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Trebilcock said:
The rest of the League will be quaking now. We got Leicesters head of recruitment. #sarcasm# Forgive me for not being as optimistic as most. Leics were brilliant last season, but they were one of the favs to be relegated the last 2 years & very nearly did. Looking back over this thread I don't think many people, if any would have mentioned him as our DOF. He done brilliant getting Mahrez, Kante etc. Every scout will have success stories on their Cv, his is more notable because of what they went onto achieve, & most recent. who else has he 'found' apart from them? Vardy? Then we get to Danny Simpson & wes Morgan & maybe Huth, who'd be happy if it were us he brought them to? I can't really get overly excited by this.
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Drogba, essien.

Mourinho made him head scout after he was doing it part time.

Or shall we ignore that?
 
bluestevon said:
Isnt the key to have at least a modicum of balance though, yeah i'm 'possibly' overly positive about the future, but it doesn't mean every single last one of my posts will be banging on about the great future and such like mate.

But for example, posters who see every last thing the club does or possibly will do in the worst negative light and feel the need to comment on every thread as such so there is no missing it, then it becomes almost a pantomine act, in a similarl way that anyone who thinks absolutely everything the club is doing or will do is the best thing since sliced bread are also for want of a better word 'unbeleivable' as being genuine and not playing out a role on the forum.
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Of course they're playing a roll.

That people continue to feed by both extreme optimism and responding to their overt negativity. But that's beside the point to me. I feel that (and I admit, I skip a huge chunk of these threads...I don't have time for the bickering) the overwhelming positivity is starting to fade, but let's be fair - immediately after the season there were a large chunk of people thinking we were getting Mourinho and spending obscene money and were the new City.

It does not appear that was the case. The negativity rose in response to the bad Geordism (to steal a phrase) that was infecting this forum. I continue to have hope and patience. It's July. And I still believe that the players we have are talented - Martinez coached in a way that is anathema to success in England. Koeman seems to be less idealistic - which should be good enough to get us into the top half quite easily.

That said, we clearly need ins. Our midfield is weak. We have gaping squad holes - right back, left wing, striker, goalkeeper that must be filled if we're going to try for better than top 6. And beside that, we need someone to give the fans a lift after last season. The toxicity in the ground may not be fully lifted if we don't buy someone special.

The point you make is exactly correct - balance. Until something happens, we (except those that actually are ITK) should be a bit more balanced and patient in general. We haven't bought anyone yet. And it appears we did not get our greatest wish for manager (Mourinho/Emery...even if Koeman was first choice to begin with, he was leapt and ended up not being our first choice, in my opinion), or DoF (Monchi).

That doesn't mean we're doomed or everything has been awful...but you can easily see where the unease comes from.
 
Trebilcock said:
The rest of the League will be quaking now. We got Leicesters head of recruitment. #sarcasm# Forgive me for not being as optimistic as most. Leics were brilliant last season, but they were one of the favs to be relegated the last 2 years & very nearly did. Looking back over this thread I don't think many people, if any would have mentioned him as our DOF. He done brilliant getting Mahrez, Kante etc. Every scout will have success stories on their Cv, his is more notable because of what they went onto achieve, & most recent. who else has he 'found' apart from them? Vardy? Then we get to Danny Simpson & wes Morgan & maybe Huth, who'd be happy if it were us he brought them to? I can't really get overly excited by this.
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Says the poster that wants lallana
 

Trebilcock said:
The rest of the League will be quaking now. We got Leicesters head of recruitment. #sarcasm# Forgive me for not being as optimistic as most. Leics were brilliant last season, but they were one of the favs to be relegated the last 2 years & very nearly did. Looking back over this thread I don't think many people, if any would have mentioned him as our DOF. He done brilliant getting Mahrez, Kante etc. Every scout will have success stories on their Cv, his is more notable because of what they went onto achieve, & most recent. who else has he 'found' apart from them? Vardy? Then we get to Danny Simpson & wes Morgan & maybe Huth, who'd be happy if it were us he brought them to? I can't really get overly excited by this.
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What are you on about? They only got promoted 2 years ago, and in their first year in the league avoided relegation and finished 14th. The next year they win the league 2 years from promotion to winning the league is simply amazing, and I think any scout that can put together a team that wins the league, and cost less than 25 mill has a lot of credibility.

Lets face it, its not like we are talking about poaching someone from a team that finished a surprising 5th. Its a long way from 5th to 1st in the premier league, its the difference between pretty good, and dominant.
 
RaleighBlue said:
Of course they're playing a roll.

That people continue to feed by both extreme optimism and responding to their overt negativity. But that's beside the point to me. I feel that (and I admit, I skip a huge chunk of these threads...I don't have time for the bickering) the overwhelming positivity is starting to fade, but let's be fair - immediately after the season there were a large chunk of people thinking we were getting Mourinho and spending obscene money and were the new City.

It does not appear that was the case. The negativity rose in response to the bad Geordism (to steal a phrase) that was infecting this forum. I continue to have hope and patience. It's July. And I still believe that the players we have are talented - Martinez coached in a way that is anathema to success in England. Koeman seems to be less idealistic - which should be good enough to get us into the top half quite easily.

That said, we clearly need ins. Our midfield is weak. We have gaping squad holes - right back, left wing, striker, goalkeeper that must be filled if we're going to try for better than top 6. And beside that, we need someone to give the fans a lift after last season. The toxicity in the ground may not be fully lifted if we don't buy someone special.

The point you make is exactly correct - balance. Until something happens, we (except those that actually are ITK) should be a bit more balanced and patient in general. We haven't bought anyone yet. And it appears we did not get our greatest wish for manager (Mourinho/Emery...even if Koeman was first choice to begin with, he was leapt and ended up not being our first choice, in my opinion), or DoF (Monchi).

That doesn't mean we're doomed or everything has been awful...but you can easily see where the unease comes from.
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Very, very good post, wish rep still existed for that alone mate
 

From the Leicester forum :bye:



This isn't just a bigger loss than Kante imo, it makes me more pissed off.
No disrepect to Everton and I don't think our success of last season has gone to my head but FFS, we have a better chance of winning the league next season, we have European football, something Everton don't even have a sniff off, we have a better chance than Everton of qualifying for European football next season.
Fuming about this one and he's even more of a judas than Kante, atleast Kante has joined a club that stands quite a high chance of challenging at the top, qualifying for European football and playing with some of the world best players.
****ing Everton...hardly a step up. Jesus.
 
Jack29 said:
Surely this is the first domino in the chain.
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