Mate I get it that your positive whilst I'm grumpy. But there's no evidence of any of these deals being close bar snippets from supposed ITKs who haven't called anything that's actually happenned.
We've not done well here. Its been a debacle.
We thankfully have a top manager who can make the best of the situation. But he needs help and soon.
I'm not being overly positive - I'm frustrated as hell about it but I didn't expect laods better. I thought we'd have one of our main targets by now but we don't. Doesn't mean we won't get them in. And no, we were very close on Witsel and that has been all over the press in two nations - agreed personal terms twice as well as the initial fee with Zenit. Couldn't get much closer without the bloke signing on the dotted line... that's not based on the ITKs, it's the general press consensus.
It's far from a debacle. 2011 was a debacle. God help you if you were/had been on here then, your head may have genuinely popped
The season won't end in August mate. Look at 13/14 - we didn't even have half of our key players until deadline day. I think Osman, Fellaini, Jelavic and Naismith all started the first game...
I'm not saying everything's rosy, and it's a big three weeks now with the season starting and the window still open, but there's no point fretting about things that are out of your control and setting expectations that you'll be mad that aren't met (e.g. 'I think we need a CM'. Most of us do, but Koeman may not be prioritising that area and may be looking to go in a different direction).
I'm just willing to see how the next three weeks play out.
