Matt1892

Worth remembering over the next few games.

This Luton side is much worse than the Derby team that set the record, I remember ourselves and Spurs were linked with Giles Barnes from them who was seen as the next big thing after his performances in the Championship. They also had Robert Earnshaw who was a quality Championship striker that had the pace and movement that made you think he could make the step up. This Luton side doesn’t really have anything, Carlton Morris is a decent championship forward but his play is made for the rough and tumble of that league. Outside of that they don’t really have any sort of star player or someone you would look to for creativity. They do have a quality manager in Rob Edwards but there is only so much polishing you can do with a turd. Luton will only be a stepping stone for him.

Great goal by Sterling.

I don’t think it that far off his worth when it was signed to be fair.

I think if Barnes and Gordon were available in the summer from Leicester and Everton respectively then we would have only signed one of them rather than both. He might move Gordon to the right eventually but if you play with one striker you usually want your wide players to be stronger on the foot they cut in with.

It was opportunistic in that they didn’t think he would be available, then when he became available they moved for him. Do you genuinely think they would have bought Gordon and Barnes this window if they hadn’t picked him up in January?

People seem to be flipping between sarcasm and upset that not everyone is getting the 10 scorecard out every window.

I don’t think it will be a case of me changing my mind, as I really rate Barnes as a player but see little point of buying him and Gordon when we need to improve the right hand side. That is why I would have given a higher score, it was a position of need. Gordon was seen as an opportunistic signing in January but I don’t believe we would have signed him and Barnes this summer if we hadn’t had picked him up then.

Someone tell Mo he needs to refuse to play on the weekend, that will help push the deal through.

I would rate the window higher if we signed Diaby over Barnes for sure.

It is getting a bit like this with the transfer window. “How many out of 10 do you rate this window”

It almost feels like rewriting history but saying that we were not light in midfield when we didn’t replace, we didn’t struggle when Longstaff was out with the balance of midfield and and that one injury to Bruno who was struggling badly would have seen the wheels completely come off.

Leicester.

I think for a team to improve from our position is done by buying better players and creating more competition for places. It is then up to those new players to take the spots held by Schar, Burn and Miggy. In the same way it is on them to put in performances so they remain first choice. I can’t imagine a position where we say that we shouldn’t buy better players in those positions because other people deserve to be guaranteed starters and not challenged.

You improve by buying better players, so knowing we need a better player than Lascelles at the back you go out and not only buy a better player than him but also than Schar, meaning he drops to the bench and you have improved your first team. There was no balance to a Bruno, Joelinton and Willock midfield as the latter two want to play on the left of midfield, which was why everyone was talking about how much we missed Longstaff. We also had the game on his return where Anderson had to start in midfield and Gordon came on as sub to play there.

If Gordon hadn’t of joined in January does anyone genuinely think we would have gone out and spent £80 million on 2 LW’s this summer with ASM leaving?

The money could have been spent on a starting RCB that would improve the first team. Last season we were in danger of missing out when we sold Shelvey without a replacement, Longstaff was injured and we were putting a cobbled up midfield together for some games.

I don’t think we would be as our best avenue of attack down the left last season was the rotation with Joelinton and Willock, which I was expecting to go forward with this season. Gordon coming in meant we were overstocked in that position with Joelinton/Willock, Gordon, ASM and Anderson.

Livramento being an example of that, possibly Gordon as well when we were desperate for a CM instead which nearly cost us a Champions League place.

Agree on the Brighton style signings.

I rate Barnes but wouldn’t have signed him, I would have still sold ASM and invested the money in someone down the right. Same situation with Livramento and instead went for a quality centre back that can play right back if needed. I get that the club like to be opportunistic with their recruitment but not when it is at a detriment of the needs of the starting eleven.

Then we can consider ourselves lucky.

We will see how happy the 10/10 brigade really are with the window if Schar picks up an injury that keeps him out for a number of games.

I gave the window a 7.5 out of 10. Going in to the window I thought we needed a LB, CM, RW and RCB cover and instead we signed a CM, LW and cover for both fullbacks.