All this bed wetting about not getting a striker/ forward.
It’s not ideal BUT we all feared with premier league breathing down our neck we’d be lucky to bring in a few players and would mostly be shopping in the bargain bucket.
The deals we’ve done have on the whole been very good & logical.
Tarkowski
Coady
Vinagre
Onana
Gueye
Garner
McNeil
Maupay
8 players in I don’t think anyone would of predicted.
I’m disappointed we didn’t get another attacker, but still been a pretty good window all things considered
We spent two seasons complaining about how opponents were strolling through our midfield and one complaining about how far we had regressed at the back. Last winter we addressed the hole at RB while replacing the LB. This window, we get two Prem-caliber CBs and a whole new midfield with some steel in it, solve the backup LB problem, buy a striker that scored two fewer goals than Richarlison last season, have a winger start to emerge as a scorer, and people are unhappy about the whole thing. It's not like we had the Richarlison cash to spend on another Richarlison, since we needed it just to avoid a points deduction.
Compare to the reception of bringing in Allan, Doucoure, Godfrey and James for the same amount in fees. This is some proper shoestring work. Best window since Brands' first year at a minimum, and possibly better since the luster of the Mina deal eventually faded.
Are we nailed on for relegation? No. Are we at risk? Sure. We started last season in exactly the same spot - at risk. We were forced to sell our most valuable asset with no hope of a return on it, and managed to tread water anyway. I'll take it.
Still can't get my head around them not using either loan if they don't
Loan market was thin. We have a little cash in our pockets, and cash those chits in come January.
