by Niall Quinns Discopants » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:38 am
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Risby wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:
Hazard, Isco, Silva and Navas providing the creative element. That's the kind of strength and depth needed at the position if we are to challenge for Cl and league title at the same time. But if we now sign someone equivalent of Scott Sinclair instead we are only adding numbers not quality.
When they see something they need to go and get it.
The problem is, Isco seemed to be our top target for that position, like Cavani for the striker role.
Which players are equivalent to these two that are realistically available?
That was the point I was trying to make. There are few dozen, under 50 anyway, players who would improve us at all. When suitable playeris available we need to bag them. TThat's the job of the Spaniards.
It is their job but do we not have to accept that there are still about 10 teams who are either bigger than us or on our level and thus when one of these players becomes available we are almost always going to face competition and sometimes miss out.
We are still the new kid at this level and as of yet don't have the reputation of a Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, Milan or even Rags yet amongst others.
There are NOT ten teams in the world who have bigger pulling power than us. Absolutely not. What a defeatist thing to say.
Real and Barcelona for sure. Unfortunately Rags as well. Bayern have great power among German lads and bundesleague has become third best league in the world. Chelsea are about on par with us. That's it. Any Italian team right now is financially and competitively irrelevant.
So basically we are fighting with five teams, three of them having clearly better pulling power than us. Now correct me if you think I'm wrong but weren't Spaniards brought into put us in same level with them?
Sometimes we're good and sometimes we're bad but when we're good, at least we're much better than we used to be and when we are bad we're just as bad as we always used to be, so that's got to be good hasn't it?
Mark Radcliffe