Did we?
If getting beat 4-0 by the vermin across the park and losing against Spurs and Chelsea is winning, then my god why didnt it feel good.
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Did we?
If getting beat 4-0 by the vermin across the park and losing against Spurs and Chelsea is winning, then my god why didnt it feel good.
Hits : McCarthy, Lukaku, Besic, Lennon, Defouleueuo, Robles, Barry, Galloway
Failure : Kone, Eto'o, Alcaraz, Traore, McGeady, Atsu
Its not great IMO.
Failure : Kone, Eto'o, Alcaraz, Traore, McGeady, Atsu
Its not great IMO.
Not many manager's transfer dealings are 'great', though? There's always going to be transfers that, in hindsight, were wrong. But, in fairness, bar Koné, all of those players were brought in as squad filler and really didn't cost much. Cleverly (IF he comes) will be a squad player who can play in there positions in midfield. On a free transfer/signing on fee, I don't see the issue there. Yes I'd love us to have gone for Milner, but the reality is we're not in a position to pay a 29-year-old £100,000 a week like the RS will. And I'm confident that the playmaker and winger that Martinez will bring in will represent a step up in quality.
Elong
The fire rises
Traore scored 1 goal in 1 game, great success!
Has Howard Kendall still got a pair of boots?
Even Alan Ball only put away 66 goals in 208 Matches
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
We loaned Lennon, and his goals, assists and ability to bring Coleman back in the game was crucial for us in March/April.
He's never left us weaker coming out of a transfer window. Fact.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
There's no way the jury is still out on those three. They've proven up to the job of playing in our first team, no question. Galloway looks like he can make the grade also.
IMO, there's been two undoubted wastes of cash: Kone and (in terms wages) Alcarez.
McGeady has come in and done it on occasion (not nearly enough, obviously); Eto'o grabbed a goal or two but wasn't consistent and never really added to team cohesion, so that was that; Atsu I dont believe got enough game time to judge him on.
So far his I think his transfers have been pretty good bar Kone and Alcarez. The rest that are marginal were free/cheap transfers or loans used to fill out a squad, Hardly damaging from a financial perspective. His two big outlays have been excellent. I think Besic will end up being a steal.
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Galloway does look good although he is only a part timer at the minute - give him a few seasons and then we can judge him properly, the players i have mentioned are all brought in with the idea of them contributing for the first team in various roles. Besic hasnt played enough and is a little rough around the edges, Joel started dodgy then stepped up in his mini run so again - unsure for some. barry for me personally is a hit but some with say a 33/34 year old who had struggled for a period this season is up for discussion from some also.
McGeady could offer more, alcaraz was 4th choice but still isnt great, atsu - not enough time, Eto'o only a brief stay but excellent job getting him here !
Like i say a mixed bag, giving stones a run could be his best decision no matter who else he buys in the future - absoloute class act.
Jacko93
Player Valuation: £35m
I think that Besic has played much more than I would've expected. He was involved in about 30 games.
Koné: effed by injury, won a lot of praise when at Wigan. If the injury hadn't happened I think he'd have been a solid buy for a backup striker.
Eto'o: arguably just misused, which is another discussion altogether.
Traore: effed by injury, who knows.
Alcaraz: tosh, but was a cheap backup player.
McGeady: cheap backup player.
Atsu: gamble that didn't work out, but it was only a loan so the gamble was affordable.
I think his record in the market's pretty good here, and IIRC he was as well known for clever buys at Wigan as Moyes was when he was here.
Obviously there's not much interesting discussion to be had going back and forth about it, but I'm pretty positive about this summer.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
They're a mixed bag in the sense that two of the three you mentioned aren't nailed on regular starters, but I doubt that too many other people dont see them all as established with us now as players that can slot in and be first teamers.
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