davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Why should it needed to have been in tatters when someone like Davies is there to be used and is a very good young player?The other night was a disgrace and it's all about the reaction now, but it did show how thread-bare the squad is in terms of quality (McCarthy and Gueye out and suddenly our midfield is in tatters).
The re-build isn't as big as everyone is saying, but the spine of the team needs a re-jig.
I think Williams is showing he'll be here for the next 2-3 years with that quality, but a new centre-half capable of playing the ball out from the back but also defending (and for all Koeman's detractors, he had this with VVD at S'ton - a player he personally drove that club towards signing) needs to be a priority in the next 2-3 windows.
Obviously, a central midfielder to take over from Barry is a must, and then Barkley needs to up his game. A creative player for either a Barkley alternative or either one of the wings.
Goalkeeper too but, as I said in the transfer thread, I can't see the quality we require in that position (e.g. another side's No.1) being available in January.
Instead of keeping the team and shape that won against WHU and replacing Gueye with Davies Koeman tore the whole thing up needlessly and tried to out-Chelsea Chelsea....and I think he went three at the back because he didn't want to leave Jagielka out again...which is a crazy decision.