Why would he come if this was the case?
Ive no doubt that he was promised funds, but what worries me is the landscape has changed since then and he might have now been denied them finances.
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Why would he come if this was the case?
Duncan had the worst run of fixtures possible for a new manager, and he nailed it, he saved this bloke from a worse record than what he has now. 12th.
Ive no doubt that he was promised funds, but what worries me is the landscape has changed since then and he might have now been denied them finances.
Carlo is a good manager he knows we need the experience of Ivanovic to bring a winning attitude and experience of winning trophies which will help us build for the future.
For me its a 2 year project that requires ultimate backing in each transfer window.
Providing Brands actually does his job our aim should be 7th and a cup run next season
The season after again providing Brands does his job we should then be aiming for a top 6 finish
But both of those are dependent on the owners and Brands giving him the tools for the job.
If not you're looking at 8th-12th at best again.
It can be done over four windows, but I'd expect twice that long.
I hope we spend well, well as in making the right choices, but I don't expect well will mean big.
There is no chatter about to suggest we are going to make the sort of splash that would be needed to do it quicker, like there was when Koeman arrived.
But we can still push the top six with some decent signings.
I think any loftier ambitions are going to take a lot more time and money.
10th.Carlo's form alone has us 7th since his arrival
For me its a 2 year project that requires ultimate backing in each transfer window.
Providing Brands actually does his job our aim should be 7th and a cup run next season
The season after again providing Brands does his job we should then be aiming for a top 6 finish
But both of those are dependent on the owners and Brands giving him the tools for the job.
If not you're looking at 8th-12th at best again.
10th.
Everton were 8th during the Allardice stint. With a much worse squad.
Worse than Liverpool, City, United, Chelsea, Southampton, Arsenal, Spurs, Wolves and Burnley. That is 10th.30 points from 20 games. That is between 5th-7th not 10th.
I think that's incredibly ambitious. I think we're at least 5 years away and that's assuming we don't make any more massive mistakes.
Worse than Liverpool, City, United, Chelsea, Southampton, Arsenal, Spurs, Wolves and Burnley. That is 10th.
These Leicester and Wolves teams aren't riddled with absolute gash everywhere which is why they're ahead of us, We've shot ourselves in the foot mostly due to Koeman/Walsh.I wouldn't necessarily say that - if we bring in 4 top players each summer thats 8 additions to the starting 11 + Richarlison, Holgate & Digne which ideally would be a great starting 11.
Obviously in terms of competing for top 4 or even higher you then need to add squad depth which is another year or so but in terms of just the top 6/7 Europa spots we should be competing for them providing Brands doesnt buy anymore duds.
Leicester finished 5th 2 seasons into Rodgers tenure, Wolves have overtaken us in 2 years of being promoted, the RS have really pushed on these past 2 seasons compared to the previous 2 at the start of Klopps reign.
But again Carlo has to be backed and the players coming in good enough. If not we have no chance.