Transfer Window - Satisfied or Not?

[Toronto Villa]

Lescott and Adebayor to add to the business we did early on then I'll be down for an "I'm satisfied" and willing to wait to convert that to "I'm really happy with the window" as the season progresses.

[ChicagoLion]

so far so good, we have to appreciate that there is not a manager that gets all of his signings right.
Check out some of the dummies Fergie signed, we were mad enough to take the Dlemba twins off his hands.
The potential arrivals of Ade and Lescott are risks but all transfers are.
The secret is getting most of them right.
I also hope that we see some more deadwood out of the door.
Happy TDLD everybody.

[paul_e]

I'm pretty happy with things, I'd like another defender because I don't trust the fitness of Baker or Senderos which puts us at risk of yet another season of chopping and changing centre backs, which has been one of the biggest issues for the last 5 years.  Up front i can't decide, we need to give Gestede, Ayew and Kozak a decent chance to show they can offer something all 3 are practically new to the league so will need to settle but we need to give them a chance.  This is where the Gabby situation becomes so frustrating, if he offered a decent goal threat we could let him and Sinclair battle to be the more senior partner and then rotate the other alongside but Gabby's complete lack of goals undermines the whole idea.  If we could repalce him with someone like Adebayor for a year I'd take it.

[Skerra]

If we could just sign Lescott and Austin I really think that we would have the makings of a squad that wouldn't struggle anymore but, would be a great base to build on for the future.

[warleyboy]

If we could just sign Lescott and Austin I really think that we would have the makings of a squad that wouldn't struggle anymore but, would be a great base to build on for the future.

Absolutely this.

[brontebilly]

It's been the biggest change of personnel that I can remember. Maybe since Brian Little's time. Long overdue, the Delph saga was very disappointing and he is badly missed at the moment. Benteke leaving was no surprise but we got great money for him. The rest were no loss and we got rid of the most of the deadwood, still a few stragglers holding on but that's to be expected. Bottom line the squad is vastly improved despite the loss of key individuals.

Amavi and Gueye look the pick of the new signings so far but it's very early days. If Sinclair delivers on his undoubted talent then he could be the signing of the summer but he has a bit more to do yet before I'm fully convinced. The only one that looks miles off right now is Ayew, patience needed but he looks very limited so far. Some of the other new signings, not sure of the point of them (Crespo, Lescott, Adebayor...) or whether they fit the type of football we seem to be trying to play (Gestede).

My main concern is the ability of Sherwood to make a team of out the players he has. Three games in a row, the teams momentum has been checked by the opposing manager making a double substitution and it has cost us points. We have had some daft selection choices already, Ayew and Gabby up front against United and Bacuna ahead of Gil the last day.

Sherwood still is struggling to implement a definitive style of play and structure to the team supporting it. It's a bit scattergun at the moment from him and this applies to our signings confirmed today and likely tomorrow.

[KRS]

I'd rather point to individually player errors than lay the blame at the manager for dropping points in the last 2 games...yes its frustrating when a team has a good spell during a game but thats part of football.

Pardew made changes that made Palace more competitive in the second half but it wasn't until the last few minutes when a mistake at the back cost us; similarly despite dominating the game against Sunderland, it wasn't the substitutions by Advocaat that cost us 2 points, it was the mistake at the back and our inability to convert chances. Gestede and Kozak weren't fully match fit against Man Utd; the same applies to Gil against Sunderland. We're a new team trying to gel and with a fully fit squad at our disposal, each of those results could have panned out very differently.

[Clark W Griswold]

It looks like it's Lescott and Berba coming in today and if that's the case, on top of the players already signed I have to say I'm delighted. The best since '08 and one of the best of the past 20 odd years.

[Chico Hamilton III]

This has probably already been posted but I noticed that Matt Kendrick retweeted the net transfer spend league table today and we're third from bottom (assuming the figures are correct and assuming we don't snap up Messi before 6pm) with a spend of just £7m. Is it just me concerned about this?

[Lastfootstamper]

This has probably already been posted but I noticed that Matt Kendrick retweeted the net transfer spend league table today and we're third from bottom (assuming the figures are correct and assuming we don't snap up Messi before 6pm) with a spend of just £7m. Is it just me concerned about this?

*borrows paulie's stopwatch*

[pauliewalnuts]

If we could just sign Lescott and Austin I really think that we would have the makings of a squad that wouldn't struggle anymore but, would be a great base to build on for the future.

I'd say there's pretty much zero chance of us spending 15m on a single player today.

[KRS]

No. If we hadn't spent the best part of £50m rebuilding the squad then it would be cause for concern, but we have got rid of loads of dead wood and replaced with better quality players in most positions. The only concern is that we don't seem to have a prolific goal scorer on the books and at the moment its hard to see where additional goals will be contributed from midfield...obviously that could all change even if we don't sign anyone today once we have a fully fit squad and if Sinclair continues knocking them in.

[Chico Hamilton III]

This has probably already been posted but I noticed that Matt Kendrick retweeted the net transfer spend league table today and we're third from bottom (assuming the figures are correct and assuming we don't snap up Messi before 6pm) with a spend of just £7m. Is it just me concerned about this?

*borrows paulie's stopwatch*

Ah, just read the thread from the start.

I think we've done enough to stay up for another year. 15th

[KevinGage]

We have still spent circa £50 million, which is way more than I would have expected.

The mantra from the club for the past few years has been self sustaining, so even with recouping in excess of £40 million in fees, I was expecting a spend closer to £30 million, and wouldn't have been at all surprised if it was more like £20-25 million.

I have to say, for that level of investment, I think we could have done more. 

Talk of a bid today for Gayle.   Palace accepted a bid of £6 million plus add ons from Bristol City, so, say we bid a bit less than that -£4-5 million:  that would take the combined figure for Gestede, Ayew and Gayle to £20-21 million.

At that price, we could have been looking for something far closer to the finished article.

One gun forward would be better for us than three jobbing CF's.

[Chico Hamilton III]

The mantra from the club for the past few years has been self sustaining, so even with recouping in excess of £40 million in fees, I was expecting a spend closer to £30 million, and wouldn't have been at all surprised if it was more like £20-25 million

That's what I was trying to suggest. That our expectations have been lowered to such an extent over recent years that some people are pleasantly surprised when we net spend less than 17 other teams in the league. And Baker can return when he's shaved his fanny-tickler off