Ange in or out?

[Finney Is Back]

He turned us down, time will tell

- He's inherited a very good squad from Klopp, added a little more pragmatism and game control. He's also benefitted massively from pretty much every other top 6 side struggling at same time.
- The question is long term can he maintain the attacking output with that pragmatic/more defensive (than Klopp) approach, and how they replace Salah

So far, smart from them .. although I still laugh at how the media reported our interest in him (big risk, Dutch league, etc.) vs. when Liverpool looked at him, it was suddenly a perfect fit and smart judgement

Must say that I didn’t notice this. Slot was considered one of the brightest, young managers in football when we went in for him. It is perfectly understandable why he wasn’t interested in damaging that reputation at Spurs.

 

[Bishop]

Exactly this, I think we need to do better in some instances with it but we do blood youth, but there is no way we should be reliant solely on youth as I have moaned on about the last week or so we should be aspiring for ready now players and a mix.

I am not belittling what Brighton do, they are probably best in class at what they do BUT their ambitions are different and pressures are also different. To give another example, there is no way Spurs fans get behind the first year Eze had to develop at Palace when he was finding his feet, its a different ballgame IMO and you see enough kneejerk reactions to players here to know the players would not get the same ride they get at the Palace and Brightons of this world

Why not? The fans are getting behind Gray, they've gotten behind Sarr. I don't really buy the argument that the fans won't support a developing player I think all the evidence suggests otherwise. What we don't support is players closer to the finished article who are clearly lacking in the basics.