Summer Transfer Window 2017

[hktoffee]

Not over yet lol.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/vertragslosespieler

 

[ijjysmith]

If we have a much better squad shouldn't the expectation be that we do much better?

Sadly all bar Arsenal also have much better squads than last season too though.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Are there any other alternatives than waiting for January, any slivers of hope to cling to, the Lichtenstein window still open until Sunday or the Ethiopian loan market delayed closing due to Haille Selasie holidays?

After research, the Ethiopian market is in fact open to October 20th and is the latest closure I can find. Who knew!!!!

 

[Kenshin]

Not over yet lol.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/vertragslosespieler

Why so most of the centre forward on there look fat?

 

[Bourney]

Maybe we should give Siggy a run of games in the false 9 postion pretty sure he played that role for Swansea and was effective

 

[toffee matt]

We haven't won an away game since January and we've sold the only prolific goal scorer in our team without a replacement, whilst everyone else above us (bar Arsenal) and arguably the three teams on paper that should be below us WBA, Leicester and Southampton have all strengthened/ not weakened

Not seeing where these extra points are coming from to take us any higher than seventh.

Can't see us dropping dramatically mind but like with Martinez I suspect Koemans first season might be his best

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

If we have a much better squad shouldn't the expectation be that we do much better?

Not necessarily when you look at how long the 6 ahead of us have had a huge financial advantage.

I would expect us to concede less & manage games better.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

We will ship a lot less goals and score a lot less too.

 

[Brisan123]

With PSG under UEFA scrutiny can anybody work out how much we could have spent in this window without falling foul of FFP
Commentators saying you can only spend 28 m more than you earned over the last 3 years
I think one or two posters here have a good handle on FFP

 

[hktoffee]

Why so most of the centre forward on there look fat?

Who's this Diabate? We find a target man oh yes.

 

[sc1878]

Sadly all bar Arsenal also have much better squads than last season too though.

Good point. And Arsenal's squad is still much better than ours!!

 

[zzebra]

Not over yet lol.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/vertragslosespieler

lol I gave up after Googling the first name!

Giuseppe Rossi(born 1 February 1987)....Despite his talent, skill, and goalscoring ability, Rossi's playing time has been limited in recent seasons due to several recurring injury problems.....On 9 April 2017, Rossi suffered the fifth serious injury of his career when he ruptured the ACL in his left knee in a game against SD Eibar, ruling him out for the remainder of the season..

 

[Wayno]

Any chance you could make that a bit bigger?

Think my neighbour is slightly struggling to read it from across the road

 

[zzebra]

?? Looked ok to me?

 

[Efcjake]

Sadly all bar Arsenal also have much better squads than last season too though.

So proportionately the squad hasn't improved in relation to the competition.

We haven't closed the gap really and the more windows that go by the less faith I have in our ability to do it.