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If we were to spend £200m would you rather 22:43 - Jun 20 with 1846 views

If we were to spend £200m would you rather

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 22:49 - Jun 20 with 1770 views

jayessess

I don't think we would be able to sign a £40m player, our relatively lowly status in world football and accompanying wages would probably prevent it.

In general though, I think squad depth is overrated and you are better off spending more on fewer players.

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 22:52 - Jun 20 with 1758 views

Guthrum

2 x £20-£35m (either two forwards or one and an attacking midfielder)
3 x £15m-£25m (2nd/3rd striker, AM, 'Keeper)
5 x £8m-£15m (CB plus assorted cover/improvements)

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 22:55 - Jun 20 with 1732 views

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 22:52 - Jun 20 by Guthrum
2 x £20-£35m (either two forwards or one and an attacking midfielder) 3 x £15m-£25m (2nd/3rd striker, AM, 'Keeper) 5 x £8m-£15m (CB plus assorted cover/improvements)

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 23:03 - Jun 20 with 1687 views

TrumptonBlue

Paint the turnstiles.

If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 23:14 - Jun 20 with 1586 views

andyblue231

The first 10 million has been spent on Chuba Akpom, Cedric Kipre and Gary O’Neil. So excited to see who we spend £40 million on.

James Ward Prowse maybe

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 16:08 - Jun 21 with 1227 views

TheBlueGnu

I'd add another option and would vote for that........." 1 x new gold bicycle for Madge Hindle"

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MK1

We need quality over quantity, so 6 x £30M players would be amazing. (as long as they are £30M+ players and not just overpriced bang average players)

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vapour_trail

Can we just blow the lot on Yamine Lamal?

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noggin

Haaland and some beers with the change, if there is any.

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 17:06 - Jun 21 by noggin
Haaland and some beers with the change, if there is any.

We'd need the £200m just to pay his wages

If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 17:48 - Jun 21 with 912 views

urbanpenguin

The pints ideas is nice. but it would work out at about 200 pints per person per game, even the kids and teetotallers.

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 22:49 - Jun 20 by jayessess
I don't think we would be able to sign a £40m player, our relatively lowly status in world football and accompanying wages would probably prevent it. In general though, I think squad depth is overrated and you are better off spending more on fewer players.

I think we could easily sign a £40m player.
Whether they are actually worth £40m is a completely different matter.

I'm far from sure he's the answer but I'm wondering whether Delap's value is now below what we sold him for. It's a strange business.

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If we were to spend £200m would you rather on 00:19 - Jun 22 with 580 views

darkhorse28

Wheres the 24/25 option of £15 million players from the EFL, who are already at their ceiling, and worth less …, while Brighton sign them for £2 million and sell for £52 million with a years contract left.

That’s what we’re competing with.

How much we spend on players doesn’t 1% matter or indicate quality. How good they are - that matters.

Bournemouth, Brighton, Brentford, Sunderland, Leeds. They sign huge quality, often £5-15 million, worth £40 million plus before they kick a ball, because they are elite players, scouted with elite skill. Rinse and repeat to build an elite club at this level.

VALUE and quality, not price, correlate to success at this level.

We can’t function as we have in the market, and stay at this level.., there simply aren’t enough or indeed any teams doing it worse.

And last time, and even this to a smaller degree, we (had) more headroom with resources than any of those sides (under PSR rules).

VALUE. Cost is irrelevant if we stay within governance rules. What value you get determines long term results .., the legacy of waste doesn’t re-set, mistakes are liabilities that can often run for 5 years or more.

Look at our squad. Then look at what we’ve spent. Now look at the consequences…, what we now need to spend to have even 1% chance of staying up.

Consequences.

We need to be three levels above the levels we’ve shown in talent ID, and I’m not sure Ashton is showing much sign of letting more talented people than him add value.

Hope though. GON hopefully has some value to add from his time in France,., that’s the best league in the world to find talent that’s good enough, at prices that are better value (so more quality, and more ability to sign a larger number of them).

Sunderland demonstrated perfectly that market can yield the required levels, at prices any premier league side can afford - they were play off fodder and their talent ID has seen them SALE two levels above Ashtons ‘talent spotting’ .., results don’t lie.

So we don’t need any players at any price point. We just need talent!!

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