Assessment of our business this summer | Poll Added

[Didsbury Dave]

This is of course based on the current situation we find ourselves in. Granted, things may happen that unfold later in the window which change peoples perspectives.

I think it’s been a mixed window personally. Losing Mahrez, Gundo and Laporte (soon to join Al Nassr) is far from ideal but undoubtedly Kova and Gvardiol are both outstanding pieces of business.

I do however, find it truly staggering that we have failed to land a central midfielder (ideally someone that can play 6/8) that can cover Rodri, given the fact Pep seems to be out right refusing to offer Phillips any sort of game time. It’s been concerning to see several of our top targets fail to materialise (Bellingham, Rice, Pacqueta) for various reasons, some of which I don’t think Txiki is to blame.

Overall, on the basis that there are no further incomings i am pretty underwhelmed by the window. Surely the chance to capitalise on the worlds best players is after a treble and revenue record breaking season but it seems the club have other ideas. For context, I think Txiki is an outstanding sporting director and I wouldn’t swap him for anyone else but that doesn’t mean he or the club are immune from criticism.

I’m not sure there is much in life more idiotic than judging a transfer window before it is finished.

 

[Phil1]

So you believe our squad is stronger today than it was 2 months ago?

Yes.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Awful thread this,some proper shite been written.

We are stronger IMO.

.Gvardiol best young defender in the world and an upgrade on Laporte
.Kovacic is class,different....but just as effective as Gundo
.Doku potentially a world class talent
.Nunes a fantastic back up to Rodri and along with Kova adds the depth we have been missing.
.Walker and Bernie new deals.
.Foden getting opportunity as a 10

If you have issue with any of that,then you want your head testing.

I’m with you on all of this mate. We seem to have to go through this lunacy on the forum every summer, and then again every time we suffer a defeat.

Will these idiots ever realise that the club know what they are doing?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

So you believe our squad is stronger today than it was 2 months ago? Put the crack pipe down.

I think we’ve definitely become defensively stronger but proof of the pudding and all that.
We have lost goals hopefully with the improved defensive strength I think we’ve added I think we might change our style of play to a more direct and quicker game.

 

[domalino]

There must be some old farming proverb about judging your harvest by how well the sowing goes that explains why we can’t really assess the window in August.

 

[Phil1]

I think we’ve become definitely defensively stronger but proof of the pudding and all that.
We have lost goals with goals hopefully with the improved defensive strength I think we’ve added I think we might change our style of play to a more direct and quicker game.

It’s all about the evolution and has been since the day Pep arrived. We’ve seen us alter our set up time and time again, each one getting pelters at first because they’ve enjoyed the last reincarnation and don’t like change.
Pep adapts to teams adapting to us. It’s why he’s the best and we are the best.

 

[Blue-Ghana]

Awful thread this,some proper shite been written.

We are stronger IMO.

.Gvardiol best young defender in the world and an upgrade on Laporte
.Kovacic is class,different....but just as effective as Gundo
.Doku potentially a world class talent
.Nunes a fantastic back up to Rodri and along with Kova adds the depth we have been missing.
.Walker and Bernie new deals.
.Foden getting opportunity as a 10

If you have issue with any of that,then you want your head testing.

Kovacic is not as rounded and good as Gundogan. Doku, Kovacic, and Nunes had a combined total of 9 goals last season, Grealish also does not score much. We would be heavily reliant on Foden and Haaland for goals.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

And since half of those left, we've won the treble. I'm not saying that we'll repeat that again this season but I suspect we'll be just fine.

I'm not disagreeing, but the question was about this specific transfer window, and unlike last year, when we knew exactly what we were getting with Haaland, (and thought we knew about Phillips), we've now signed a couple of players who could be anything from brilliant to inconsistent or injury prone.

 

[decmancity]

Mate are you this angry face to face? Every post is aggressive. Chill out we are all blues here

Eh?

I can promise you that poster is not a blue.

 

[blueparrot]

I think we’ve definitely become defensively stronger but proof of the pudding and all that.
We have lost goals hopefully with the improved defensive strength I think we’ve added I think we might change our style of play to a more direct and quicker game.

I think goals will come from different places, Rodri has already said he feels more confident joining the attack this season because he knows Kovacic will drop in and cover for him.