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Do the so called big clubs actually do that? I honestly think not look at citeh and there laughable attempts to find a decent centre half to go alongside kompany when fit...throw money at it make that a helluva lot of money so paying £30/35 million for a player he must be brilliant...errr no...look at the youth policy of these clubs as well its truly pointless..chelski the biggest culprits there why promote players when you simply go out and buy who you want ready made......clubs like ours though its different we don't have that kind of money to throw around but clearly we have people who no what we are looking for...obiang never noticed him before but bam he is a decent player much overlooked because of Payet now there is another who lets be honest we never really heard of but for£10million what a bargain...sakho another when he played at palace last season coming on as a sub like many I thought here we go maiga mark2 but no you suddenly noticed his movement his pace and clear skill in front of goal....Antonio of course is another ogbonna the juve defender he goes about his work calmly.....all these players clearly known about and scouted properly before the transfers made and now lanzini what a player....first real look at him against astra Giurgiu he scores but me and my west ham mates thought not bad but probably to lightweight for the prem....how wrong can you be...clearly someone somewhere had good knowledge about this player and he was worth the risk and like payet you cannot imagine a west ham side without him.....so now all the so called big clubs start sniffing around and who knows in the summer some daft money could be thrown about but if they invested that in proper scouting they may not have had to waste so much money.....
Good Thread!
Obiang-not a lot has been said about him hes gone under the radar a tad! but like you say he is a decent player who can hold the ball in midfield & spray decent passes about...we must have a quality scouting system to find the players we have at the moment..look through our team at the moment (even without the injured Lanzini,sakho,etc) are there any weak points?i cant see any at the moment!Tomkins at right back?hes been immense...ginge at centre back?having his best season to date...Noble (who is slated a lot by some) is a fine captain...the list is endless
The good thing for me is even
The good thing for me is even Payet isn't really being given the same credit as players in big teams with half the skill. Personally I believe the arrogance of other teams and their fans gives us an advantage. They look at our squad and only see song as the big name despite him playing badly. They don't fear us yet because they really don't rate us. They don't know about Payet, Lanzini, sakho, Antonio and obiang so therefore feel they can't be that good. They believe Players like ginge, Tonka, noble and Adrian are just average journey men, but the fact remains they have been solid and consistent, and at times more. That's our biggest advantage. It makes my laugh. As for scouting that's the way I believe it should be done, but it seems a mixture of people doing it. Think Henry has done well for us. ( the scout from Everton, think that's his name) Slav is definately involved with a few and Sullivan hasn't done to badly either. Now we have the first two I'd expect them to be given a free rein as they seem to know what they are doing. Can't wait to see who Slav brings in upfront and right back in the summer with another wedge to spend.
Good post Red!
Spot on.