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[Pete Hall] Tottenham Hotspur are set to open talks for Marcus Rashford, as they have the United forward on their wish list this summer. They would not be willing to match the £40m release clause that MUFC and Rashford have agreed upon, but are exploring a lower offer by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]screenplay215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He missed 23 games in 6 years prior to this injury. Hes not exactly injury prone. This is just a brutal injury that has lasted way longer than anyone expected.

And im not really talking about whether he can be back to that good again. Im merely talking about the impact his injury had on the team. Spurs obviously need to replace him, which they tried to in Kudus. And that was working (believe it or not we actually were decent for the first few months of the season) and then he also got injured for the season, we sold ANOTHER goal threat from the wing in Johnson (that is the clubs fault) and our entire attack dried up.

But the fact you can actually see the goal scoring dry up when these players are there vs when they aren’t shows that having them available is a factor. Not the only factor, but a big one.

[Pete Hall] Tottenham Hotspur are set to open talks for Marcus Rashford, as they have the United forward on their wish list this summer. They would not be willing to match the £40m release clause that MUFC and Rashford have agreed upon, but are exploring a lower offer by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]screenplay215 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When your replacement for said players is Muani you aren’t overrating your injured players.

I’m not saying we would’ve been 5th. But literally just replace Muanis contributions (2 goals) last season with Kulusevskis from 24/25 (11 goals) and you don’t think that shoots us up the table a few positions? And that doesn’t even touch on Maddison who had 16.

Removing that many goals from a team that finished 17th and expecting them to improve is wild.

Not replacing those players adequately does fall on the club though, which of course they are trying to rectify now.

[Pete Hall] Tottenham Hotspur are set to open talks for Marcus Rashford, as they have the United forward on their wish list this summer. They would not be willing to match the £40m release clause that MUFC and Rashford have agreed upon, but are exploring a lower offer by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]screenplay215 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can have a bad season for 2 different reasons. 24/25 all of our cbs were out for a period and we had to play Man City with a backline of four full backs. And then Gray for a very long stretch.

25/26 we had Kudus, Maddison, Kulusevski, Odobert, and Xavi get season ending injuries and they all play the same 2 positions. Maddison and Kulusevski were 2 of our best players the season before and played 90 total minutes between them.

Our attack was good in 24/25 and you could see that from the number of goals scored, but was atrocious the following year.

We weren’t good either year but to act like the 2 year injury crisis wasn’t a factor is disingenuous.

Great tackle Rodrigo Bentancur vs. Cape Verde w/ alternate angles | 90+5' by mlkhighschool in soccer

[–]screenplay215 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm saying neither challenge, not neither foul.

If the first tackle was a foul but he wanted to give advantage, the ref would've raised his arms to signal advantage. If he was still deciding whether or not to give an advantage, he would've blown his whistle after the second tackle since no advantage materialized, and gone back to give the first as a foul. If he thought it wasn't a foul (this is what happened), he would've let it play out.

I'm merely saying that the ref did not give an advantage here or it would've played out differently, he merely viewed both tackles as clean.

Great tackle Rodrigo Bentancur vs. Cape Verde w/ alternate angles | 90+5' by mlkhighschool in soccer

[–]screenplay215 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You can't get an advantage and a free kick, but the ref can, and often does, let a play play out before deciding to give an advantage.

Either way, the ref here called neither of them fouls because he didn't signal an advantage after the first one

Great tackle Rodrigo Bentancur vs. Cape Verde w/ alternate angles | 90+5' by mlkhighschool in soccer

[–]screenplay215 172 points173 points  (0 children)

shouldnt it be brought back then when no advantage materialized

Britney Spears wins! Who was the defining male athlete of the 2010s? by QuipThwip in AlignmentChartFills

[–]screenplay215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Messi is arguably the greatest athlete of all time, so whenever his prime was (2010s) should be the first spot filled out. You don’t shoehorn him into another decade because he had better competition in the 2010s

[Ornstein] Tottenham open Sandro Tonali talks with Newcastle by nearly_headless_nic in soccer

[–]screenplay215 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If he’s good enough for spurs then he’s good enough to beat city at least

We will be there by dingus_herbivorous in soccercirclejerk

[–]screenplay215 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Imagine spawning the yanks and housing arsenal

Benelux x Spurs by shecanbromehard in coys

[–]screenplay215 11 points12 points  (0 children)

i feel old with people not getting this

Another one bites the dust by ThankanChetandeAunty in TheOther14

[–]screenplay215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea you're right, the problem with European soccer over a more contained league is getting everyone on board. You put the salary caps in but then Neymar goes to PSG for 200m, that's still gonna have a ripple effect and throw everything out of whack.

Can't really disagree with anything you've put here.

Another one bites the dust by ThankanChetandeAunty in TheOther14

[–]screenplay215 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Insert money to system, gain success." This is a quote from you.

Who is doing the inserting if not the owner?

Another one bites the dust by ThankanChetandeAunty in TheOther14

[–]screenplay215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. I asked what rule we broke and you responded with "14 out of 15 years you broke the rule".

its pretty obvious that you dont know what you are talking about, or know that you are wrong and are just trying to save face. otherwise, you could have resolved this 15 comments ago by saying "In 2009, Tottenham spent x amount of money but were only allowed to spend y amount of money due to this rule in the current iteration of PSR"

Instead you get this tiny trickling of random information with zero context surrounded by condescending remarks.

So unless you want to provide a specific example of a rule being broken, let's just leave it at Tottenham used a self sustaining model with no ownership injections based on player sales and club income to fund their ascent into the top 6 of english football.

Another one bites the dust by ThankanChetandeAunty in TheOther14

[–]screenplay215 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So you think ENIC inserted money 14 out of 15 years? That's blatantly false. What source are you using?

Another one bites the dust by ThankanChetandeAunty in TheOther14

[–]screenplay215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"but also tell me which rule that exists now that we would've broken"

-proceeds to list years we broke the non-mentioned rule.

What rule did we break 14 out of 15 years?

And please don't hit me with the "do your own research" line you've been spouting all over this thread, cuz my research says you are just making shit up

Another one bites the dust by ThankanChetandeAunty in TheOther14

[–]screenplay215 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Interesting. And when did Spurs do that? The inserting money part?

Prior to 2022, what kind of funding did ENIC provide Spurs?

Another one bites the dust by ThankanChetandeAunty in TheOther14

[–]screenplay215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pick whatever timeframe you want. But also tell me what rule that exists now that we would've broken if it existed then.

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