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[britbox]

One can dream, but we can afford him, he knows the atmosphere already...But this would only work if he is after a new challenge. Who would not want to work with Osimhen? He is one of the top 3 forward/strikers in the world in my opinion.
But I know, it is a tough one.

I think Top 3 is a bit of stretch... top player for sure... but Top 3 players in any position won't ply their trade in Turkey for long mate. They'll end up in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, or Bundesliga. Market forces.

 

[Federberg]

They’re like that forever. Under-achieving and not having a clue what to do about it. My bro is an Arsenal fan and he loves to joke about spurs last title tilt versus Leicester in 2016, that they came third in a two horse race. Behind Arsenal. When they had Jose they reached a final and these serial losers sacked the serial winner before the final.

They’re absolutely impossible to fathom..

that's not the worst thing that was done. That was when Poch was at his peak as manager. For 3 windows Levy stopped all transfers. We went from having a squad stronger than Liverpool's to collapsing. Every player that left was replaced with someone inferior. We never recovered from the departures of Eriksen and Dembele. That midfield dominated. It truly was a sliding doors moment. If Levy had been aggressive at that time (3 year span where if you looked at cumulative points we had more than any other club including City!), we could have won titles. It's almost comical to point it out now, but that's Levy.

Also when Bale was at his pomp with Redknapp as manager, we needed a few players in the January window. What did Levy do? Get some trash players in... we were close around Xmas to challenging for the title. It's almost as if Levy was afraid of us winning something. Don't ask me why? I don't have a clue!

 

[Federberg]

I wonder where Pep will end up. I wish he came to Galatasaray. That means we have to fire a coach who won 4 league titles in a row but no one is happy with Okan Buruk. He won't do any better in Europe than this year and fans want more.
Happy for Arsenal fans . It's been a minute or two.

well he's been to the Bundesliga, EPL and obviously La Liga. The missing major league is Italy. Perhaps Juventus or AC Milan. Probably AC Milan as that's less of a mess than Juve. Always one of the top clubs.

 

[britbox]

that's not the worst thing that was done. That was when Poch was at his peak as manager. For 3 windows Levy stopped all transfers. We went from having a squad stronger than Liverpool's to collapsing. Every player that left was replaced with someone inferior. We never recovered from the departures of Eriksen and Dembele. That midfield dominated. It truly was a sliding doors moment. If Levy had been aggressive at that time (3 year span where if you looked at cumulative points we had more than any other club including City!), we could have won titles. It's almost comical to point it out now, but that's Levy.

Also when Bale was at his pomp with Redknapp as manager, we needed a few players in the January window. What did Levy do? Get some trash players in... we were close around Xmas to challenging for the title. It's almost as if Levy was afraid of us winning something. Don't ask me why? I don't have a clue!

The enigma that is Tottenham Hotspur. The dumb club touched by geniuses. From Hoddle to Bale to Kane.

 

[Murat B.]

I think Top 3 is a bit of stretch... top player for sure... but Top 3 players in any position won't ply their trade in Turkey for long mate. They'll end up in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, or Bundesliga. Market forces.

He probably will. They are all knocking on the door. When I look at what he does and how he does it, I cannot find more than a couple of players I would put above him honestly. That's why I was shocked when he signed with us, albeit for tons of money . But I know he won't last. He is too good.

 

[Kieran]

I wonder where Pep will end up. I wish he came to Galatasaray. That means we have to fire a coach who won 4 league titles in a row but no one is happy with Okan Buruk. He won't do any better in Europe than this year and fans want more.
Happy for Arsenal fans . It's been a minute or two.

Pep only manages clubs that are always successful, clubs he doesn’t have to lay the groundwork on or challenge himself with inferior players. Who’s trending in Italy? Inter Milan. Jose won the treble there, don’t know if he’d want to go there…

 

[Federberg]

Pep only manages clubs that are always successful, clubs he doesn’t have to lay the groundwork on or challenge himself with inferior players. Who’s trending in Italy? Inter Milan. Jose won the treble there, don’t know if he’d want to go there…

I think the options for him in Italy would be AC Milan and Juventus. With Pep it's always going to be one of the winners. He ain't gonna go manage Verona and take them to the top! No reason for Inter to ditch what's dominating imho

But for sure, Serie A is the league he's missing from his resume now

 

[Kieran]

One can dream, but we can afford him, he knows the atmosphere already...But this would only work if he is after a new challenge. Who would not want to work with Osimhen? He is one of the top 3 forward/strikers in the world in my opinion.
But I know, it is a tough one.

You call it an “atmosphere” there?

I was reading an Irish footballers autobiography last week and he played for the republic against Turkey in 1967. I wonder has anything changed. I attached photos of the pages in the book. The writer is Eamon Dunphy, played with Millwall and became something of a controversial journalist, TV pundit and writer after he stopped playing.

For whatever reason, the first image went as a jpeg, to be clicked on, maybe cos it’s slightly bigger than the other.

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[Kieran]

mate! Spurs are painful to follow. A long time ago I emotionally detached from their results. It's ironic that they sack Levy and then this happens. The problem with Spurs is that (1) they don't pay their players (2) they'll compromise on getting their number one option because of price

That second thing is the entire story. Player A will improve the team but costs £60m (we're not even going to talk about the wages they'll want to pay). Spurs will bid £50m hoping to get the other club down to £55m. The other team tells them to get lost (Spurs are one of the most loathed clubs to deal with because of Levy's penny pinching). Spurs move off Player A. And look at Player B, who is clearly not as good as Player A, but serviceable in the same position. Spurs will bid £50m for that player, a player whose club knows they're worth £40m. Obviously the club agrees the deal. And Levy will crow that he saved £10m. Noooo you fucking MORON!! You've spent money on a player who's not going to improve the team.

Now imagine doing that repeatedly for a decade. That's how you move from a team that got to a Champions League final to a team struggling to survive in the premier league. And to this day, I guarantee you Daniel Levy still doesn't get it.

I don't claim to know what the new guys who've taken over will do. But if we survive...IF! This might be the lesson they need to understand how bad our squad actually is now. There are clubs like Bournemouth, Brighton and Liverpool that use a variant of money ball to find good value excellent players. I honestly don't understand what we do anymore. But it needs to change... PROFOUNDLY

That’s a tale of woe, brother, that’s a tragic tale! A resistance to success, led from the very top. Absolutely insane. Was Levy only about the money? He’d have earned more if they’d won things! They were in the CL final with a plausible chance of success!

 

[Murat B.]

You call it an “atmosphere” there?

I was reading an Irish footballers autobiography last week and he played for the republic against Turkey in 1967. I wonder has anything changed. I attached photos of the pages in the book. The writer is Eamon Dunphy, played with Millwall and became something of a controversial journalist, TV pundit and writer after he stopped playing.

For whatever reason, the first image went as a jpeg, to be clicked on, maybe cos it’s slightly bigger than the other.

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Pitches are better?
Man, everything has changed since 67. Just read about what players think about our stadium now, you will see why many want to come and play here, and why they need earplugs when they play against us.

The Loudness Record
Galatasaray's fan base is globally recognized for its sheer volume and intensity. The stadium’s maximum recorded roar reached 131.76 dB during a match against rivals Fenerbahçe, temporarily earning them the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium. To put this into perspective, this noise level is louder than a jet aircraft taking off and surpasses human pain thresholds without ear protection. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

 

[Kieran]

Pitches are better?
Man, everything has changed since 67. Just read about what players think about our stadium now, you will see why many want to come and play here, and why they need earplugs when they play against us.

The Loudness Record
Galatasaray's fan base is globally recognized for its sheer volume and intensity. The stadium’s maximum recorded roar reached 131.76 dB during a match against rivals Fenerbahçe, temporarily earning them the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium. To put this into perspective, this noise level is louder than a jet aircraft taking off and surpasses human pain thresholds without ear protection. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

That’s very impressive, and fairly incredible. Deafeningly incredible!! Which team do you follow?

 

[britbox]

Pitches are better?
Man, everything has changed since 67. Just read about what players think about our stadium now, you will see why many want to come and play here, and why they need earplugs when they play against us.

The Loudness Record
Galatasaray's fan base is globally recognized for its sheer volume and intensity. The stadium’s maximum recorded roar reached 131.76 dB during a match against rivals Fenerbahçe, temporarily earning them the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium. To put this into perspective, this noise level is louder than a jet aircraft taking off and surpasses human pain thresholds without ear protection. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Yes, they seem to be somewhere near the top of most "loudness lists". Although these lists all seem pretty inconsistent when you examine them. All sorts of different claims and measurements. Still, Galatasaray seem to be Top 5 in most of them and most people who have gone there say it's a bit of a cauldron.

I never quite get how these non-roofed bowls in the States seem to get up there in these lists... I used to work with a Seahawks NFL fan and he was always telling me how loud they were. They also seem to feature highly in all the lists. I've been to a couple of NFL games at the old Tampa Stadium and the old Oakland Coliseum - they were nowhere near as loud as European football stadiums (on a good night).

The loudest atmospheres I've personally experienced were Liverpool (Anfield on a big European night when a lot is on the line - some other matches you can hear a pin drop), Millenium Stadium Cardiff (Rugby) and St James Park, Newcastle. But even those were surpassed by the deafening bear pit atmosphere of the London Docklands Indoor Arena (now demolished) when Nigel Benn defeated Gerald McLellan in a world super middleweight boxing title fight. The place only held about 12,000 or 13,000 but my ears were ringing for days.

 

[britbox]

You call it an “atmosphere” there?

I was reading an Irish footballers autobiography last week and he played for the republic against Turkey in 1967. I wonder has anything changed. I attached photos of the pages in the book. The writer is Eamon Dunphy, played with Millwall and became something of a controversial journalist, TV pundit and writer after he stopped playing.

For whatever reason, the first image went as a jpeg, to be clicked on, maybe cos it’s slightly bigger than the other.

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Dunphy is quite a character. I used to watch some of those football panels he was on with Souness, Liam Brady etc... Proper football talk and good jousting.

 

[britbox]

I think the options for him in Italy would be AC Milan and Juventus. With Pep it's always going to be one of the winners. He ain't gonna go manage Verona and take them to the top! No reason for Inter to ditch what's dominating imho

But for sure, Serie A is the league he's missing from his resume now

Yeah, that's a pretty good shortlist. It is the only place left...unless he goes for the Saudi coin. I think maybe one more job before he milks that one.