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  1. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    That's a utopian idea but football has never worked that way. Not in the 70s when the Littlewoods family backed Liverpool, not in the 90s when Jack Hall bankrolled Blackburn or Saudi Sportswashing Machine when Hall tried to do the same. I kind of feel because we aren't one of those clubs with that kind of owner...
  2. Bishop

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    We had lots of spare coaching time last season and honestly we got worse the more time we had. So I'm not sure more coaching time is the solution and truthfully if we are to be a successful side then the current schedule is what we should expect. Ange is going to have to get a handle on a game...
  3. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Looking back at this if those wages are true it's actually madness. Who the hell sanctioned that kind of wage for a player like Werner? That's not smart business. I don't understand a model where we don't spend big on players that deserve it but then spend a decently on players on unworthy if...
  4. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I don't think we especially need to or should be matching the wage bills of the bigger clubs across the board. There have been times when for certain key players it might have made sense to stretch what we were willing to pay and we should have course also raise our own self imposed wage to revenue...
  5. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    He's a waste of money.
  6. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    If you've seen the player quotes about the bonuses they were considered fairly unachievable by common standards so whilst the figures may be attractive if they aren't realistically going to happen then they are kind of irrelevant. But we are kind of going off into the weeds. The main point is we...
  7. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Good wages but not top tier wages. Everyone pays bonuses we have no reason and no proof to suggest we pay bonuses out of line with everyone else.
  8. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    We have to be the best at something as it's clearly not on the pitch they latch on to the boardroom.
  9. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    We aren't talking about how proven they are. This is more a debate about desirability. The most desired players are those that cost the most and usually have higher wage demands, we tend not even to attempt to sign such players. As I'll repeat I have no issue with that really as I think you...
  10. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I don't care about numbers, we are talking about their talent and their status. I agree with you Klinsmann was considered a bit past it absolutely and that helped us get him, but as a player, career and status wise he was worlds apart from Rebrov, Soldadao and Berbatov before we bought them...
  11. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    City, Real, Barca etc. top of the market doesn't mean 28 years old. It just means the players who are considered at the top of the game and most desired. Real are still going for those players ie. Camavinga, Tchouaméni, Mbappe etc. We aren't and never have tried for that calibre of player. We...
  12. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Rebrov and especially Soldadao bloody wasn't. I actually followed La Liga heavily at the time, at no point was Soldadao rated or considered the same level of player as a Klinsmann, that is total gas. Likewise Rebrov was the creative one in the Shevenchnko partnership but no way was he ever...
  13. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I kind of agree that Klinsmann was a punt at the time, people thought he was on the downward curve but I don't really think Rebov or Soldado were punts per se. They were decent level players that we thought would work and high priced by our standards but they neither were ever at the pinnacle of...
  14. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    As you know I'm perfectly happy buying the Modrics, I actually think that is what we should be doing. I think on the wider topic we just aren't a club that buys at the top of the market and at the peak of performance and that does limit the calibre of player we can regularly bring in if the...
  15. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I think that's because we've tended not to actually spend big money on guaranteed players or those at the very top of their game. Its that prolonged period of previous performance and results that confers that status and what usually justifies the extreme cost. Our bigger signings have rarely...
  16. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    True, but ambition doesn't necessarily equal common sense. In real life, ambition requires risk and boldness.
  17. Bishop

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I think there's a reasonable argument to made that by paying a lower percentage of our revenue on wages than our "rivals" that it shows our relative lack of ambition.
  18. Bishop

    Archie Gray

    I don't know what his best position is or should be I do however think he's a pretty poor FB so far. It feels a shame that we've given him some decent minutes but presumably in the position he is weakest in. There's a lot of thought that Gray is the long term solution to the DM position but...
  19. Bishop

    Cristian Romero

    Or he doesn't rate the alternative as highly. It's possible that's he's wrong (although Dragusin hasn't shown that as yet in his appearances) but seemingly he things Romero is the best option as it stands and he supports the proactive way he plays.
  20. Bishop

    Cristian Romero

    Not strictly speaking the case, Argentina can and probably would have called him up themselves to assess the I jury if he said he thought he was fit enough. A player doesn't need to be fit the game before to play internationally.
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