Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Ok let's look at it
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Javi Garcia
Scott Sinclair
Jack Rodwell
Matija Nastasic
^nothing to do with Txiki
Fernandinho - excellent signing
Jesus Navas - decent squad player, money considered he's an ok signing
Alvaro Negredo - good signing, contributed well to our title win and we turned a profit when sold
Stefan Jovetic - gamble didn't pay off, poor signing
Martin Demichelis - good stop gap signing
Bacary Sagna - on a free, good signing
Fernando - decent squad player, needed to replace Garcia, fee modest, all things considered an ok signing
Willy Caballero - good back up keeper, good signing ( worth it for his penalty saves in LC final alone )
Bruno Zucullini - weird signing, reckon he's related to Txiki and wanted to inter rail Europe, I'd imagine any outlay has been recouped in loan fees, meh
Frank Lampard - good signing apart from the pr side
Eliaquim Mangala - first real fail, payed way over the odds, poor signing
Wilfried Bony - fail, understood the logic in the signing but didn't work out, poor signing
Raheem Sterling - starting to look like he may yet fill that potential, pricey but good signing
Fabian Delph - gamble hasn't paid off but may yet justify his transfer, have to say poor signing though
Patrick Roberts - jury out
Nicolas Otamendi - ok signing, not great but not a disaster either
Kevin De Bruyne - excellent signing
Ilkay Gundogan
Nolito
Oliksandr Zinchenko
Marlos Moreno
John Stones
Leroy Sane
Claudio Bravo
Gabriel Jesus
^ jury out
If anything at least he has been busy. That is AMAZING amount of transfers.
20 senior players over 4 widows, 5 a window, fairly standard I would say.
Some gambles on injury prone players haven't paid off.
A couple of excellent signings with the potential for 3 or 4 still to be too
4 poor signings so 1 a season, again fairly standard I'd say
On the fullback issue, we've let a situation develop where the average age at fullback is ridiculous, perhaps our outlay on centre backs has prevented us from upgrading here, whatever the reason it shouldn't have been allowed get to that, thankfully 3 of the 4 are out of contract this season so it'll be addressed this summer.
All in all, our recruitment hasn't been that bad
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Thank you for this fair assessment rather than some of, what I'd suggest is hyperbole from some. Was also going to comment on those first few players not being his. I agree almost 100% with this, as I've called it a mixed bag.
"The jury is out" on Sterling is funny to read a few here write given he has been arguably one of our best/most consistent players this season. He has created a tremendous amount of chances for us (I believe the most of anyone in the team) and we have looked far worse when he has not started. His finishing/composure needs to improve and he cost quite a bit, but that's because of he's English, his potential, age, and played for Liverpool.