Transfer Window - Satisfied or Not?

[PeterWithe]

Difficult to see where regular goals are going to come from. Still I'm far happier to beleive that Sherwood was trying to make things happen on that front.

[supertom]

In terms of proven strikers we've obviously tried and failed to bring in Adebayor and Berbatov. They're obviously not interested enough in their careers, and playing football to have taken us up on our offers. If so, fuck them.
Austin would have been great but something doesn't seem right there. Firstly QPR are playing hard ball. No one is willing to pay, including us. Does he have a fitness issue?

I actually think we've got a very good alternative at the club already, in Kozak. A little faith shown to him would go a long way. Ayew is also talented. A goal could kick start him. He's just trying too hard but we need to show a little faith. He has been terrible so far. Like a bad Ali Dia impression but I think he'll come good with a little faith and some luck.

As for the other signings. I'm hoping for good things from Veretout when he kicks on. Richards, Amavi and Gana already look the business. Traore looks very exciting. Sinclair is bang in form.

I think we've got a lot of promise.
8/10 for the window.
A striker would have made it a 9. I don't think it was for the want of trying. We've already signed two strikers unproven at this level. We could possibly have punted on another one, but I think proven was what we needed but what is available at the moment? Not much. We tried for two hideously overpaid primadonnas who clearly aren't too bothered, and we probably, like half the prem, expressed an interest in Austin but weren't willing to meet the valuation/risk.

[PeterWithesShin]

8/10

Even though there are a couple of areas that look like they need strengthening, we were never going to fix all of the problems of the last few years in one transfer window. We've fixed a few of them though and made some potentially cracking signings.

[ktvillan]

Obviously way too soon to be judging the players themselves as most of them are new to the PL. However Richards already looks at least as good as Vlaar on a good day, Amavi looks a real find, Guye and Gestede promising.  In terms of intent and approach it's the most promising window for quite some time.    However as yet I'd say not quite enough to really impress me, and I'd hope it's not quite over. The club have reinvested the 45m or so funds brought in from sales - but only about about 3-4m on top of that.   I'd say we still need a Right back in the mould of Amavi, another solid experienced centre back, a keeper to put pressure on or upgrade Guzan, and maybe a proven goalscorer.  I still think Adebayor could do a job on loan if Levy isn't going to be too much of a twat over the finances. With the huge TV money at stake next year I'd hope to see net spend of at least 20m-25m to aim for a really solid all round squad.           

Slightly disappointed if I'm honest, but only slightly.  I posted the above on 16th August and I thought we still had some significant weak areas that needed addressing, and that we should still have a bit of wedge available given net spend was pretty low.   Ok we have the experienced CB in Lescott (perhaps a bit older and more short term than I would have liked) but no proven goalscorer, upgrade on RB or experienced keeper.  We have signed a lot of potential and our season will depend a lot on how much of that potential comes to fruition.  At least it should be a damn sight more entertaining then previous seasons.

[Matt Collins]

The problem about our strikers is you can only play one or perhaps two at a time

- Gestede is great in the air but not quick, isn't going to run into a grealish / Gil / veretout through ball
- gabby is gabby
- Ayew is talented but erratic and possibly not a target man in English football
- kozak is a good finisher but immobile and slow

Not to say that can't be made to work. Southampton were successful with pelle by getting pace in and around him. But we'll have to see if Gestede or kozak can offer enough to play a similar role

[Nelson Lodge]

Never thought back in June that we would see this amount of turnover in the first team squad. So very pleased overall. Would have liked to have seen a reliable goal scorer come in, in addition to Sinclair, and have a slight concern over the goal keepers. However it is a lot to expect all problem areas to be sorted in one window.
9 out of 10.

[aj2k77]

A good window. Now we need to get them to gel asap. If one of Ayew or Gestede adapts then we will surprise people.

[brian green]

Excellent window. Cannot recall a better one. I am glad we did not get a striker from those on offer. We have no goalscoring problem our problem is of error prone defence. Two good centre backs will go a long way to you tightening the defence. Well done to all those involved in doing our business.

[Clampy]

Overall i'm pretty pleased with it. It's going to take time to gel but these players are for the future, not just this season. I think we'll be in for an interesting time under Sherwood.

[JJ-AV]

Pleased. We could do with a striker, but we've definitely upgraded the squad, and there's always January if we're in desperate need.

[andrew08]

I have no idea about how good our window was. Only knew two of the players we signed and barely recognise any of the players when we actually play. I could name no more than 3 or 4 of the players who played on Saturday. I need a program to check the players names like a glory hunting tourist for crying out loud. I, as a life long fan, feel no connection with these players or my club at the moment.

I can only go on the results and performances I'm seeing. So on that basis having narrowly beaten one of the promoted sides, drawn with a team whose on going Premier League survival is even more surprising than our own and lost to 'who the fxxx are palace' I'd say we're no better than last year. At best.

Oh well, I suppose that this is one of those periods that defines my support. Stop going ? Of course not! VTID.

[PeterWithesShin]

You can only name 3 or 4 of the players from Saturday? 8 of the 12 we used played for us last season.

[andrew08]

You can only name 3 or 4 of the players from Saturday? 8 of the 12 we used played for us last season.

well at least my attempt to block out last season is working then 😀

[Matt Collins]

Defence: Richards for vlaar, Amavi for cissokho, lescott for baker, ilori for senderos. Really big upgrade - need to improve the organisation

Attacking midfield a monumental upgrade in the squad compared to the start of last season: Traore for nzogbia, veretout for Cleverley, grealish for weimann, Sinclair for gabby as a left forward.

Happy with gueye as a replacement for delph

Gestede and Ayew, plus kozak back from injury, for benteke. That's the issue. How it all balances out in the round is unclear at the moment.

[walsall villain]

Probably in the minority here but I am not worried about where the goals will come from. Once these players gel I expect us to be far more creative than last year and we won't be relying on one player to score the bulk of our goals. It's been a very good window I think. I also like how we have extended the contracts of the likes of Bennett and Baker, we haven't given up on them and given them away for next to nothing.