Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Scriptures Prophesied the Messiah Plays 3-4-3
@Kunty McPhuck Southampton have figured it out. 
Shopping at Cobham gives you better better value for money than anything else. Livramento on a permanent deal last summer. Simeu as a free agent and Broja on loan which they want to make that permanent. And now the latest:
From Musiala to Lamptey, the club is losing super prospects whilst carrying some ageing or just plain terrible senior players.
Obviously you can't keep them all but Azpi is on his last legs and is leaving in the summer so it would have been great to have Lamptey or Livramento ready to step in. Musiala looking like a future world beater but Chelsea stuck with deadwood like Werner and Pulisic. Dreadful squad building and planning as usual.
Shopping at Cobham gives you better better value for money than anything else. Livramento on a permanent deal last summer. Simeu as a free agent and Broja on loan which they want to make that permanent. And now the latest:
From Musiala to Lamptey, the club is losing super prospects whilst carrying some ageing or just plain terrible senior players.
Obviously you can't keep them all but Azpi is on his last legs and is leaving in the summer so it would have been great to have Lamptey or Livramento ready to step in. Musiala looking like a future world beater but Chelsea stuck with deadwood like Werner and Pulisic. Dreadful squad building and planning as usual.
Kunty McPhuck
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@Kunty McPhuck Southampton have figured it out.
Shopping at Cobham gives you better better value for money than anything else. Livramento on a permanent deal last summer. Simeu as a free agent and Broja on loan which they want to make that permanent. And now the latest:
From Musiala to Lamptey, the club is losing super prospects whilst carrying some ageing or just plain terrible senior players.
Obviously you can't keep them all but Azpi is on his last legs and is leaving in the summer so it would have been great to have Lamptey or Livramento ready to step in. Musiala looking like a future world beater but Chelsea stuck with deadwood like Werner and Pulisic. Dreadful squad building and planning as usual.
Problem is Chelsea have too much talent and not enough space or time to use them all. And the academy is probably seen more as an revenue stream than anything else (like Real use theirs) and that isn't going to change with Marina in-charge of the day to day. Will be interesting to see what happens with clubs only being able to loan out 6 players.
The new loan rules only allow 6 players above the age of 21 so it shouldn't affect the academy prospects too much. Ideally you want them coming back around 21-22 anyway and to be ready to complete for a spot (like Mount, Tammy etc).
Hopefully the new rules stop the bullshyt loans of players like Drinkwater and Bakayoko etc being around for 5 years lol.
Kunty McPhuck
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It's still a revenue stream. Which has probably paid back most of their transfer fees and wages long term instead of taking a loss on just selling them within a 12-18 months.
Ukbrotha
Superstar
Barca really signed Adama? 
This mean they're really done with Dembele?
This mean they're really done with Dembele?
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thatrapsfan
Superstar
Saudi and Iran both through to the World Cup. Both cruised in qualifying with near perfect records. Renard managing Saudi - results dont lie with that guy, he gets results wherever he goes in the international game.
thatrapsfan
Superstar
Tough venue and no Eustaqio or Davies. I'd be happy with a point.
Kunty McPhuck
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Barca really signed Adama?
This mean they're really done with Dembele?
Looks like Barca going back to being primarily Spanish with Superstar foreigners. I wouldn't be surprised if they signed someone like Pau Torres in the summer also.
Givethanks
Superstar
It would be a beautiful thing if we get all 9 points. I hope the cases aren't crazy in March tho
Jamal514
In high demand
I’m ready
These games gonna be tough without Davies. USA at home and 2 visits to MS-13 territory
I think we can decent results though
Tbf it's only a revenue stream contingent on bad business being conducted in the first place. Hopefully these news rules lead to less room for manoeuvre so scouting/squad building needs to improve. Drinkwater was a garbage signing in 2017, no serious club makes that transfer. Choosing Bakayoko from that Monaco team is braindead scouting at its absolute worst.
TobiOT
Veteran
Barca really signed Adama?
This mean they're really done with Dembele?
One step closer to the Bridge
