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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    The barriers in the PL are massive. Dortmund, Leverkusen and Leipzig can hope for Bayern to have an off year. Atletico can hope for Real and Barca to have an off year. In the PL there are so many big teams capable of having great seasons, massively unlikely for all of them to have an off year...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Been reported quite credibly that he's stepped away from the football side of things quite a bit. Getting a new director and DoF type in place. For me that seems like the kind of thing that should freshen things up. It's not like we're not spending money. And imo it's unlikely that it's Levy...
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    Destiny Udogie

    Quite pleased to see him only get a sub appearance. He seems in desperate need of a breather.
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    Cristian Romero

    I really don't understand the magnitude of criticism against Romero. Or wanting him replaced or dropped for Dragusin when VdV is back. Even accepting all of the criticism against him as valid this would be a 10 game period where he's been poor. After quite a while at the club where he's been...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Our recruitment team working well is vital to our medium and long term success. Fully agreed that this is very important and good to see. I think it's too early to judge if the balance tipped too far towards youth this summer. We have gaps in our squad. Had those gaps been filled it would...
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    BIG DECISIONS RE: PLAYERS - SOME SPECULATIVE FUN

    I don't think we fix the issues with leadership by selling the players who have been rated internally as the best leaders. Perhaps we need to add someone else, but we need leadership from more people. We're probably losing Son in a year or two. That's a lot of experience and leadership (though...
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    Cristian Romero

    I guess I could understand the speculations and accusations about Lo Celso. He was injured a lot for us, and did play quite a bit for Argentina. I fail to see how Romero gets the same aimed at him. Other than some injuries which are to be expected he's played a lot for us. Some speculation (not...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I don't think any fan would be happy with us not winning anything ever again. As long as there's good signs of progress I'm happy enough with who are in charge. There have been mistakes, as there always are. But now we seem to be moving in a good direction again.
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    Cann we make the top 4 or 5?

    Fully agreed and a very important point imo. If we were just seeing the same thing over and over again I would be way more sceptical of Ange as the right man for the job. We'll never get to the point where we run out of issues to fix, but gradually some being fixed while new one's arise is...
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    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I guess it depends on when we think they got us "competing again". Under Jol, Redknapp or Pochettino? How long have we been "competing again" and failed to get over the line? To me although we were competing again under Pochettino that was mostly due to us massively over performing our...
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    BIG DECISIONS RE: PLAYERS - SOME SPECULATIVE FUN

    Instead of filling out the squad with 25-30 year olds we've filled out the squad with Bergvall, Gray, Odobert and Yang. And also with Werner. Will take a bit longer to get the (hopefully) positive impact of that compared to getting 25-30 year old squad player + level players. But I think it's...
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    BIG DECISIONS RE: PLAYERS - SOME SPECULATIVE FUN

    I agree. We did sign three ready made players the first summer Ange was here with Vicario, VdV and Maddison. Then added another CB that we desperately needed in Dragusin in the January window. Young, but ready. Imo not a great profile fit, but we prioritised readiness because we really needed a...
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    Radu Drăgușin

    I'm sure there are instances where that has happened. I watch games on TV and surely there have been situations I haven't seen where a quicker pass was on and it wasn't taken. The way I see it he mostly plays slow when the opponents are already settled. These for me are situations where passing...
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    BIG DECISIONS RE: PLAYERS - SOME SPECULATIVE FUN

    I'm not sure a new first choice goalkeeper is high enough up the list of priorities to make that worth it. We need someone who is more commanding in the area and a calmer presence, but we also need a GK that is great/good at shot stopping, distribution, one vs one's. Most realistic targets...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    For me the Romero avd VdV partnership is really good and they seem to have a good understanding between the two of them. Quite a few of our defensive problems seem to arise when we're without that partnership. We're yet to really see if Dragusin and VdV would form a good partnership or not...
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    BIG DECISIONS RE: PLAYERS - SOME SPECULATIVE FUN

    Excellent post. We're in a strong position financially now. Our net spend over the last years is impressive in isolation, even more impressive when considering that we haven't been in the CL. If/when we get back to the CL we'll be in an even stronger position financially. That's when we can...
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    BIG DECISIONS RE: PLAYERS - SOME SPECULATIVE FUN

    Agreed, but also positions where a top level player could make a big difference. DM, wide dribbler, Maddison replacement if he doesn't step back up. We can't fix all those issues with ready made solutions, we don't have the money. The club will have to be smart about where they focus that money...
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    Cann we make the top 4 or 5?

    Absolutely. And a lot of what the players do on the pitch is "automated", a result of years and years of playing (good stuff and bad stuff). Some things probably can be fixed quite quickly by telling players what to do in a situation, but most of those changes take time and time on the training...
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    Rodrigo Bentancur

    Fully agreed on that. Particularly the final paragraph. Time for Bissouma to step up and hopefully also Gray to make an impact there.
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    IIRC I think I saw him as a less vocal leader on the pitch and was somewhat surprised to see him that clear and authoritative behind the scenes. Perhaps shouldn't have been surprised by that, but I was. For me it was just a point to highlight that we can't know what's going on behind the...
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