It's like The Athletic looked at their engagement numbers, wondered aloud why their purchase of Tifo wasn't paying off, and then someone suggested they try, like, doing Tifo stuff. Better late than never, good show.
The main problem with sensible transfers was that the same players were repeated too often. Like there are only 50 players available in the market with good metrics so you are kind of stuck telling every club that they should buy the same players.
"I was also a slow developer, that's why I lost my job at the camera shop" 😂 Such a great joke that many of the viewers are probably too young to get. Need more Joe in the videos! Every Monday with him talking about the last week of football would have been good!
Good to see Joe reading my mind once again. Used to happen frequently on the old pod. Don’t even need to elaborate, because this is between the two of us and Joe knows exactly what he’s done.
The way so many people talk about De Ligt is like he is failed player and his career is over. He is only 24 and really hasn't had a stable environment and strong support to succeed. Lets see how he kicks on at United. I see him becoming a key player.
@@trappedinmyroom When you are looking at changing jobs do you want to go in when its a startup with a small team and there is plenty of room for growth or when they are established and you have to work extra to prove yourself? Right now Manchester is evolving and its potentially a good move for club and player. We can agree to disagree but time will tell.
United are about as unstable a club as you could ever have. But maybe things have changed with the new ownership and structure, also he would he back under ten hag who gave him his break at Ajax
Chelsea are expecting to play upwards of 70 matches this season, and contrary to belief, the squad isn't even the biggest in the premier league (United had the biggest last season and Chelsea were joint with Forrest and Arsenal) so he'll get plenty of game time
I work for a UK private equity firm, what you are doing from a management perspective to TIFO is destroying the brand value and the product. This will fail.
Chelsea expect to play over 70 matches this season with a 3-man midfield and you need 2 players for each position. Currently, they are: Caicedo, Enzo, Lavia, Dewsbury-Hall, Gallagher and Chukwumeka (plus Chukwumeka might go out on loan and Gallagher might be sold)
@@BSMAG87 don't forget Santos, Ugochukwu, Casadei, all of whom were bought for big money, in addition to the fact that the attacking 8 role could also be played by Nkunku or Palmer. Add to the fact that KDH isn't young and hasn't performed in the PL in the past and it's clearly a bad transfer
@@hb3393 Gallagher is likely to be sold now that KDH is in, on reflection Carney probably needs a loan to get back on track and Uguochukwu's definitely going out on loan (he was supposed to last season but we kept him due to injuries), so if Conor leaves and Carney goes on loan, that makes room for Santos and Palmer to play in midfield. Not sure what he'll do with Nkunku, so that will be interesting, but I think KDH is a good addition to the squad for £30m (plus he brings some of that maturity that we've been crying for)
i kind of felt like diaz and gakpo kept liverpool in it last season and maybe you can get more out of diaz I personally don't feel like he under performed
@@rulifaller8474Tyrell Malacia and Donny Van de Beek are ditch. Ruud and Hake joining the coaching staff. EtH had Lisandro Martinez, Onana, Antony all at Ajax at the same time. De Ligt and Frankie were also a part of that team and are highly sought after. Erik also worked with Amarabaat and Eriksen before in the Dutch league
I wish Tifo hadn't cashed in. I understand why, however The Athletic have ruined them. I dont watch/listen to football podcasts and videos for the information & stats. It's for the humour. It is what separated them from every other football related spouter of words. Madness i say
KDH should be judged more on what he did for leicester snr team in the last two seasons. He's been really solid from what I've seen. Stood out like the proverbial dogs bollocks in the Championship. Merely a victim of a bloated Leicester squad. Particularly in his position.
No structure at Man Utd so Ten Haag has to resort to buying players he knows from the past such as Martinez, Anthony, Onana, Amrabat. Man Utd/Ineos put structure in place, immediately sign Ten Haags ex player De Ligt...
If the links between Ten Hag and De Ligt didn’t exist, he would still be a reasonable signing anyway. We need a right footed CB, an aerial presence in both boxes, as well as someone who can play football on a solid technical level, which he can.
JJ’s comments about Saliba not having external factors to deal with and having a stable base is just so wrong. He was constantly worrying if he was going to make it at Arsenal. Missing the French cup final and having a parent pass away shortly after moving to England and now is arguably the best cb in the world. If you’re going to try create narratives at least know what you’re talking about
