Actually thicko I’ve been nothing but objective regarding our performances so far this season. I’ve given praise where praise is due as well as highlighted our flaws as and when appropriate. Check my posts. I was the first to say we played well against Napoli for the first hour and on level terms. However, we were totally outclassed in the final third of the match and deserved to lose. Similarly, we dominated Roma in the first half (mostly due to EDF’s horrible tactics) but the second half was 50-50 and could’ve gone either way. Luckily, Gattuso’s ambitious substitutions paid off in the end. However, Sunday’s performance was a complete shitshow against a fodder club we should be steamrolling. Btw, if you think we’re playing great football you need to get your eyes tested. Besides the usual suspects (Juve, Lazio, Napoli) plenty of fodder clubs like Atalanta, Spal and Sassuolo play as good as us if not better.
Regarding the mercato, I fully understand we were limited by FFP but that doesn’t justify leaving a 35m defender and 25m winger on the bench when money’s tight. Neither does it justify wasting 20m on a third LB when that money could’ve been put towards a quality creative mid like Pastore. Those are Mirabellend-esque moves not remarkable ones.
Like I said before, Gattuso is a decent coach but the squad isn’t equipped with the right players to realistically challenge for top 4. The lack of quality, creative mids in addition to fast, explosive wingers is already showing and will bite us in the ass.
You are genuinely thick
35m defender? Dude who hasnt played in a back 4? Has had little to no preseason with the club? Play him over Musacchio who has actually been decent and better than Romagnoli?
25m winger? Says fuckin who? Just because we value Bacca at 12m? A guy who refused to go anywhere else and also didnt wanna stay? A guy who is new to the league?
20m defender? You mean the guy we bought for cash + Lapa from a Genoa side who couldnt pay?
I fail to see where exactly you are getting your imaginary numbers from.
Let me break it down for your thick head.
- No one was willing to meet our asking price for Bacca. He only wanted Villarreal. It was either let him go them on a massive cut price or get Samu in return. There is no 'we could have gotten someone else' in this situation.
- Bonucci was hellbent on leaving and we wanted Higuain. We wanted Caldara but Juve wont sell him unless we valued him the same as Bonucci. Our hands were tied.
- Laxalt money was largely offset by Lapadula who Genoa were struggling to pony up the cash for. We had to fucking buy him because of what happened with Strinic.
Not surprised that a mercato fan like you only looks at basic numbers instead of the actual circumstances those transfers happened in.
Heck, I wont be surprised if you fail at transfers even in Football Manager.
Great signing. If there’s one thing I trust it’s Elliott’s ability to recruit top tier management. They’ve already shown this with Scaroni, Leonardo, Maldini and now Gazidis. Hopefully Gandini joins too to help Gazidis adjust to life in Italy.
