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Squad

Muttley said:
This for me is the Solanke argument. It was the data model that had been developed that made him our number 1 target. He didn't look as attractive as Toney or other strikers abroad and had only really had one standout season in the PL at 26 years old. Has that data model worked with Solanke? Arguably yes, but he still has things to prove in my mind.

So Ange leaves and we have a sighter for who takes over. The data model is adjusted around their tactical system and then we find out whether Tel and Cardoso fit in the grand scheme of things. At the same, we have to make sure the new manager is in situ for the start of pre-season (Jul 1st) which lines up with the Cardoso clause. If you believe what we read, all managers have the final say.

Personally, I really don't want to see major surgery on this squad. If we don't get UEFA football then we should expect that reduced budget anyway. What we need is a new manager optimising the squad and a couple of key additions. If we win the EL, then we should party all assumer as we're back on track.
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Key point, build from here.

If we don't have Europe and the budget is down, Vuskovich, Moore, Donley become more of the plans.

I think either way, Richi, Timo (released), Forster, Bissouma go, looks like offers for Romero & Bentancur will be on table, the budget won't be down that much, it's just squad to number of games management.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Because his primary purpose would be to bring in merchandise $s
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What merchandise? Did you see the us game against panama?
It was a double header with mexico playing first to a full stadium. It was empty by the time the us played (in america). I doubt many americans know who he is. Let alone buy merch, especially from spurs.
 
Lilbaz said:
What merchandise? Did you see the us game against panama?
It was a double header with mexico playing first to a full stadium. It was empty by the time the us played (in america). I doubt many americans know who he is. Let alone buy merch, especially from spurs.
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As America's only have decent player, he'll be the poster boy of the next WC. On every billboard across the country
 
Apologies for the long post, but we need something else to think about.

I was thinking about our squad depth. It is impressive.
Against Villa we took out all of the first teamers, to keep them safe.
Son was included, but he might not start in our best side e.g. Richie on the left of the front 3.
Then, note that our 3 best attacking midfielders (Maddison, Deki, Bergvall) were all out as well! So we played:

.......................Kinsky
Spence Danso Davies Reggie
.....................Gray Sarr
.......Moore Odobert Son
............................Tel

Which is still a reasonably good side.

Let's compare to the best team in the land right now, Liverpool, in a 4-3-3.
This below is their entire men's squad from https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/mens:

Alisson
((Kelleher))

Trent VVD Konate Robertson
((Bradley Gomez Quansah Tsimikas))

Gravenberch Szoboszlai MacAllister
((Endo Jones Elliott Morton))

Salah Diaz Jota
((Nunez Gakpo Chiesa))

So first of all, let's remove their best 3 attacking midfielders e.g. Gravenberch Szoboslai Gakpo but of course we could choose any 3, I don't wanna debate that point. So we have to promote Jones and Elliott to the first team giving:

Alisson
((Kelleher))

Trent VVD Konate Robertson
((Bradley Gomez Quansah Tsimikas))

Jones Elliott MacAllister
((Endo Morton))

Salah Diaz Jota
((Nunez Chiesa))

Then let's remove all of their first teamers as though they were about to play a major cup final. That leaves us

Kelleher
Bradley Gomez Quansah Tsimikas
Endo Morton XXX
Nunez XXX Chiesa

OK maybe they can have Diaz back, since we did play Son.

But the point is, they have 1 or 2 slots they can't fill and would have to dig into their Academy but I can't recognise any of these names at all, can you? https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/academy

So YES our squad is pretty decent IMO, though it does need to mature of course.

Hmm, I can already sense some of you starting to respond with "yeah but they are way better than us" but that is not the point I'm trying to make.
I'm thinking about our squad depth and ability to make do without THREE AM's and without the ENTIRE first team vs Villa!

Do we think our team:
.......................Kinsky
Spence Danso Davies Reggie
.....................Gray Sarr
.......Moore Odobert Son
............................Tel

Is better than their team:
......................Kelleher
Bradley Gomez Quansah Tsimikas
..............Endo Morton XXX
.............Nunez Diaz Chiesa
 
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