that is not the point. Oviedo did not kick up a fuss but he was not playing. Kone has played less, is a waste of space and wages and is generally useless. There is not one single good point for him beind here.
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Kept Kone and Robles though so a tiny bit of you must be delighted?
BigDunc'sFod
Player Valuation: £35m
Underwhelming, if I'm honest.
Of that list, the only player I would have preferred to see stay is Oviedo. I think it is telling than his transfer was the only one that Koeman mentioned in his presser as being one he was initially against. I can understand why the player was frustrated at not getting much game time and I cannot fault his attitude or effort at any point in his time with us, so I wish him well. Garbutt is now the backup LB by default, and he has shown promise in glimpses... fingers crossed.
The loan deal for Geri makes sense if we are going to continue to play without wingers, because he needs to develop and he can't develop without considerable game time. If he has a good loan then there is every chance that he stays with us and plays a bigger role next season. He's young enough that it is a win-win move for us.
The rest though... non-contributors to a man. As others have said, we know that they are not good enough for us, so we are automatically better off giving game time to our own promising youth ahead of Kone, Niasse, Cleverly etc. Getting them off the wage bill and banking transfer / loan fees is a big improvement.
Finally, we had a target in this window. We signed him early, for a decent price. Added to that we got a promising youngster in who plays a position of need. Sure another player or two in would have been welcome (assuming they were of sufficient quality), but if the right players aren't there then we shouldn't simply sign any old guff just to boost a net spend figure.
GlosBlue
Player Valuation: £30m
Not relevant in that thread either. It's about you, not the old manager. Just there isn't a thread dedicated to you and your irrational hatred of our actually quite good manager.
Michaelcoyb
Transfer Window Time Keeper
It's funny how times change, remember one summer post qualifying for Europe just signing Gueye, the following January we pretty much sold every striker at the club.
This window, has gone very well.
This window, has gone very well.
Mosh Pit
Player Valuation: £8m
Eurghhhh you disgust me. Why is this idiot allowed on this forum? Deliberately posting filthy negative nonsense. Koff
Good window for my money. Shopped out some ageing or peripheral players who haven't really done much. Added some youth into the team along with an established premier league player in Schneiderlin. Ideally we could've brought in a CB and Striker but looking at the window it seems no one was interested in any business unless they were buying our cast offs.
Dave, just stop it. I expect you haven't had the call from Mosh asking for your services...? And for good reason too...
sheedys big toe
Player Valuation: £8m
Is it true, Bournemouth outbid us, on a keeper? Thinking we could get him in summer.
TheHumbleEgg
Player Valuation: £15m
...we bought & loaned some for ourselves as well didn't we mate?
Y;now, full picture an' all that.
TheHumbleEgg
Player Valuation: £15m
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
This is a thread about the January transfer window, not one for you to insult people.
Happy with the two signings but disappointed that we never took advantage of the profits from the Stones sale with regards to STCC.
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