| Injuries 20:14 - Oct 10 with 34737 views | monners1969 |
2 questions
How many fit players do we have?
Do I need to bring my boots and deep heat on Wednesday ? |  | | |  |
| Injuries on 12:44 - Oct 22 with 443 views | TacticalR |
| Injuries on 11:47 - Oct 22 by Hunterhoop |
Jesus, I’ve become Ingham. Apologies all. |
When you asked: "what are we here for?" I was thinking more Sartre or Camus. Perhaps someone should raise this question with Stéphan in his next interview. |  |
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| Injuries on 12:49 - Oct 22 with 383 views | Mick_S |
| Injuries on 11:47 - Oct 22 by Hunterhoop |
Jesus, I’ve become Ingham. Apologies all. |
Ya mo be there.
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| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| Injuries on 13:32 - Oct 22 with 195 views | nix |
I’m not going to answer all your points because they are a few I agree with or we’ve done to death but you haven’t answered in full the one question I asked. Who do you think we should definitely be outperforming (apart from Swansea and WBA). WBA have spent €12 million, €14 million and €€17 million across the last three seasons which somewhat dwarves what we’ve spent. Plus their wages are also considerably more - our wage bill in the last published accounts was 73% of turnover and theirs was 122% of turnover. Meanwhile Swansea have spent €27 million, €17 million and €9 million across the same period. Again you’d expect them to have a better squad.
And I don’t think you can compare what Warbs was spending to what we’re spending now. My whole point was that EVERYONE is spending more now. So if you’re spending more now than then then you’re just standing still.
I’m not saying we have no chance of finishing above those teams. But we would be over performing based on transfer spend in the past three years compared to other clubs not compared to what happened five or six years ago which is a different scenario. |  | | |
| Injuries on 14:06 - Oct 22 with 65 views | Hunterhoop |
| Injuries on 13:32 - Oct 22 by nix |
I’m not going to answer all your points because they are a few I agree with or we’ve done to death but you haven’t answered in full the one question I asked. Who do you think we should definitely be outperforming (apart from Swansea and WBA). WBA have spent €12 million, €14 million and €€17 million across the last three seasons which somewhat dwarves what we’ve spent. Plus their wages are also considerably more - our wage bill in the last published accounts was 73% of turnover and theirs was 122% of turnover. Meanwhile Swansea have spent €27 million, €17 million and €9 million across the same period. Again you’d expect them to have a better squad.
And I don’t think you can compare what Warbs was spending to what we’re spending now. My whole point was that EVERYONE is spending more now. So if you’re spending more now than then then you’re just standing still.
I’m not saying we have no chance of finishing above those teams. But we would be over performing based on transfer spend in the past three years compared to other clubs not compared to what happened five or six years ago which is a different scenario. |
Is that their net or gross spend?
Our net is £20m in 2.5 seasons. You have to compare net. But, the best run clubs in the best situations might have low net spend because they are doing such a good job developing players and selling them for lots of money. The whole comparison is utterly flawed as a way of assessing a club’s ability to compete.
It is far more nuanced assessing who should be competing near the top and who shouldn’t than just “who spent the most” as I have repeatedly tried to argue.
If you always come back to “but, no it isn’t” then we’re just going around in circles. [Post edited 22 Oct 14:07]
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| Injuries on 14:15 - Oct 22 with 36 views | CLAREMAN1995 |
WOW amazing thread all the big guns are on here typing like mad its superb and who needs a midweek game when this is blowing up .
Seriously though thank Jesus we have no game until Saturday JS can put together some emergency game plan to keep us in it until we take over in the second half hopefully.
Injuries continue to cripple us whatever the reason and everytime I or someone comments we have 2 players for each spot the hammer of God falls shame really we have a good bunch this year |  | | |
| Injuries on 14:28 - Oct 22 with 0 views | daveB |
| Injuries on 11:54 - Oct 22 by QPROslo |
Hopefully Varane will be Madsen's replacement Saturday in a midfield 3 with Edwards and Kamara. Thought he played quite well when he came on last game. |
I thought he did OK as well but it's a big drop from next big thing a 20million player in the making to on the bench behind a centre half playing in midfield. Hopefully he grabs the opportunity and shows what he can do.
It's the same theme but he's never looked right since the injury he got early last season. |  | | |
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