Infinte_Pest Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Great signing , fills a need , and ticks all the boxes. I still seeing there being one link out of nowhere , even when we have not been very active a 'Pascal Chimbonda' always seems to spring up late in the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just now, Genie said: Its a painfully long time now till our next game Thank goodness. Hopefully RDM and co can get them into a team by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaBrum Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, Genie said: Its a painfully long time now till our next game Time for them to get to know each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Done and dusted, next? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Wonder if we will get any more IN's today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 10 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: Gollini, Bunn, Steer DeLaet, Hutton Cissokho, Amavi Elphick, Chester, Baker Jedinak, Tish, Westwood, Gardner, Lyden Bacuna, Grealish, Green, Adomah McCormack, Ayew, Gestede, Kodjia, Kozak, Gabby (like it or not, he's on the books) Richards and Adama removed due to speculation of a move. Looking at that I'd say a CB and another wide player are need for depth. Weak in the goalkeeping department, weak in the full back areas, light at centre back, atrocious in centre of midfield, lots of strikers. That squad certainly doesn't look like promotion material to me, deficient in too many key areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 9 minutes ago, bobzy said: To an extent, I agree (and I'm sure there's more comments after this but I'm posting as I read this!). However, we've basically replaced like for like (in some cases got fewer players now) in every area apart from upfront where we have a whole load of players. We've also invested £29m in that area of the pitch. In terms of central midfield, though, we lost our best midfielder (Gueye) and our most creative midfielder (Veretout) to bring in Tshibola and Jedinak. Not an upgrade for me, and potentially not enough quality here. Overall, I'm happy because we're definitely giving it a go. We definitely have an unbalanced squad though. Is it a very short term approach, too? It has to be short term. The short term goal is promotion within 2 years. Putting in a long term plan would be a mistake, although we have signed a couple of promising youngsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 GK, CB, CM please! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 What a transfer window this has been. Are we finally done now? One more maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 5 minutes ago, VillaBrum said: Time for them to get to know each other? I know its a good thing, I'm just being selfish and want to see the new side in action 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnock1984 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I think the Dr will tell us when we're done and dusted, and as he hasn't yet. . . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, KHV said: Weak in the goalkeeping department, weak in the full back areas, light at centre back, atrocious in centre of midfield, lots of strikers. That squad certainly doesn't look like promotion material to me, deficient in too many key areas. Weak in full back? I'd argue that we'd pretty solid in that area! All of them could start in this league easily. CB I agree we need some depth, and could do with another proven CM to come in and compete. If you think that squad isn't capable of promotion then I don't know what is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, Chewie said: Done and dusted, next? I reckon Tony took this picture on one of his phones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: It has to be short term. The short term goal is promotion within 2 years. Putting in a long term plan would be a mistake, although we have signed a couple of promising youngsters. The short term goal is promotion this season. the 2 years mentioned by RDM was (i believe) just to take the pressure off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 We still sorely need one more CB and CM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 31, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 minute ago, KJT123 said: What a transfer window this has been. Are we finally done now? One more maybe? There better be one more. I've a big bucket of popcorn at home for later with Jim White's name on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheStagMan Posted August 31, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, KHV said: Weak in the goalkeeping department, weak in the full back areas, light at centre back, atrocious in centre of midfield, lots of strikers. That squad certainly doesn't look like promotion material to me, deficient in too many key areas. Wow! Bet you are fun at parties! :-) Edited August 31, 2016 by TheStagMan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Sky is a joke. Full five mins at 1pm they discussed a 1 year loan move with harte and then went on to mention a loan move for bony. Still never mentioned adomah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazvfc Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, KJT123 said: What a transfer window this has been. Are we finally done now? One more maybe? No for some on here I fear - not enough, or not the quality or the 'world class' demanded (although the tweet from the Doc was clear to me - they were trying but failed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Teams have been promoted with a lot poorer squads than we have right now. Over to RDM to get the best out of these - if he does we get promoted. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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