Borja Baston

[SoccerHQ]

Who else is going to come and be third choice?

I find that an odd viewpoint tbh. A striker who could also fill in out wide would most likely be a starter given the random performances El Ghazi and Trez regularly produce.

To me we should've been targeting a more versatile attacker who can play out wide. If Bowen is too expensive then a cheaper version of him.

Baston is pretty much targetman and we already have two of them in the squad. It's certainly an odd signing but that's the last minute panic.

[supertom]

I wouldn't say he's had the easiest situation at Swansea. I've lost count how many managers they've had. He played a few games in his first season there. Spent two seasons on loan elsewhere. Now granted, maybe he didn't show enough in those pre-seasons, but he then came back this season. It looks like he started this season okay but tailed off, along with the side themselves.

There looks like a player there who could potentially surprise, and perhaps fit more into our style. (And probably suit the Prem more than the Championship).

Samatta's gonna score 10 goals so we're cushty anyway.

[Clampy]

Apart from the keeper, can anyone honestly say that this has been a successful window? A third choice striker in a dysfunctional Swansea team is not the answer, even if free surely?!

Yes, it's cheap, but it's more about the negative message it sends out to potential targets (players that would actually 'improve' us). If FFP is the reasoning behind it then fair enough, but we've seen what impact an out of sorts striker can have on our performances for most of this season... we don't need a mk2 - Better off playing a false 9 like we have been recently if it comes to it imo.

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

[PaulWinch again]

Well that’s the point. If we survive it’s all good.

[maidstonevillain]

Welcome Borja, please be better than Hogan and Kodjia

Nothing suggests he is I'm afraid. Doesn't make any sense to let Hogan and Kodjia go to replace them with a Swansea sub.

To call him a Swansea sub is ignoring his decent goalscoring record in Spain.

In the second division? Last four seasons, he has scored 13 goals in 77 games with three different clubs. Prolific he ain't!

  a lot more prolific than Keinan Davies

Who is at least a Premier Division player.

Baston has played 18 games in the Premier League. And scored.

[hilts_coolerking]

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

And if they don't?

[Clampy]

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

And if they don't?

Let's cross that bridge if we come to it eh?

[Richard E]

I thought my dream of playing for Aston Villa was finally coming true but then I realised they were saying we were signing Borja Baston, not ‘a boring bast**d.’

[hilts_coolerking]

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

And if they don't?

Let's cross that bridge if we come to it eh?

Perhaps we ought to cross the staying up bridge when we come to it then eh?

[Nii Lamptey]

Apart from the keeper, can anyone honestly say that this has been a successful window? A third choice striker in a dysfunctional Swansea team is not the answer, even if free surely?!

Yes, it's cheap, but it's more about the negative message it sends out to potential targets (players that would actually 'improve' us). If FFP is the reasoning behind it then fair enough, but we've seen what impact an out of sorts striker can have on our performances for most of this season... we don't need a mk2 - Better off playing a false 9 like we have been recently if it comes to it imo.

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

I understand the FFP issue, but Drinkwater was a waste of a squad spot and as Soccer HQ mentioned above, this Swansea guy we're linked with has been out of sorts for the past few years... Whats the difference between him and Benteke? Benteke would have been a much lower risk imo, and the lift it would have given him to be back playing for the fans who adored him would have pushed him back into form imo.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that Drinkwater wasn't going to work, and I'm going to hazard a guess that it will be exactly the same with this guy. Didn't perform at lower levels - What evidence is there to suggest he's going to suddenly turn into a player capable of playing in the Premier League. For every Mings, there seems to be a Tom Carroll, when it's obvious it's not going to work.

[frank black]

Who

[LukeJames]

Apart from the keeper, can anyone honestly say that this has been a successful window? A third choice striker in a dysfunctional Swansea team is not the answer, even if free surely?!

Yes, it's cheap, but it's more about the negative message it sends out to potential targets (players that would actually 'improve' us). If FFP is the reasoning behind it then fair enough, but we've seen what impact an out of sorts striker can have on our performances for most of this season... we don't need a mk2 - Better off playing a false 9 like we have been recently if it comes to it imo.

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

Whats the difference between him and Benteke?

About £110k a week and a club that was happy to let him go.

[Clampy]

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

And if they don't?

Let's cross that bridge if we come to it eh?

Perhaps we ought to cross the staying up bridge when we come to it then eh?

And maybe we will. Let's be positive eh?

[AsTallAsLions]

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

And if they don't?

Let's cross that bridge if we come to it eh?

Perhaps we ought to cross the staying up bridge when we come to it then eh?

And maybe we will. Let's be positive eh?

Que?

[hilts_coolerking]

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

And if they don't?

Let's cross that bridge if we come to it eh?

Perhaps we ought to cross the staying up bridge when we come to it then eh?

And maybe we will. Let's be positive eh?

I think you have enough positivity for the two of us.  I'll be realistic.