mil in January. I confidently say he's someone who'll spend the bulk of his career playing at this level. Who scouts properly in the Championship if they can afford £15m on a striker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 If an English club is willing to sell you a player for £15m then he's probably not worth £15m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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