andoru Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 All clubs sell even L'pool lost Sterling when they vowed to keep him and they lost Suarez; Arsenal have lost players to their rivals, Man U lost Ronaldo to Real and so it goes on---our advantage is we have a scheme, home grown and from abroad, to replace them with younger and cheaper and hopefully in the long term they will also be as good or better. All clubs sell of course, but that's not what "selling club" really means. A selling club is one that bases its business model on the sale of players. The transfer fees form a major part of its revenue. Utd, Arsenal etc don't rely on selling the likes of Ronaldo and Van Persie, so they are not selling clubs.
Lighthouse Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 All clubs sell of course, but that's not what "selling club" really means. A selling club is one that bases its business model on the sale of players. The transfer fees form a major part of its revenue. Utd, Arsenal etc don't rely on selling the likes of Ronaldo and Van Persie, so they are not selling clubs. Given our wage bill is towards the bottom end of the Premier League I really don't see how that would be the case. I can't see us needing to plug losses of £40m a year with player sales.
krissyboy31 Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 Yes, I preferred it when we were sh!t and nobody was interested in our players!!!
the saint in winchester Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 We're second from the left. P**py are the krill, out of the picture to the left. Like this. Golden post.
Redslo Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 (edited) spurs dont sell 7 players over 2 seasons....or 9 over 3 seasons (or what ever it is). They will sell their star players at a rate of 3 maybe 5 years Interestingly, the Spurs sold 8 players in each of the last three seasons. You might argue that they were mostly not good players so they weren't trying to keep them. True, but is that really a good point for Spurs--their Slogan: "Spurs--a Top Six Club with very few players good enough to play for the top five clubs." Edited 14 July, 2015 by Redslo
the_emu Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 spurs dont sell 7 players over 2 seasons....or 9 over 3 seasons (or what ever it is). They will sell their star players at a rate of 3 maybe 5 years Not through lack of trying
The9 Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 Only time will tell how they do. Schneiderlin was allowed to play the way he liked with us and the structure took account of that. At MU he will have to compete, adapt and fit in with LVG, that may not be that easy. Making the blend work is the secret ingredient which often fails with a multitude of star players that just don't gel. I'm not so sure it's going to be that easy for them. Schneiderlin was an attacking midfielder when we signed him, the only reason he got to play the way he wanted was because we'd trained him to be that kind of player. Van Gaal is signing a near finished product and the only thing he'll need to do differently is adapt to a poorer defence behind him, which he can pretty much only do by being as good as he already is. His stats may be less impressive next season as he's probably going to have less to do with United being more likely to have the ball in attack than Saints.
Redslo Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 We're second from the left. P**py are the krill, out of the picture to the left. Actually, we are third from the right and you left off many many smaller fish on the left.
Saint IQ Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 Let's try. Everton - Leighton Baines Aston Villa - Fabian Delph Tricky game this..... Coleman? Delph only really came on last season, can't see him being there in 2 years if he carrys on improving
Saint IQ Posted 14 July, 2015 Posted 14 July, 2015 We're second from the left. P**py are the krill, out of the picture to the left. For Suarez- Left to right Gronigen, Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona.
Whitey Grandad Posted 15 July, 2015 Posted 15 July, 2015 We're second from the left. P**py are the krill, out of the picture to the left. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Siphonaptera
Saint-Armstrong Posted 15 July, 2015 Posted 15 July, 2015 Was asked to write something about this for a blog/column for Shoot! Magazine, which has just gone live on their website. http://www.shoot.co.uk/category/news/southampton-show-they-are-one-step-ahead-again/ Let me know what you think, if you get a chance to read...
Saint IQ Posted 15 July, 2015 Posted 15 July, 2015 Was asked to write something about this for a :thumbup:blog/column for Shoot! Magazine, which has just gone live on their website. http://www.shoot.co.uk/category/news/southampton-show-they-are-one-step-ahead-again/ Let me know what you think, if you get a chance to read... Just saw and read on newsnow, very good!
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