Marotta's genious, but you know what people will still refer back to Vidal, Pogba and ofcourse Pirlo as if Pirlo was a hidden gem that Marotta discovered out of nowhere.
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It's not a matter of judging the player performances itself.
We can judge now about the fact that Pereyra, who is a backup CM, and Morata, a backup CF, and Romulo, a backup CM and RM, for whom Marotta commited to pay 45M in the next 2 or 3 years, are NOT the positions we really need to improve, even if it means signing guys to be backups.
Our need of wingers/ second strikers with pace, and also of an AM with some creativity is so much bigger.
I mean, we basically have no wingers/creative AM. Yet he opted to spend 45M to improve depth of other positions, instead of looking for players who will be literally the first SSs/wingers/AMs we'd have. But we keep spending money to improve the depth of what we already got.
This is just wrong.
We can judge now about the fact that Pereyra, who is a backup CM, and Morata, a backup CF, and Romulo, a backup CM and RM, for whom Marotta commited to pay 45M in the next 2 or 3 years, are NOT the positions we really need to improve, even if it means signing guys to be backups.
Our need of wingers/ second strikers with pace, and also of an AM with some creativity is so much bigger.
I mean, we basically have no wingers/creative AM. Yet he opted to spend 45M to improve depth of other positions, instead of looking for players who will be literally the first SSs/wingers/AMs we'd have. But we keep spending money to improve the depth of what we already got.
This is just wrong.
Why don't you support Real Madrid? They buy shiny expensive players every year to be able to be "on their way to winning the CL title." They would fit your mindset perfectly, especially when you expect us to challenge for CL in the short run with that kind of transfer strategy. But guess what, even Real had to wait several years for a CL title.
Jesus, how come people can't be just a little nuanced in their critics? It's fair that you don't think this piece of bussiness, some of our other deals or our transfer strategy and/or the outcome on the market in general are satisfying, but just shouting SHIT at every move that isn't a dream move or perfect is foolish...
Jesus, how come people can't be just a little nuanced in their critics? It's fair that you don't think this piece of bussiness, some of our other deals or our transfer strategy and/or the outcome on the market in general are satisfying, but just shouting SHIT at every move that isn't a dream move or perfect is foolish...
I can imagine them doing the same when we will struggle with selling the new bench we got this season.
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Fuuck, I've read last 20 pages and realised what a bunch of hypocrites are hiding here. Now it seems that everyone was against his signing in the first place, while in fact most of the guys wanted to sell Licht immediately after Isla arrived. Also how many here was against selling him to Inter last season, because he might regain his form.
But it's easier to act dumb and blame Marotta for everything.
Only few members thought that signing him is a risky and unnecessary.
But it's easier to act dumb and blame Marotta for everything.
Only few members thought that signing him is a risky and unnecessary.
Dude it doesn't matter who. He's not an oldie on high wages. He had a decent world cup as well. We should sell or just keep him, someone would make a call to him sooner or later. Or just don't waste money on Romulo and keep him on the bench.
Marotta is too soft when it to comes to offloading players. Not being able to sell Isla for 8-10m is ridiculous.
Marotta is too soft when it to comes to offloading players. Not being able to sell Isla for 8-10m is ridiculous.
wait are you saying there is an argument to say that romulo and pereya will strengthen our bid to do well in Europe? 
that should be interesting reading, might lift that $#@!ty experience you are having on this forum.
that should be interesting reading, might lift that $#@!ty experience you are having on this forum.
If you want my opinion on Pereyra and Romulo, well here we go:
Isolated, i think they are fine purchases, but we won't know yet if they will ever become more than just rotational players, or if they even will be good for that purpose. But i think they are both good players, and i don't think we are overpaying. But in the big picture, i share your frustration with us spending ALL our funds on deals like those, since i feel we need just that extra spice to be able to compete. The bottom line is, IMO, that it is a big to early to wanna crucify Marotta when we really have no idea how the deals will work out...