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Then it's on Moyes to adjust his targets to someone we can afford or take the risk, he chose the latter and while I commend him it hasnt worked out
Also thank god for Zoumas form as the summer 21 window has been terrible other than him
Vlasic and Kral clearly aren't trusted, but Moyes signed off on both of those deals. Areola hasn't let us down at all when he's played, but can't dislodge Fabianksi from the PL side (would Areola have kept out Gabriel's header yesterday?). Looking further back, there was the £10m outlay on Jordan Hugill.
Granted, not every signing is going to work out, but as Champo says, Zouma aside, our main signings last summer haven't really threatened the first team at all.
Bowen, Soucek, Coufal, Lingard and Zouma were obviously good signings, but Moyes does drop a few balls along the way.
We can't afford another summer where most of our main signings don't improve the first team.
I see Fornals has played 50 games this season more than any other player
I can’t think of any. Klopp and Guardiola seem to get most right but they have stupid money to spend. And I’m sure there are a few dodgy ones that both have signed who came and left quietly without making any impact.
It happens.
Needs to do more as he regularly starts at LW, for us to get top 4 you got to be hitting a goal or assist every 3 games not every 5
He obviously contributes in other areas but still needs to do better, he has the ability
Even though he's among the fittest in the squad, sure his form struggles have also been influenced by physical/mental fatigue
There’s no doubt we need signings this summer - particularly in central midfield and up front, but also at left back and probably at least one attacking midfielder. I’m not expecting everyone we sign to end up being a brilliant signing. But if we make 5 signings and only 2 of them hit, then that’s a real issue for our ambitions next season. Particularly when you factor in that some of the players leaving (Noble, Yarmolenko) are the ones that Moyes does trust to turn to
But that doesn't change the fact that Moyes need to do better this summer than he did last summer in terms of signing players that positively affect the first team.
My point is that where we have such a small squad, we, arguably more than anyone, need to get more right than wrong. And last summer we evidently didn't.
Need to attract players who can play in Europe and be competitive. Those players might not see us as offering regular European football. Signing that type of player needs massive resource but we are not generating regular revenue from Europe. Our owners are only mega rich rather than multi billionaires.
We need to establish ourselves at this new level and see if we can unearth some players that might not be on others radar. It needs extreme research, care and patience and it's not an exact science.
We have had another wonderful season so to me the proof is in the pudding.