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  1. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    We added Solanke and was in for Neto (& Gallagher/Calafiori?) so I think we're looking to be balanced in our approach to squad building - I think next summer will tell us a lot.
  2. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I thought the Klinsmann story was that Sugar happened to be yachting in Monaco and met him through chance?
  3. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I was just kid when we signed Klinsmann so didn't really know him from Adam just thar he came with a big reputation- but when I've checked out his career on Wiki it doesn't really standout as though he was a top bracket striker tbh
  4. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Odobert plays off the left so a potential Son successor rather than automatic starter - not sure what the problem is there, seems smart. Our supporters make me laugh, for years we have been complaining that we need to be smarter with our signings and asking why can't we buy the next big thing...
  5. billyiddo

    Remastered brand identity - apparently

    People will get angry over anything :tearsofjoy:
  6. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I'd hope that there was some kind of internal review regarding what went wrong over this period and I think I remember reading that prior to Paratichis appointment maybe even alongside it, there had been something along those lines regarding a review of how we operate, football wise, which led...
  7. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    While that is mostly agreeable Steff and i certainly don't need any persuading that the club fudged things up with the whole Poch > Jose > Nuno > Conte merry-go-round, the discussion being had around those quotes was regarding our spending post-stadium :tearsofjoy:
  8. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Performance/results do closely follow wage expenditure tbf but it's not as simple as spending more on wages to get results - you need to build a squad with top talent across the board to be successful and that obviously costs money - but you can spend the money badly and not get the results.
  9. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Depends. We're taking a snapshot of our wage to turnover ratio as it stands currently and comparing to our rivals, currently all of our main competitors are further ahead with their squad development than we are (more or less) so our wage bill is naturally going to reflect that (detailed in an...
  10. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Of course it's not a given, why do you think that needs explaining? Lol This summers transfers have already been discussed these past few days - but to recap my position on that : our first XI at the end of last season was arguably reasonably well set at GK LB CB x 2 RB CM x 2 (keeping in mind...
  11. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I expect the wages to turnover ratio to increase over the coming seasons, we're in the early years of a rebuild, you can't rebuild if you are maxed out on your spending potential. We have a pretty young squad - as players prove themselves they will be signed to bigger and better contracts...
  12. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I don't really understand - the stadium has boosted our revenue and in turn the money available for transfers, that is unquestionable, but it still has a cost attached to it which means we aren't as 'rich' as the clubs overall revenue suggests we are or that we're suddenly going to throw money...
  13. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    These quotes are from a few months before the summer window in which we bought Ndombele, GLC etc and had a 90m net spend (give or take) since then we've been one of the highest spenders in the league? Did you mean to post those ones?
  14. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I would love to see what the actual quotes are that you are referring to here
  15. billyiddo

    ENIC

    @scaramanga are they worth the dough?
  16. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Hmmmm
  17. billyiddo

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    We love a Chelsea cast off. He had a good reputation after his spell at Porto and I guess the feeling was Chelsea were a bit of a basket case and had made a mistake letting him go.
  18. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Do you think we have been in an indefinite period of moving in the wrong direction for 20 years or something? IMV the set backs have generally been short lived and are bookended by periods of improvement, that's why patience/leeway/whatever you want to call it, for the owners is there.
  19. billyiddo

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    My response was mostly to this sentence : But we’ve had periods when we most definitely were not moving in the right direction and yet people still seemed happy for Levy to continue running the club If you actually 'got that they are longer term' then I don't think you'd be questioning why...
  20. billyiddo

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Not sure why you are picking Martinez as a comparison but I was thinking earlier of making a comparison with AVB - a manager who has had a lot success in other leagues but ultimately couldn't translate that to the PL
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