nufcjmc Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 6/10 for me we have added to the squad with younger players but this in itself is the gamble as the players we have brought in are all "wild cards" in the sense that they may not do the stuff in this league and while unlike in the past it wont be a costly mistake finance wise (as we have spending next to fuck all and we are led to believe we dont give out crazy wages anymore) we still have not invested enough into the playing side of things. While the catch 22 of not having a big squad is that the kids (and we have some good ones on the books) get a chance we also leave ourselves with shite on the bench that at some point will still play. Cannot be rated a failure as we got players in but they are probably not of enough quantity and quality for us to push on any further this season (unless they prove me wrong in 35 mins or spend a shit load in jan hahahahaha) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Gave it a 5. With competent leadership it could have been so much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 7..........i'm weird in not stamping my foot for a new striker as with the current squad i'd probably play 1 out and out striker anyway. ba and bent should be able to cover that when (if)merveaux and ben arfa come back. the big miss for me is a player to play left of a midfield 3 (though i'd be willing to try jonas there, he has the workrate). i'm including in my wondow keeping certain players aswell as the incomings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikri Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 1/10 How much of that £35m was spent? About £3.5m. Even taking into account agents, boreholes and gold-plated running tracks we should still have well over £20m available for transfers and even more available for wages since 3 of the higher wage earners have left the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest michaelfoster Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 why have 12 people rated it 1, they better get ringing the Samaritans before they top themselves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben-nufc Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 600k spent and money saved on wages, :fwap: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I console myself with the fact that even if we bought a striker, we probably would have ended up mid table. As it is, it feels like shit to see Ameobi and Loven on teamsheets, but we'll probably still finish mid table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I'd say about a 7. Disappointing that we didn't buy a second striker, but Ba could still turn out to be good and we did get a quality fullback. Cabaye and Marveaux look very good and Obertan looks OK and is young enough to get better. Disappointing to lose Barton but he was leaving at the end of the season anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 7/10. Absolutely quality business on the incomings, severely tainted by the striker situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 6-7ish. Good window, could have been great if they brought in another forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 This summer was all about replacing a player worthy of England's number 9 shirt and worth 35 million quid. Giving it a 1 would be too generous imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 They've gone and undone all the good early work by not bringing a striker and backup defender in. The Ruiz and Ridgewell deals looked like exactly what we needed, and I fucking hate them for giving us so much hope so close to the deadline, and bolloxing it all up. Not happy, despite the good players we've already signed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 This summer was all about replacing a player worthy of England's number 9 shirt and worth 35 million quid. Giving it a 1 would be too generous imo. no it wasn't, it was about getting better as a team. i thinbk we have though could have been even better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 We expended a whole lot of effort into standing still. Shame we didn't take the opportunity to move forward, but I guess it's questionable how far we would have gotten by being more ambitious anyway. In the immediate future, mid-table is and always will be our fate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 as long as we dont get the striker we need, it will be a 4. Our defence isn't strengthened. But we did actually get one in. and one left. so all square. However Enrique is probably better than Santon. Midfield we lost Nolan and Barton. Both very important to us, but the replacements seem just as good. actually added bodies here. Strikers. No words. Ba for free. 7 fucking months to get a number9. no chance. Unless a striker comes in late, its a 4. If we get a striker, then 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 20 people voted for 1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 3 - The sqaud is even weaker than it was last year and we are currently one injury or suspension away from being right in the shit. Crashed around looking for two players that we knew that we had to replace from the start of the window, one in one out policy, giving senior players away without replacing them and then predictably fucking up on the last day of the window to make panic buys. Just like most of the transfer windows since this cunt took over really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Number 9 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 5. With a striker it would have been an 8 or 9. Welcome to another season of good build up play and missed sitters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 as long as we dont get the striker we need, it will be a 4. Our defence isn't strengthened. But we did actually get one in. and one left. so all square. However Enrique is probably better than Santon. Midfield we lost Nolan and Barton. Both very important to us, but the replacements seem just as good. actually added bodies here. Strikers. No words. Ba for free. 7 f***ing months to get a number9. no chance. Unless a striker comes in late, its a 4. If we get a striker, then 7. had we bought him tonight for 10mill you'd have been chuffed ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie jamie Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Happy with who we have signed but it doesn't matter how many play makers we have if there is not a decent striker in to finish it off. rated it 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 When all else fails, think of Cabaye Ben Arfa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 In a word? Underwhelming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jong24 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 This summer was all about replacing a player worthy of England's number 9 shirt and worth 35 million quid. Giving it a 1 would be too generous imo. This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Some really good work, massively let down by a failure to get another striker (the one we have been looking at for 9 months now) and the usual farce at the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 With all of the excitement of not signing a striker tonight, I'd almost forgotten that we'd sold Enrique to fucking Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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