EliteKiller wrote:Santi wrote:Bissouma might end up in a cell, Richarlison doesn't strengthen them in the slightest imo. He's not that good and their front line was already more than good enough. 60m down the shitter if you ask me.
Perisic could do but nothing special as a signing is he, Conte might get a good year or two out of him but he's going to be a squad filler at both wing back slots so don't think a big first XI improvement.
Not sure what the rest has got to do with the fact that they haven't strengthened their first XI's yet. They will be trying to and so are we, meanwhile we've actually done it with Jesus. Attempted to with Martinez and Raphinha too, even if they fail it's clear we're also aiming to make big upgrades and hopefully will move to other targets.
You're argument is deeply flawed - what is this fixation with a starting eleven? - any EPL team in Europe, with average domestic cup runs, will play close to 5,000 minutes of competitive football, the most any player will play is around 4,000 and that's mostly keepers. This season will also include a World Cup for many star players, even the fittest will barely manage 3,000 for their clubs, only two Arsenal players Gabriel 3068 and Ramsdale 3060 achieved that for us in the EPL last season. You need two players for every position unless you want your standards to drop massively when players get injured or need a rest. Don't forget it's now five subs, at least you need a starting sixteen as the bench players will become very important.
Bissouma has been cleared, he probably starts most games but at the very least adds depth in CM.
Richarlison as the fourth striker is arguably better than any of our front four options - how is that not an improvement?
Perisic as one of two options at wingback left or right is a HUGE step up from what they had, even if it's only for a year or two.
Lenglet (loan) an experienced centre back can play all across a back three - start? but certainly in squad rotation.
The focus on the first eleven is plain wrong - last season on paper Utd and Arsenal had better first elevens than Spurs - however injuries, suspensions and fatigue saw both fail to get top four. You have to have a squad with at least 20 "starting" quality players, you simply can't afford to play a team of kids and rejects whilst challenging the top three. Spuds have very obviously strengthened, we still need 4/5 new players to have any hope of mounting a challenge - or should we just pray that Pep, Klopp, Touchel or Conte all suddenly forget how to manage?
Plenty of time in the window yet - but if the season started tomorrow, we'd be an upper mid-table squad once again.
Well I stopped at your first line because you clearly didn't read the other posts. The original comment was specifically about how Spurs (and others) upgraded their first XI so the rest of what you've written is probably pointless.
They've done okay business (not really impressed with any particular player, maybe Bissouma) to improve their squad which was weak but if we're looking at first XI I don't see any real improvement. Richarlison is 60m down the toilet.