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The club has lost around 300m in the last 2 years, another 65m and counting with Corona and people questioning why we haven't bought a new squad in the last 3 years.
We are also setting fire to roughly around 1m a week in wages for utter garbo players.
And still, all our best players were brought to the club by Marcel Brands.
And the mess from the previous regime will only finally unwind in summer 22. In fact I think Pickford has a contract till 24?
It can’t just be ignored. It’s a massive drag on everything we want to do.
Kris75
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Yeah, it's one the big head scratchers for me too. I would hope that Moshiri has nothing to do with signings but there is the link to Arsenal, so maybe he was a fan and Brands thought he'd please his boss.
But why didnt we buy a Right Back in the summer? Why haven't we offered Donuramma 500k a week already? Why haven't we got 6 world-class midfielders? Why don't we have a world-class back up Striker?
Rinse and repeat.
When did Brands buy Keane and DCL?
He gave Keane a new contract and he backed DCL to be the player he is now.
They both belong to Brands now, accept it and move on.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
It seems to me Brands isnt viewed so favourably by them. I do wonder if its come from Bill, who I can just imagine thinks he could be a great DOF alongside a universally revered chairman.
I never knew you spelt reviled like that.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
What was Bill's old quote: "Put me and Moyesie in a room with a player and it's a done deal"...or words to that effect.
I just think Brands has made a fair few mistakes which have compounded the issues that the previous regime gave him.
So, as well as clearing up Walsh's mess, he's also had to clear up his own to an extent - £28m on Iwobi, £120k for Bernard etc.
Think we all see the scale of the job that he had on his hands, but don't buy that after 3 years we couldn't be better on along the line in terms of our recruitment.
Said all along, the main pro for keeping him on is continuity. While that's all well and good for stability etc, I also think it kind of paints his actual recruitment in a rather indifferent light overall.
So, as well as clearing up Walsh's mess, he's also had to clear up his own to an extent - £28m on Iwobi, £120k for Bernard etc.
Think we all see the scale of the job that he had on his hands, but don't buy that after 3 years we couldn't be better on along the line in terms of our recruitment.
Said all along, the main pro for keeping him on is continuity. While that's all well and good for stability etc, I also think it kind of paints his actual recruitment in a rather indifferent light overall.
This is the squad we had when he took over.
GK
Jordan Pickford
Joel Robles
Maarten Stekelenburg
RB
Séamus Coleman
Jonjoe Kenny
Cuco Martina
Callum Connolly
LB
Leighton Baines
Antonee Robinson
Brendan Galloway
Luke Garbutt
CB
Michael Keane
Phil Jagielka
Ashley Williams
Ramiro Funes Mori
Mason Holgate
Matthew Pennington
Tyias Browning
DM/CM/AM
Muhamed Bešić
Morgan Schneiderlin
Wayne Rooney
James McCarthy
Idrissa Gueye
Gylfi Sigurðsson
Davy Klaassen
Tom Davies
Beni Baningime
Kieran Dowell
Widers
Yannick Bolasie
Theo Walcott
Nikola Vlašić
Kevin Mirallas
Ademola Lookman
Strikers
Cenk Tosun
Oumar Niasse
Sandro Ramírez
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
This is the squad we ended the last transfer window with :
GK
Jordan Pickford (HG)
Robin Olsen
João Virginia (UA)
RB
Séamus Coleman
LB
Lucas Digne
Niels Nkounkou (UA)
CB
Yerry Mina
Michael Keane (HG)
Mason Holgate (HG)
Ben Godfrey (HG)
Mid
Allan
André Gomes
Abdoulaye Doucouré
Jean-Philippe Gbamin
Gylfi Sigurðsson (HG)
Tom Davies (HG)
Fabian Delph (HG)
Muhamed Bešić
Widers
Richarlison
James Rodríguez
Bernard
Alex Iwobi (HG)
ST
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (HG)
Joshua King (HG)
Most areas improved on, bar of course GK and RB.
I think the recruitment has been just fine.
Mistakes have been made, Bernie isnt really a glaring error, hes scored goals, he cost nothing and we did get a team to spend cash money on him, we as fans consider Iwobi a waste of money, but we don't know if that's shared and its not even universal, ask @TheBigIguana whether he considers him a flop.
Delph we took a gamble on and it hasn't worked out.
But we traded Bolaise for Hamez.
I think the squad is in a better place. I think some though do tend to treat it like everything he's had to do is clear up other people's mess. I don't think that's the case.
I also feel that in some situations, he might have done better to quicken up the process. For example, there's no real excuse for a right-back not to have been brought in in the last 2.5 years - an athletic, quick right-back who can be the succession to Coleman. I just feel like that was a glaring one, because it's been pretty clear for the last 3 years that Kenny wasn't gonna cut it, imo.
But I'm glad he's staying, because we need stability, but he has to prove his worth now, because the shackles in terms of leaking huge wages on deadwood are now, if not off, going to be a lot looser come the summer. Still have covid's impact to deal with, but same with every club.
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