Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
Kind of true I think. Hopefully we can be adaptable in our strategy here. If the plan was to 'establish us as top 4 contenders' in 3 ears under Poch, we've more than crushed that aim. So we need to pay the players what they are worth, because justifiably many of them can claim to be among the discussions for best in the world in their positions. There's no justifiable reason to pay them what we planned to pay them. Buying into the project, excitement about a stadium etc just won't cut it.
Not saying we put the club's future in jeopardy, but there must have been a plan to adjust when we reach top 4 contender ship or title contender ship. If we have to bring that forward, and use the additional bonus money plus some of what would have been used on a transfer budget perhaps for the purposes of keeping a potentially once in a lifetime squad together, we probably should.
Agreed. We need to really seize the day and not let the opportunity slip. Pay our key players top wack with massive incentives to achieve CL again and stay for at least two seasons in the new stadium. By that time we would surely know if we are truly title and cup winners. In the meantime, sell off all our surplus players ( Sissoko, Wimmer, possibly Walker, if he agitates for a move, and maybe Lamela if the rumours are true) and only recruit at most two or three players in key positions.
We simply mustn't regress from here. Onwards and upwards.