It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Stoned Rose]

Grealish has really scarred our board and they are totally hesitant on spending another 100 mil on a midfielder.

Makes me wonder who authorised the grealish buy because half the season Pep spends on reprimanding Jack on multiple things.

I bring Grealish because between him,Phillips and Nunes we have spend north of 200 million pounds with not one world class player or consecutive good performance multiple seasons from them lot.

Hard to disagree.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Starting to be concerned we've nearly had a week of the transfer window and don't seem to be close to getting anyone in.

 

[Stoned Rose]

So will txiki give him some hungry fresh players in the next couple of weeks?

Possibly mate but if not, there’ll likely be a pretty big flurry of signings in the next window.

This cycle has run its course. The legs aren’t there and for some, neither is the desire or snarl. You can see some have checked out mentally and it’ll be beyond Pep to get them back in the killer mindset.

The importance of the next 4-6 signings cannot be emphasised enough.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Starting to be concerned we've nearly had a week of the transfer window and don't seem to be close to getting anyone in.

It might well be we don’t buy in January just to get numbers in. The signings imo do need to be long term solutions rather than quick sticking plasters.

 

[richards30]

Possibly mate but if not, there’ll likely be a pretty big flurry of signings in the next window.

This cycle has run its course. The legs aren’t there and for some, neither is the desire or snarl. You can see some have checked out mentally and it’ll be beyond Pep to get them back in the killer mindset.

The importance of the next 4-6 signings cannot be emphasised enough.

Surely we need that DM in this window though mate?

 

[Stoned Rose]

Surely we need that DM in this window though mate?

100% agree mate. Vital. But, if we can’t get the long term 1st or 2nd target in January, it’ll end up being a “good enough” player on loan imo.

 

[waspish]

Possibly mate but if not, there’ll likely be a pretty big flurry of signings in the next window.

This cycle has run its course. The legs aren’t there and for some, neither is the desire or snarl. You can see some have checked out mentally and it’ll be beyond Pep to get them back in the killer mindset.

The importance of the next 4-6 signings cannot be emphasised enough.

Every signing is a gamble you can do research the player on and if the pitch as much as you want but once you buy a player see him train then play the player you then see over a few months if he is going to be the player you bought!

 

[Coatigan]

Could end up being our last transfer under Txiki..

 

[Lee the Blue]

Saturday merely highlighted once again the blatant hole in our squad in central midfield - giving up 17 shots and numerous free runs at goal to West Ham.

No holding midfielder and until that is addressed we wont be beating any half-decent sides.

1 week in and despite 3 months advance notice, still no sign of any improvement in this area. Utterly bizarre.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

Saturday merely highlighted once again the blatant hole in our squad in central midfield - giving up 17 shots and numerous free runs at goal to West Ham.

No holding midfielder and until that is addressed we wont be beating any half-decent sides.

1 week in and despite 3 months advance notice, still no sign of any improvement in this area. Utterly bizarre.

I agree. It was the same huge gaps appearing between our forwards and defence as has been happening since Rodri's injury.

I dont understand why Kovacic hasn't either been instructed to, or chosen to sit deeper and protect the back 4 rather than play his more normal game, carrying the ball forward. As whenever he does that and the move breaks down, the opposition are practically two passes away from a shot at goal. I know he isn't exactly Nigel De Jong. But given the situation we're in, I had hoped by now, he would be sitting deeper and helping the defence out.

As you say, the lack of seemingly any movement so far is worrying. Yes, the window is open for a full month. But our requirements have been obvious for a long time and we have some big games coming up. A last minute signing (if at all) minimises the time for them to settle in before another tough run of fixtures in February.