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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Who says the wages are too high?
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I think this is about paying the wages. It’s also why Senesi and Robertson wanted to sign for us despite a terrible last two league campaigns. We are now a destination that good, proven players want to join. If you make the bar a proven player who is also at their exact peak then there’s like a...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Kinda feel this debate has taken a bit of a mad turn. Like…of course signings from abroad can work, of course proven PL signings can work. Is it more likely that proven PL players will be up to speed to perform and achieve results more quickly? Yes. Is there value from abroad? Also yes. The...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Totally agreed. This is exactly it. I’m very interested in how the kids think about boosting the value here. The calculation of how much more cash is needed to boost the valuation by how much. But I’m happy that at a minimum they want us competing like a top club for top players, and I hope...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    The great thing about Levy is that he actually wanted us to be long term sustainable. He knew we needed to increase our revenues if we truly wanted to endure as a top club. It fudges me off no end this narrative that has formed around poor old Villa not being able to spend to compete, after doing...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Yeah I don’t disagree with this. It’s fair to call it the Levy strategy because he would have known much more than Joe about football. Better way of saying it is it was the Levy strategy that Joe allowed him to run, but when it was no longer Joe, the kids wanted to see if Levy would fit in with...
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I think they were surprised that *WE* were offering proper money, not surprised at the amounts exactly. And if we’re going all in on De Zerbi ball and judge those two to be crucial to getting it right, then if we want to pay more to get them over the line, then good. As long as what we are...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    What exactly are you referring to? It was a difficult pregnancy, and he called it a stressful time. I can accept that he wanted to remove himself from a high pressure situation and not force through a transfer. I am more concerned with respect to the subject of this discussion as to whether...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Gonna be honest, I don’t think MGW or Eze were that complicated. I think it’s what we tell ourselves to rationalise the fact that we couldn’t get them done. Savinho has certainly been complicated. Tonali could have been complicated this summer. Fernandes might have been. We had completion. But...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I genuinely think last summer, with Vinai settled in and the kids really in control, the intention was to push on like we have done this time. I think then they were willing to do whatever financial engineering they needed to do to be able to increase the wage budget and to have money available...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I think that ‘scaling the spending’ clearly wasn’t enough. I don’t disagree that on a net spend basis it looks like we spent more under Levy, although I would also add it was at a moment where the cycle of the team had to be rebuilt, so it was always likely to go higher. The issue with Levy...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I don’t think it’s Spurssy, I don’t think it’s bad luck, I think we’re simply doing what it takes to compete at the top now. We’ve had a strategy, we’re executing against it. Other top clubs will always be spending, or like when Liverpool won the league, will be good without that many new...
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Savinho

    I saw your point about the jury being out on the Nepo kids because it may end up that our net spend won’t be that much more this summer. And to an extent I agree with that. But also, it seems like smart clubs are just trading better now. Becoming more willing sellers in order to sign the right...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Savinho

    Yeah and I guess it’s very hard to prove anyway. Eg Savinho fee being that high but…younger? More potential? Who’s to say he isn’t worth it? Who’s to say we aren’t desperate for a winger and wouldn’t pay it? Just seems ridiculous that you can have multiple journalists pumping out that it’s to...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Savinho

    Surely there has to be some sort of regulation brought in to stop clubs avoiding sell on clauses in this way? Doesn’t seem right to me.
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Victor Osimhen

    It’s an interesting hypothetical. My instincts say VO because a top striker can raise a team’s ceiling. But then I remember that we had Kane and Son and the reality is that if we look dysfunctional or lack quality throughout the side, the guys up top can only do so much. So I’d say get Savinho...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Savinho

    This could well be true and I have to say City’s stance on Savinho fascinates me. We clearly want him, they clearly don’t want him that much by how much they play him, and yet despite us being willing to be bigger spenders now, this deal has taken much longer to do.
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Savinho

    Yeah I think this mentality of worrying what would happen if a singing doesn’t work out is what holds us back. I don’t want to mortgage the future of the club; and I trust the people in charge aren’t doing that. And so we need to start acting like the club with the stadium, revenues and profile...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    (Brennan) Johnson Again Olé Olé!

    ‘Excuse me good sirs. It has come to my attention that you have made a rather disrespectful point aimed in my direction. I would like you to know that I very much disagree with your assertion and am thoroughly disappointed in the manner in which you presented it. Good day!’ …seriously, what is...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    (Brennan) Johnson Again Olé Olé!

    Everyone is allowed a view. Jamie and Gabby can say what they want, and Brennan has a right of reply. The specific choice of Brennan’s retort, about winning things, was effective precisely because it was true. The two guys making a career out of having an opinion on the radio get their...
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