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There's no way to prove it or anything so whatever, enjoy having yet another pop at me, but I remember both deals pretty well and to say our fan base was overwhelmingly positive about Richarlison is a stretch way more so than it is with Lukaku.
Looking in the relevant thread? I just did and the first 4 posts include these 2:
Think the entire deal seems a bit dodgy, wouldn't take this as an indicator that prices will stay the same - Juve are paying way over value for Arthur and Barca in turn are paying way over the value for Pjanic... seems to be a way of avoiding FFP problems
Wait which player?
Well saying there was less negative chatter about someone we'd all just watched for a season and was perhaps our most important player than about someone who people may have only seen once or twice on TV doesn't really seem like a fair comparison, i'll be honest with you.
This was never meant to be exact science guys. I was simply observing that the level of criticism when someone like Bernard or Gomes or Mina comes in tends to be a fraction of when someone like Sigurdsson or Delph or Ashley Williams does. I pointed out Rom as an exception because I think when we signed him permanently almost everyone was over the moon in a way that they usually aren't for domestic signings. Yes the circumstances were different but again this wasn't meant to be science.
I would say there's 2 reasons for that. Firstly, most of us watch the PL far more than other leagues, so we tend to have a better idea of how good somebody is when they play in this league. Secondly, most of the players we sign domestically are underwhelming. I mean you've literally used 3 examples of poor signings to highlight your point, so people were right to question them weren't they?
The first part is what I said originally. People prefer the unknown a lot.
Feel free to explore for your self but it certainly isn't 100% in there. I browsed a bit and I'd say it is a majority positive though so I guess it counts.
Also a bit of self vaulting and I did say some smart stuff about Richarlison, but also had a horrendous it doesn't matter what we paid if he is top class like Pickford is top class shout. Yikes.
I don't think it's preferring the unknown as such. What i'm saying is that we rarely sign exciting players from this league, so people are naturally downbeat about them. If we signed De Bruyne now people would be made up, because they know he's good. People are disappointed when we sign Delph, because they've seen him play loads and so aren't expecting much. People are more excited by players they haven't seen than ones they have seen and think are rubbish. It's natural. The arguments against Barry would have been the same ones against Thiago Silva in his thread at the moment I would imagine.
