those were two deals that had red lines for the club. livramento had a buyback clause, kudus wanted a release clause. both things the club apparently said no to. it’s the model, but it clearly isn’t going to leave fans or even managers happy all the time
heat of the moment maybe but he’s had a long time to draw conclusions from the summer window. and he’s also a smart guy. he won’t be mentioning this stuff for no reason.
seemed very ticked off. kept referencing the ‘policy of the club’ when talking about recruitment.
some may say i’m reading too much into it, but that was almost poyet-esque. to me it was obvious he was unhappy. didn’t seem very happy at all that the caicedo replacement is so far from ready...
same every week agains the bottom half teams. attack ponderous, always wanting an extra touch or pass. defence about as useful as an avocado stab vest. that is not luck. it’s poor
well there you have it… think tony might have to be a little flexible and soften his usual stance re january, at least if he wants RDZ to sign that new deal, anyway
yes, only for a while but we can’t write off a whole month of the season, plus however long it will take those four to recover.
absolutely has to be something done in january to compensate for that. if not, we can have no complaints if we don’t finish in the top half and get knocked out of...