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    Steve Hitchen

    To be fair, I think Poch's wanted Bruno Fernandez. Didn't we almost have him as well?
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    ***OMT - Tottenham vs Galatasaray***

    I read a comment somewhere that he was sorely missed in the recent loss. It was implied he is a step above what we have on the pitch. Out of interest, who are the current U21 centre halves not on loan? We saw Lyons Foster leave last January and Charlie Sayers went to Scotland in the summer. I...
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    Steve Hitchen

    For me, signing Sissoko was just plain stupidity. We had visibility to what he was because he was 26/27 at the time. Such a limited footballer who was never going to suit our system. Very different for Sanchez who was only 20/21 and played at centre half. He wasn't a non ball player either at...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I'm sure you do remember correctly. Unfortunately, it doesn't make the NHS the exception. They wouldn't be the first or last big entity to misfire on delivery of IT systems. I think what I'm getting at is to stay focused and now get some of this heavy lifting complete. The adoption of the NHS...
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    Cristian Romero

    And Argentina. I love the passion that these South Amercian players have for their international teams. If the injury is 7-10 days, he'll be clear to play for them by the middle of the month. The rest of his body would have had a 2 week rest as well.
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    ***OMT - Tottenham vs Galatasaray***

    Isn't it also the case that Dragusin and Davies are likely to play both their international games as well as the Ipswich game? For 32 year old Davies, that would mean going from a couple of recent sub appearances to playing 3 games in 9 days. I would say that's as high risk as anything we have...
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    Steve Hitchen

    I've never had a problem with the Sanchez signing. OK, it didn't work in the long term but every intention in the strategy was correct by the club. We saw a young player who seemed to have a high plateau, and we went for it. It's not like anyone else in the football community knew where Davinson...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I have a dilemma with this. I do see this unnecessary administrative overhead with the NHS. However, what I also see is a huge opportunity for interoperability with medical data, and integration with systems that I think will massively improve the entire process. When you think of the normal...
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    Steve Hitchen

    Saying that, I always have a dilemma with the late-twenties and thirty-something signings. I have an even bigger dilemma now that we play Ange-ball as it is almost too intense for the older players as their engines diminish. We seem to always buy the broken ones that end up in the treatment...
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    Guglielmo Vicario

    I noticed the same. In Hugo, we had the very best communicator in the GK fraternity. He was incredibly calm and reassuring for the defenders in front, even when his own GKing powers declined. He was the ultimate organiser of that defence and a proper leader, especially from set pieces. I've...
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    Ben Davies

    As you say, we're on a journey that started with this squad being very underwhelming not so long ago. City - Stones, Dias, Ake, Akanji, Gvardiol Arsenal - Saliba, Gabriel, White, Timber, Tomiyasu, Calafiori Pool - Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Quansah Chelsea - Badiashale, Colwill, Tosin, Fofana...
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    Guglielmo Vicario

    Looking at that goal, it seems to me that now Ange and his coaching staff have put one of the Spurs players in the 6-yard box with Venom, the opposition are now putting two. Udogie and Bents have no thought at all that they should ignore their coach's set piece routine and drop in. Be...
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    Will Lankshear

    Lanks is utterly world class.
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Here's a question. We seem to see xG everywhere nowadays and it is like every fan seems to just trust it and build logical arguments around it. I know nothing about it. Can it be trusted or does it still have it's flaws like a lot of these stats?
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    You are one of the few posters I've ever seen suggest Bentancur could do a turn at centre half. I've said the same thing myself. The forgotten man at the moment seems to be Bergval. I wonder if we could get him more involved rotating with Sarr and Bissouma, whilst utilising Bents as both a...
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    Ben Davies

    Looking forward to see him. I notice he is another right footed CB. I believe Phillips and Dorrington are as well, and prefer the RCB berth. It was Dorrington that was shifting over to the left in the U21's when playing with Phillips. Dragusin has started to look better there though. It's...
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    Steve Hitchen

    That's fair. With the players rolling off in the summer and close to 150m euros of net spending, we really could see another gear change in this team. Sunday's 1st team bench was fantastic and perhaps the biggest reason we sent Villa home packing. 2 or 3 more will make a massive difference.
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    Ben Davies

    I know I'm in the minority about Davies, but will give him credit for the last couple of performances. Where I worry is when he is left in foot races and has to compete in the air against these massive, physical forwards (or centre halves from set pieces). I'm so glad we took the game away from...
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    Steve Hitchen

    All the things you say (and more) have materialised and we will find ourselves at this fantastic plateau of revenue streams. Even so, when you look closely you see losses on our P&L, implying we've been spending slightly above our means. Hence my logic why net transfer kitty may normalise a...
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    Steve Hitchen

    To add to the story, here's the budget numbers all in Euros (via transfermarkt) 2017 - In 121, Out 103, Net 18 2018 - 0, 5, -5 2019 - 151, 65, 86 2020 - 110, 13, 97 Total - 382, 186, 196 Average net spending per year 49m Euros Since 2021 - 96, 35, 61 2022 - 180, 39, 141 2023 - 272, 121, 151...
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