madras 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 ba was when we signed him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 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...
Ronaldo Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 2. Spent no money and failed to bring in a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo 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. So only a £35m striker would have made you happy? Or is there more to it than that? 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 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 ? Ba for free is great and all. But we have fucking Løvenkrands starting games. After all the quotes about spending the money, this is just bullshit. We should have had Ba and a fucking great striker to go with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Our squad compromises of: One decent full back Only 2 fit CB's Shitloads of midfielders (who have probably got the highest chance of inflating future sales) No decent strikers. Brilliant. Absolutely. we could perhaps have gotten away with or papered over the cracks in this squad in the back 4 positions, but the failure to sign a striker, even a decent one on loan for God's sake, is utterly indefensible. I give it a 3/10 personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Number 9 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. So only a £35m striker would have made you happy? Or is there more to it than that? Don't be ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Curls Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 5, another striker at least would of made this a small success Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Just don't even reply to that idiot, man. 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 ? Ba for free is great and all. But we have f***ing Løvenkrands starting games. After all the quotes about spending the money, this is just bullshit. We should have had Ba and a f***ing great striker to go with him. loven shouldn't be, i was astounded that after playing extra time at scunny we started with the same forwards the other day (i even though we started with them at scunny keeping shoila and ba for fulham). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I'd have been happier to have the squad we had on January 30th than the one we have now. Does that answer your question? We are much weaker imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 An average centre-back and a decent striker today and it was looking really good, for me. That would have meant every senior player we have loaned/sold/released had been directly replaced and we wouldn't have been left with any "gaps" at all in the squad. I have excluded Perch, Smith and Lovenkrands here but the former and the latter now look like being drafted in by default in those areas. Smith remains a chocolate fireguard. Can't help but be disappointed, but overall it's still been fairly positive. A reluctant 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Cabaye > Nolan Santon < Enrique Obertan < Barton Marveaux > Routledge Ba < Carroll Elliott = N/A Basically, we've signed no one. Only replaced players, and in the majority of the cases, with weaker players. Wouldn't call it a success at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 4 - Decent all around, but where we lack the most we fail. We get Demba Ba in as only striker and that's not good enough. All our 3 strikers are injuryprone. Not good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs 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. So only a £35m striker would have made you happy? Or is there more to it than that? Pretty sure Wullie would have been happy with 15 million spent on Ruiz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I'd have been happier to have the squad we had on January 30th than the one we have now. Does that answer your question? We are much weaker imo. i disagree. just hope we don't follow this forums and go 4-4-2 with wingers and big man with small nippy forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Ameobi and Lovenkrands are going to be starting games for us. Fucking unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 4. what we did do was good, but the lack of someone to play upfront is inexcusable. althought i have been impressed with the players we've aimed at, the failure to get one 'over the line' is disgraceful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedudeabides Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 2/10 Not bringing in even a loan stiker is unforgiveable. Complete and utter fucking shambles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 We certainly wasted a lot of time on players who we couldn't "get over the line". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 2. Spent no money and failed to bring in a striker. This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 2/10 Not bringing in even a loan stiker is unforgiveable. Complete and utter fucking shambles. We bought Ba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 3 - To be honest, for us fans - I think we deserve a good solid explanation as to what exactly was spent out of the £41million pound (approximately) and selling two of our best players, who were arguably two of the better players in the league in their positions. We may have signed Marveaux, Cabaye, etc, and I'm fairly pleased with what I have seen so far. Ba, from what I've seen so far is no better than Shola and to be honest, what we have brought in has merely replaced what we already had. Only now we have a lower level of cohesion and have to find new leaders and a new balance. We now enter a long 18 games or so where one or two losses on the trot will snap what confidence we have/had in two, and who the men are and who the boys are will sort itself out. It could be a long hard season if we have no leader and no bottle. Pardew has been repeatedly undermined, so how any player can have a good level of respect for him is beyond me. Ultimately though, what has been spent? What has it been spent on? Have we upgraded facilities? Signed players? Given players new contracts? or simply just pissed off all our support to the degree that they stop turning up. Then...Our club becomes mediocre wank like the Blackburns and Boltons of this world and everyone gets sick of seeing overpriced shite with no ambition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rainforest Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 2/10 Not bringing in even a loan stiker is unforgiveable. Complete and utter f***ing shambles. We bought Ba. Bought my ass. He`s a free agent and a mercenary man, and no better than Shola from what I`ve seen. http://i.imgur.com/aK91O.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Number 9 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 2/10 Not bringing in even a loan stiker is unforgiveable. Complete and utter f***ing shambles. We bought Ba. We obtained Ba, you mean. Do you really think we would have went for him if he wasn't available for free? We're putting all our eggs in one injury prone basket who so far hasn't looked good enough. The lengths some people will go to to defend this shambles are amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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