LineTrash
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It's not a silly argument at all. It's completely sensible argument. In fact it's blatantly obvious.
Lets pretend we had a team of cars instead of players. If I have a team of 11 2018 top spec Aston Martins, and my mate has ten 2018 top spec Mercedes cars. At the end of the year,I can't afford all my cars, so I sell 9 Aston Martins, for £19.79M to relieve some of the debts I'd accrued and replace with 9 much cheaper 2015 Skoda's spending £3,870,00. My mate doesn't spend anything because he already has all his cars. Does this mean that MY squad squad of cars is better than his because I spent £3,870,000 and he spent nothing?
It's completely irrelevant.
It’s a silly argument...you totally disregard of the current squad compared to the rest of the league. Then factor in the current value can’t string 3 passes together.
Not just summer but also January as well.
We’ve spent double what the rest of the league has spent. It would take someone spending £2 billion in the Premier League to achieve that. Imagine the outcry if that team then finished 4th.
Perspective!
You've missed the point. I'm not comparing Ross to Pep, far from it. It's a classical 'argumentum a fortiori'.
i.e. if it took the great Guardiola two seasons to rebuild an already regular Champions League side with all the riches at his disposal, then it is unreasonable to expect the more humbler Ross to do it in one.
It’s a stretch, a massive stretch to make that comparison. There’s no way Pep spent more than all the PL teams combined. He also didn’t have his team playing Tony Pulis long ball his first season and suddenly got them playing the best football in the League the next. I don’t see any signs that if we’re promoted, the football is suddenly straightened out.
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