Nigel Posted August 11 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11 (edited) Lopetegui is a better manager than moyes, he will have them playing decent effective football; He also is a bit of a bogey manager for emery. The thing he is not is expansive, the thing the west ham fans were crying out for. What happens when he starts to lose and the comparison with moyes starts? Edited August 11 by Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 2 minutes ago, Nigel said: Lopetegui is a better manager than moyes, he will have them playing decent; He also is a bit of a bogey manager for emery. The thing he is not is expansive, the thing the west ham fans were crying out for. What happens when he starts to lose? All of their b*llend fans will be ringing up Talksh*te and be crying about how he doesn't play the 'West Ham way', whatever the f*ck that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_AA_786 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Don't think we can grade anyone's summer just yet but we can assume that based on players added or retained and/or the lack of European football that Man U, Newcastle, West Ham and Fulham will all be stronger competition for us next year. Not saying they'll overtake us but they'll be tougher as they've improved on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 39 minutes ago, _AA_786 said: Don't think we can grade anyone's summer just yet but we can assume that based on players added or retained and/or the lack of European football that Man U, Newcastle, West Ham and Fulham will all be stronger competition for us next year. Not saying they'll overtake us but they'll be tougher as they've improved on paper. How so? not biggest fans of our window but have done more than United and Newcastle so far. Fulham have probably lost their best player and thinking of bringing in our fourth choice centre back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_AA_786 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 hour ago, _AA_786 said: Don't think we can grade anyone's summer just yet but we can assume that based on players added or retained and/or the lack of European football that Man U, Newcastle, West Ham and Fulham will all be stronger competition for us next year. Not saying they'll overtake us but they'll be tougher as they've improved on paper. 34 minutes ago, Zatman said: How so? not biggest fans of our window but have done more than United and Newcastle so far. Fulham have probably lost their best player and thinking of bringing in our fourth choice centre back Man U - haven't spunked money on what CarryOn would call DOBs like in previous years and are addressing some of their weaknesses. They can't be as bad as last year imo. Newcastle - as highlighted they'll be stronger from no European football. Add that they crucially didn't lose any key players (met PSR needs by selling young squad players - Minteh + Anderson) and have players returning from bans/injury. Fulham - Adarabioyo is a loss but Cuenca is potentially a smart buy. Yes Palhinha is gone but Silva is a good manager who can use the got good money they got for him. Sessegnon on a free could also be a decent pick-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 8 hours ago, _AA_786 said: Man U - haven't spunked money on what CarryOn would call DOBs like in previous years and are addressing some of their weaknesses. They can't be as bad as last year imo. Newcastle - as highlighted they'll be stronger from no European football. Add that they crucially didn't lose any key players (met PSR needs by selling young squad players - Minteh + Anderson) and have players returning from bans/injury. Fulham - Adarabioyo is a loss but Cuenca is potentially a smart buy. Yes Palhinha is gone but Silva is a good manager who can use the got good money they got for him. Sessegnon on a free could also be a decent pick-up So Newcastle haven't strengthened (yet) , Fulham are weaker, West Ham have acquired a bunch of mediocre players, Man Utd have bought some players with potential but not much that elevates their first 11... But they're all going to improve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 same old story 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_AA_786 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, oishiiniku_uk said: So Newcastle haven't strengthened (yet) , Fulham are weaker, West Ham have acquired a bunch of mediocre players, Man Utd have bought some players with potential but not much that elevates their first 11... But they're all going to improve? Teams don't go into the season trying to be worse. They've each made moves to try and strengthen and as stated, IMO they'll pose greater competition (not saying that they'll all beat us) because I think they'll be better than they were last year. What that translate into points who knows. Whether you question the amounts spent, wages paid or the players themselves... United & West Ham have better/deeper squads. Newcastle gain from who comes back (Tonali was a very good player in Serie A) and reduced workload. Fulham are a tidy team and admittedly i'm maybe punchier on them than most people but I think that's in part because for me Silva is a quality manager. They've done well in preseason without Paulinha (beating Benfica & Hoffenheim) and will get more buys in over the remaining part of the window. Edited August 12 by _AA_786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 18 hours ago, villa4europe said: I thought zouma was going to Saudi and paqueta was facing a ban? They've had a good summer but the manager appointment will be the biggest difference and I'm not sure they'll make the required jump, they'll be a decent teams and get some good results though Not looking forward to facing them away first, they'll be full of optimism Is the manager that much better than Moyes though? Personally thought he did a great job there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 4 hours ago, gwi1890 said: same old story They must have a lever to pull somewhere surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Zouma move to UAE off after failed medical. Spam already bought in an expensive replacement in Todibo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Oof. That’s dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 2 hours ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: They must have a lever to pull somewhere surely We could take Araujo off their hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_AA_786 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 30 minutes ago, villan95 said: Zouma move to UAE off after failed medical. Spam already bought in an expensive replacement in Todibo. Window stays open until early October so can still see him going somewhere East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 Maybe Man C would be interested in Jhon Duran now that they have a Julian Alvarez sized hole to fill in the squad. He did score against them... Probably not. Can't imagine they'll go into the season with just Haaland who missed a big chunk of last season due to injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr_Dogg Posted August 12 Popular Post Share Posted August 12 55 minutes ago, villan95 said: Zouma move to UAE off after failed medical. Spam already bought in an expensive replacement in Todibo. They picked up an old injury on the CAT scan. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 hour ago, villan95 said: Zouma move to UAE off after failed medical. Spam already bought in an expensive replacement in Todibo. What a CATastrophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 hour ago, Aston_Villan4 said: Oof. That’s dirty. Its how the release clauses are triggered in Spain. The player has to go to La Liga HQ and pay it over themselves. The buying club usually gives the player the money back Liverpool it looks like are just trying lower fee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 hour ago, Mr_Dogg said: They picked up an old injury on the CAT scan. Bravo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Beier signed for Dortmund They're attack heavy now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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