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kippaxvilla2
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2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 04:41:20 PM »
Not enough to challenge top three. Strange one for understandable reasons. Expecting another miracle again from the Manager. But on our best day we can still beat anyone. Not happy about right back options. Central defence still a concern.
6/10.
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Rigadon
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 04:55:35 PM »
I don’t think we’re weaker than last season in terms of first 11. We look more well balanced to me so far. We’ve beaten a decent kit stealers and should’ve beaten a very decent Arsenal. The signs are good.
But I was hoping for one or two top class players more than we’ve seemingly ended up with. I genuinely think we’re a slither away from challenging for a title under this manager.
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Dogtanian
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 04:59:41 PM »
Does anyone know how Demitri feels about the window?
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Mister E
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:01:16 PM »
Quote from: Dogtanian on August 30, 2024, 04:59:41 PM
Does anyone know how Demitri feels about the window?
Please don't encourage the fucker any further!!
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paul_e
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:04:19 PM »
Did we really need another thread for people to moan about transfers in?
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kippaxvilla2
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:13:26 PM »
It’s a tradition of mine.
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Clark W Griswold
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:23:21 PM »
I’d be happy with going a long way in a domestic cup, having a decent first CL campaign so that we don’t look like day trippers and challenging for the top 6 places again. If we could actually win one of the cups I’d be ecstatic.
Can we do that with the current squad? If we get pretty much no injuries and the ones that are injured come back soon and well. Pretty disappointing transfer window but we don’t really know how much the financial fair play but not fair play rules have fucked us over.
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PeterWithesShin
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:25:02 PM »
B-
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cdbearsfan
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:27:46 PM »
Underwhelming. I've gone from wandering if we could win the league to hoping we can still finish in the top seven.
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KevinGage
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:29:32 PM »
I’ll give it foive.
At the start of the window (with Doug and the Moose still on board I felt we needed:
CB/RB cover
Good GK cover
A DM starter.
And a different option directly up top.
We’ve only addressed one of those and lost two big players who contributed significantly to our goals and assists column last year.
A lot of churn, but we seem weaker overall compared to the start of 2023/24.
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VillaTim
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:37:51 PM »
Poor window , made worse by seeing other teams have stronger windows. The defence is no tighter and we have fewer options up top .
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Toronto Villa
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:38:57 PM »
Yeh certainly not an A. Started off on fire. But our inability to shift Duran and Carlos fucked our ability to get in some proper players. And it is ultimately down to PSR and the European rules. Chelsea sign player after player. They have 20 odd who won’t even get a game. They are about to sign Sancho who will be there 50th winger on the books. We are being stopped in closing the gap. Now we need to trust Emery to work his magic.
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jon collett
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:43:53 PM »
Poor window.
Lost my faith in Monchi. Now wondering how long he will last. He doesn’t seem to have contacts.
Villa know it’s been a poor window and that’s why they did the expectation management exercise on TalkSport.
Still trust in Unai and hope he can overcome this.
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Toronto Villa
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:46:38 PM »
Emery has made it very clear all decisions on players are made collectively with Monchi and Damian Vidagany. Monchi is also Emery’s choice in this role. He’s not going anywhere.
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LeonW
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Re: 2024 Summer Transfer Window. The Verdict.
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August 30, 2024, 05:46:45 PM »
There were a lot of moving parts in this transfer window, with FFP and with the new added perspective of us being a club in the expanded champions league for next season. So trying to analyze whether it was a good transfer window or not I don’t think is necessarily an easy task.
You could take an FFP compliance perspective, overall ins and outs, new alternatives in positions that will be different to last season, addressing known deficiencies... Sometimes it’s not even a simple case of trying to plug holes because if a certain opportunity arises that may not come again (e.g., Maatsen when we already had two decent left backs) clubs have to consider acting on them if they don’t think they may materialize again.
Overall what I think is that in the short term, we’ve made some small, incremental improvement steps, but probably not enough to progress too much. But that may just be entitled football impatience and also being scarred by ‘jam tomorrow’ promises we’ve had in the past. Also not signing before we sell whilst it can be frustrating is ultimately prudent and a sensible, long term strategy.
In the long term, it’s difficult to say (such as the two lads we got from Juve), but I have total faith in our current football operation. Rodgers is already an absolute bargain and if we get more right then wrong, that’s all we could reasonable expect.
One thing is certain though; we’re relying on Emery working miracles again and to me, reducing that reliance indicates whether we’ve had a good window or not.
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