r0cafella Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Midfield we're looking OK, the rest This. Let's not kid ourselves either. It really is only OK It lacks balance but individually it's very good IMO. The prospect of Tiote and Colback playing central midfield is poor imho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Depending on what formation we will play, we have the players much more suited to a 4-3-3. Tbh we did last season mind, and we still didnt use that option much . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Another 5-6 signings that we do need and i'll be very happy. Wont happen though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Midfield we're looking OK, the rest This. Let's not kid ourselves either. It really is only OK It lacks balance but individually it's very good IMO. The prospect of Tiote and Colback playing central midfield is poor imho The prospect of Tiote, Anita, cabella, sissoko and de Jong is quite appealing to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksammy Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 curtis good is ready to step up now I think, i would like to see him get a chance to shine. We defiantly need more creativity and goals too, specifically direct play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Midfield we're looking OK, the rest This. Let's not kid ourselves either. It really is only OK It lacks balance but individually it's very good IMO. The prospect of Tiote and Colback playing central midfield is poor imho The prospect of Tiote, Anita, cabella, sissoko and de Jong is quite appealing to me. I'm not fan of Tiote mind and I don't think Colback has come here to sit on the bench. Don't ajax play a 433 our of interest? How did de Jong fit into that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 curtis good is ready to step up now I think, i would like to see him get a chance to shine. We defiantly need more creativity and goals too, specifically direct play. he probably is, but hes a cripple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 We were never gonna sign that many first team players. If we get in a replacement for Debuchy and at least one proper, first-choice striker (but really we need two) (and also keep Yanga) then it'll have been better than I expected. The defence is still poor but honestly that was never going to be a priority when we were so lacking in midfield creativity and totally bereft of striking options. It's been a massively thin squad for the past two seasons though AND we've lost proven first team bodies. Is it that demanding to expect 7 replacements for 9ish first teamers leaving an already short squad? 9ish first teamers leaving? Remy HBA Debuchy Cabaye Yanga Marveaux Jonas Perch Gosling Shola From a squad of 20dd, that's almost 40% turnover. There's an argument to say we still needed to replace Ba too. We've also got a shit back up goalie too. Under Ashley, we've always had a threadbare squad, I hoped we'd invest some cash this summer to right that wrong and give the charlatan even less of an excuse next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm not unhappy with the signings made so far, they are decent even if we have gone for the cheaper option rather than pay big money to get better. Cabella might be good but I'll bet Grenier is superior. The key signing was always going to be the striker though, and it looks like we will end up taking a punt with a cheaper option again in Riviere. I don't think that's enough or that it's going to get us any higher than where we finished last year considering the players we are losing, Remy, Debuchy and Cabaye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Midfield we're looking OK, the rest This. Let's not kid ourselves either. It really is only OK It lacks balance but individually it's very good IMO. The prospect of Tiote and Colback playing central midfield is poor imho The prospect of Tiote, Anita, cabella, sissoko and de Jong is quite appealing to me. I'm not fan of Tiote mind and I don't think Colback has come here to sit on the bench. Don't ajax play a 433 our of interest? How did de Jong fit into that? Tiote as a defensive midfielder not being allowed to cross the line for 90% of the game is a very effective and solid player. I've no qualms seeing him start, and think he rose to the captaincy challenge a lot better than anyone expected. He could be the key to allowing the likes of de Jong and cabella focus on attacking, he's the one that actually give us any kind of balance ATM. Then there's Anita and sissoko who for me cause the unbalance, shame to think if hba wasn't out of favour we'd have a great midfield, top notch with one more wide man to replace Jonas/Marv. Colback is a squad player all day long. Instead of doing it in a shithole on peanuts he's come to do it here for a lot more money. If we had this many options in attack and defence we'd be in for a great season even with dipshit in charge. As for Ajax setup, no idea, but interested to see if de Jong can bring another side to Anita's game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Midfield we're looking OK, the rest This. Let's not kid ourselves either. It really is only OK It lacks balance but individually it's very good IMO. The prospect of Tiote and Colback playing central midfield is poor imho The prospect of Tiote, Anita, cabella, sissoko and de Jong is quite appealing to me. Tiote has never been the player under Pardew that he was under Hughton. He's very obviously limited now. Anita, I think would look immense in a good team, often finds himself without an option in AP's side. Cabella is a relative unknown. I hope he's not as lightweight as he looks and that he grafts enough for the arsehole to keep him in the side. Sissoko has largely been shite under pardew for all his World Cup fanboys. Out of position with the first touch of a seventies TV Presenter. De Jong. Watch this space. Colback. Shit. Doesn't strike me as all that encouraging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm not unhappy with the signings made so far, they are decent even if we have gone for the cheaper option rather than pay big money to get better. Cabella might be good but I'll bet Grenier is superior. The key signing was always going to be the striker though, and it looks like we will end up taking a punt with a cheaper option again in Riviere. I don't think that's enough or that it's going to get us any higher than where we finished last year considering the players we are losing, Remy, Debuchy and Cabaye. Grenier was the one I wanted all along. Far more than De Jong that's for sure. I still have us down as majorly strugging next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Not a clue, I don't know anything about the players we've bought but I do know that most of the players we've lost, sold or frozen out from the squad that started last season are amongst our best and most talented ones. Cabaye, Remy, Ben Arfa, Debuchy, Yanga-Mbiwa, Marveaux... What I do know is the manager is rubbish, and he's still here. If he can form a team out of this season's squad then we might finish top ten again, but most of the evidence so far suggests he's incapable of forming teams. And the club's transfer policies don't let him anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksammy Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 curtis good is ready to step up now I think, i would like to see him get a chance to shine. We defiantly need more creativity and goals too, specifically direct play. he probably is, but hes a cripple. Only need a run of 20+ games to get a great fee for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 The only signing I'm unhappy about so far is Colback. I'm more disappointed at the glee and gusto with which we sell our best players to the first interested party. It makes signing players completely irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Yeh two great signings and a s*** carrot top. As long as we strengthen enough, to give Pardew no excuses, we should be ok. I'd actually forgotten about him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 A better thread for after the Window closes.. Or that day maybe seeing as we never sign anyone on deadline day. Hard to tell less than a fortnight into the window.. If we are basing it on now then you would have to say we are doing bloody well. Do we need more.. Yes. At least 4 more without anymore squad departures. If we sit here at the end of August without 4 more then we have failed horribly. We also need to replace anyone else we move on. Regarding lack of rumours, I wouldn't say we have been dead silent. That said the club have actively and vocally tried to downplay speculation, rumours and have tried to keep their cases to their chests. So can't really get our knickers in a twist there, that is old old news. We seem to have good momentum in the windo so far but are obviously doin our tedious best to get the best deals possible which makes things more frustrating. Again ask me in September! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Just play 2 midfields at the back. Goals will sort themselves. No biggie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Not a clue, I don't know anything about the players we've bought but I do know that most of the players we've lost, sold or frozen out from the squad that started last season are amongst our best and most talented ones. Cabaye, Remy, Ben Arfa, Debuchy, Yanga-Mbiwa, Marveaux... What I do know is the manager is rubbish, and he's still here. If he can form a team out of this season's squad then we might finish top ten again, but most of the evidence so far suggests he's incapable of forming teams. And the club's transfer policies don't let him anyway. I didn't think Mbiwa or Debuchy were particularly good last season, and Marveaux has hardly played, so its only really Cabaye, Remy and Ben Arfa. Think we needed a bit of a shake up, but we could do with some players from other nations than france as I don't think having a large french squad with an english manager is a particularly good idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Not entirely sure what you were expecting... Based on my expectations of this bunch of idiots I would say they've exceeded what I anticipated so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Not entirely sure what you were expecting... Based on my expectations of this bunch of idiots I would say they've exceeded what I anticipated so far. This. Pleased with what we've got so far but plenty more work to do, but with the morons in charge we'll doubtless be lacking in a few positions and have Dummett at centre half by September Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 4 signings so far is a damn sight better than fuck all for 18 months. Also De Jong and Cabella actually seem like type of players we want to have. The test is who they sell and what's left to come as still need 1 more striker, Right Back and potentially other positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm very happy with the signings it's just the bloke that's gonna play them out of position that I don't like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm fucking amazed with what we've done so far. Didn't expect it at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 We've signed three centre-mids and an unproven striker. Whilst losing our best striker and our best two defenders (assuming Mapou's away) and refuse to feature our best midfielder. It's kinda levelling out atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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