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I don't think it is possible to over react. What on earth was going on at the club in the last few days? I genuinely thought the club must have some players lined up to have got rid of so many and with Carroll and Sakho hardly ever playing .
A couple more long term injuries up front and midfield and we are so short of players it's laughable.
No,No, Yes, Yes, Yes and NO
If you are a free agent at the end of the season I am going to be a rich man!!
My manager is a toffee and he's not convinced of Barkley's talent!
Chicharito was a good buy, the other three ok. Needed more though.
But not overly impressed with zabaleta - and I fear arny might be another Ayew in that we have realised a big profit in a short time for a team in and around us which will not prove to be value for money.
This team though will continue to ship goals unfortunately
Not like lacazette - that's what was frustrating. Last year Lyon did not want to sell and lacazette seemingly did not want to come.
But as things stand our record transfer sits at £24m which has twice been eclipsed by Palace
Back him or sack him. Taking the middle ground is embarrassing.
I did think that myself. Maybe holding the money back for January so Benitez can bring his own players in.
Think the window is going to be seen as bad/underwhelming because of the form of the team not the actual moves that have made
My takeaways:
• We have bought quality and the 4 main buys can go straight into the first XI.
• Hernandez could be one of the best buys the club has ever made
• Players in > those out : Chicarito> Calleri, Arnie > Feghouli, Zabaleta > Arbeloa, Hart > Randolph
• We have let go of a lot of deadwood and freed up a lot of wages with Feghouli, Snodgrass, Valencia, Randolph, Nordtveit, Calleri, Fletcher, Tore and Arbeloa
• We shouldve pushed more aggressively for a real DM and not put all of our eggs in the Carvalho basket
• We look short in the wing positions, really short
• Didn't buy anyone who can cover for Lanzini who is our most important attacking player
• After clearing out so much the club just didn't invest enough, only spending net £10mil after last year is a joke
All things considered we could've use dwith pushing carvalho over the line but nice feel that the PsG lad WBA bought would've been a great buy and perfect for us
Will give the window a B-
Injured strikers etc with no replacements.
Anyway we have what we have and we have to support them no matter what we feel about what has happened.
It makes discussions between fans more interesting as everyone has a view and they are all valid as that is what they believe.
Yes, we brought in a striker, a right back and a left winger, which were three necessities, but what frustrates me is that that was the minimum requirement.
IMO, we haven't pushed on. We don't have the necessary competition to make every player give everything in every game. Carroll and Sakho are never fit enough for long enough to be a genuine alternative to Hernandez. Arnautovic and Antonio don't have anyone challenging their positions.
We've also not reacted to our start to the season. It's evident, to me at least, that we need a DM. If Bilic is playing an 18 year old centre back in midfield it suggests to me that we lack a senior pro that could do that job.
The manager identified an international DM with a big reputation who seemingly wanted to come to us. He had a value, which given his pedigree, his age and the current market (Drinkwater went for only £5m less) was, IMO, fair, but the board wouldn't go that extra few yards to seal the deal. The talk was that Sporting were difficult to negotiate with; well four PL clubs bought players from them this window so I find that hard to believe.
I just feel very flat about it. A very positive start but we have simply not done enough, particularly when you look at what other teams have done. I know a lot of people don't buy into the ITK community on Twitter, but Ex has been accurate enough in recent years for me to believe that he has some genuine contacts in and around the club. He has said this morning that we have spent much less than our budget allowed, which really does make me wonder why we didn't make the Carvalho deal happen.
If we were willing to spend £35m on a defensive midfielder why didn't we have another option as backup? If it was clear to everyone involved that Carvalho was vital because of the position he plays, then surely we could have been looking at alternatives that fell into our price range.
Only 6 clubs seem to have a net spend less than us. I really thought that by now we would be in a position to start spending bigger, or at least as much as the likes of Watford.
And to rub salt into the wounds, the club have this morning launched the 3rd kit, trying to get another £55 from the punters for a kit the players will probably only ever wear once.
Not sure I get the logic there.