AY Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 PDC is signing too many players in one window. Can see them easily getting 10 in and almost as many out. Altidore is a good player if he can keep the form of AZ, but the others are simply not very good, like Mannone. 10 new signings seems to be too little. 8 already and couple of more close. He really is getting a whole new starting XI in this window. Gonna end up as a massive disaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 4pm kick off for these lot away is going to make for a fun day both at the SoL and in town. People are mortal enough by 12 on derby day. If we sign Bent and he scores against them the game will probably end up abandoned. Bars won't be opening up early though. They will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 PDC is signing too many players in one window. Can see them easily getting 10 in and almost as many out. Altidore is a good player if he can keep the form of AZ, but the others are simply not very good, like Mannone. 10 new signings seems to be too little. 8 already and couple of more close. He really is getting a whole new starting XI in this window. Gonna end up as a massive disaster. What!? I'm not keeping count, but have they really signed 8 already? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Seriously hope all this buying and spending has a major backlash for them next season just like it did for QPR last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 As things stand they must have a huge squad. I'm sure they plan to move quite a few players on but there's no guarantee they will be able to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 PDC is signing too many players in one window. Can see them easily getting 10 in and almost as many out. Altidore is a good player if he can keep the form of AZ, but the others are simply not very good, like Mannone. 10 new signings seems to be too little. 8 already and couple of more close. He really is getting a whole new starting XI in this window. Gonna end up as a massive disaster. The shite they're signing this close season certainly have more exotic sounding names than the shite they've bought in recent close seasons but aren't they really the type of players you'd expect Middlesbrough or Watford to be buying ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Altidore, Peruzzi, Giaccherini and Huddlestone looks better than the dross they bought 2 weeks ago And who knows where they'll stop? They seem keen on getting Rose too. Still dont think these players would break into our XI but they'll not get relegated. We assume it'll go wrong in the end with Di Canio but I can see him bonding them well initially.....it really will be the two extremes with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 They'll beat us home and away while finishing above us if we don't sign 2-3 players. We need to get cracking preSeason starts soon, lets not allow it to be the disaster we had last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 They'll beat us home and away while finishing above us if we don't sign 2-3 players. We need to get cracking preSeason starts soon, lets not allow it to be the disaster we had last summer. Thing is, they've acknowledged that last summer was a disaster but are doing it again with the "We brought transfers forward in January" excuse. They really are thick as pig shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 They'll beat us home and away while finishing above us if we don't sign 2-3 players. We need to get cracking preSeason starts soon, lets not allow it to be the disaster we had last summer. Thing is, they've acknowledged that last summer was a disaster but are doing it again with the "We brought transfers forward in January" excuse. They really are thick as pig shit. They are using the fact we don't have Europe as a reason we will fare better this time round. The squad is a little better this time round, but we are still a main strike threat down in Ba and we will simply do fuck all if he's not replaced with at least one good goalscorer. Fair play to the mackems, they are going about it in swift fashion and the names and talent keep getting better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 We're completely fucked though, there's no two ways about it and it's not because of our squad, at least not completely anyway. We're playing a waiting game now until Ashley finally goes. I just hope we don't get relegated and constantly bummed by Sunderland in the meantime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 PDC is signing too many players in one window. Can see them easily getting 10 in and almost as many out. Altidore is a good player if he can keep the form of AZ, but the others are simply not very good, like Mannone. 10 new signings seems to be too little. 8 already and couple of more close. He really is getting a whole new starting XI in this window. Gonna end up as a massive disaster. The s**** they're signing this close season certainly have more exotic sounding names than the s**** they've bought in recent close seasons but aren't they really the type of players you'd expect Middlesbrough or Watford to be buying ? had a similar conversation with a mackem yesterday. he compared their signings to cabaye,sissoko, m'biwa, debuchy, cisse....all well known really before they'd signed, I put it to him their signings were more like tiote and gouffran in that not many really had a clue who they were, so naturally blindness took over and he wandered off after assuring me that even without his having a clue who they'd signed he had full faith in the scouts/fascist to get in only quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Sunderland, Southampton, Swansea, Norwich. What the hell is going on? This new money is going a bit too far. The same money Everton spent on 2 players for 10m? They also got Barca's next big thing ffs. You wouldn't expect bottom half clubs like the 4 first clubs mentioned - Swansea excepted, though not by a million miles - to be spending the sort of money they are and bringing in the quality they are. We bought 3 Wigan players and a potential young gem on loan, which sort of equates to where we're at. League is shaping up to be extraordinarily competitive this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezeri Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 According to the excellent Soccerway website, there have been 59 signings in the Premier League this summer (including those new players coming in on loan) and so at an average of around 3 per club this is how it breaks down; 7 Sunderland 6 Aston Villa 5 Hull 5 Swansea 4 Liverpool 4 Everton 4 Norwich 4 Fulham 3 Chelsea 3 West Ham 2 Crystal Palace 2 West Brom 2 Stoke 2 Man City 2 Man Utd. 1 Cardiff 1 Spurs 1 Southampton 1 Arsenal 0 Newcastle United A bit of exaggeration because I think 1 or 2 are only improvement for the current mackem squad. Mannone to replace Mignolet defo not or are they going start with Westwood in goal? No doubt it would be nice if we really managed to strengthen our squad as well but not blindfolded as Di Canio seems to be doing. A few up and coming youngsters for the developement team as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 They'll beat us home and away while finishing above us if we don't sign 2-3 players. We need to get cracking preSeason starts soon, lets not allow it to be the disaster we had last summer. Thing is, they've acknowledged that last summer was a disaster but are doing it again with the "We brought transfers forward in January" excuse. They really are thick as pig shit. The guy that acknowledged it was a disaster has left though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 You can't expect us to make signings with our director of football on holiday man, we need his input or we could end up buying any old rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Why is DiCanio doing it blindfolded? Man, I can't help but feel people are in for a rude awakening once the season kicks off. Be very careful not to underestimate the changes being made at Sunderland. Particularly because their being done in very good time, and all these guys will be settled in well ahead of time. I'm concerned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Why is DiCanio doing it blindfolded? Man, I can't help but feel people are in for a rude awakening once the season kicks off. Be very careful not to underestimate the changes being made at Sunderland. Particularly because their being done in very good time, and all these guys will be settled in well ahead of time. I'm concerned. You don't really see much proper integration with only pre-season games though, do you? It usually takes a while of competitive football. Not that I know who any of their signings are really, so it's hard to comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 According to the excellent Soccerway website, there have been 59 signings in the Premier League this summer (including those new players coming in on loan) and so at an average of around 3 per club this is how it breaks down; 7 Sunderland 6 Aston Villa 5 Hull 5 Swansea 4 Liverpool 4 Everton 4 Norwich 4 Fulham 3 Chelsea 3 West Ham 2 Crystal Palace 2 West Brom 2 Stoke 2 Man City 2 Man Utd. 1 Cardiff 1 Spurs 1 Southampton 1 Arsenal 0 Newcastle United A bit of exaggeration because I think 1 or 2 are only improvement for the current mackem squad. Mannone to replace Mignolet defo not or are they going start with Westwood in goal? No doubt it would be nice if we really managed to strengthen our squad as well but not blindfolded as Di Canio seems to be doing. A few up and coming youngsters for the developement team as well So Sanogo accepts as a signing for Arsenal but Keman doesn't accept as one for us. System. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Number of signings (especially on 12 July) is not something that has a good/bad value though, it's just a number. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsays Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 How does Huddlestone fit into DiCanio's desire to have super fit players? He always looks like he is about 2 or 3 stone overweight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I'm not worried or envious, the majority of the the players they've bought aren't that good. They'll improve but I don't see them in top 10 with their current squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I'm not worried or envious, the majority of the the players they've bought aren't that good. They'll improve but I don't see them in top 10 with their current squad. I honestly can't say if they are good or not. I'd only heard of the italian (has he signed ?) but didn't really know much about him., whereas i knew quite a bit about debuchy, cisse, sissoko, cabaye, mapou, when we signed them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Jackanackanory's decent, Altidore's alright but a big risk and the rest are just squad players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Jackanackanory's decent, Altidore's alright but a big risk and the rest are just squad players. yeah i'd heard of altidore aswell. wouldn't have been too impressed if we'd got him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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