Axel Disasi - signed on loan

[ozzjim]

Pretty bad luck for us that, apparently, Disasi is the only central defender on Earth.

Amazing how our massively resourced and well paid scouting team and president of football operations have found ....  Only Disasi. Couldn't make it up

[AV84]

Pretty bad luck for us that, apparently, Disasi is the only central defender on Earth.

Amazing how our massively resourced and well paid scouting team and president of football operations have found ....  Only Disasi. Couldn't make it up

I guess we're ignoring Loic Bade then.

[cdbearsfan]

The bloke that turned us down two weeks ago? Yes, probably safe to ignore him.

[Mister E]

Pretty bad luck for us that, apparently, Disasi is the only central defender on Earth.

Amazing how our massively resourced and well paid scouting team and president of football operations have found ....  Only Disasi. Couldn't make it up

I guess we're ignoring Loic Bade then.

We should have had several bloody targets lined up, with the structure and commitment we've made to signing and managing players!

[AV84]

Pretty bad luck for us that, apparently, Disasi is the only central defender on Earth.

Amazing how our massively resourced and well paid scouting team and president of football operations have found ....  Only Disasi. Couldn't make it up

I guess we're ignoring Loic Bade then.

We should have had several bloody targets lined up, with the structure and commitment we've made to signing and managing players!

We did have two targets lined up and had agreements with both of them before they or their clubs changed their minds. It's disappointing that we are seemingly going to end up with no new CB but acting like we just didn't bother trying to sign anyone for that position, and calling it gross negligence or whatever is a bit silly.

[Clive W]

Chelsea and Spurs have agreed £5m for rest of season
Now up to the player

[tomd2103]

Pretty bad luck for us that, apparently, Disasi is the only central defender on Earth.

Amazing how our massively resourced and well paid scouting team and president of football operations have found ....  Only Disasi. Couldn't make it up

I guess we're ignoring Loic Bade then.

We should have had several bloody targets lined up, with the structure and commitment we've made to signing and managing players!

We did have two targets lined up and had agreements with both of them before they or their clubs changed their minds. It's disappointing that we are seemingly going to end up with no new CB but acting like we just didn't bother trying to sign anyone for that position, and calling it gross negligence or whatever is a bit silly.

Pau Torres broke his metatarsal on 30th December, which left us with 3 recognised centre backs.  We then proceded to sell one of those and one of the others got injured in the very next game.  That has left us having to play 2.5 important games (one extremely important one that could have had serious implications if we had lost) with a makeshift CB pairing.

Gross negligence may be a little too far, but it's hardly been great squad management has it?

[ozzjim]

It's negligence. No other word for it at this level.

[danno]

Is he any good?

[Olneythelonely]

Is he any good?

He’s a defender with 2 legs. That’s good enough for me.

[ChicagoLion]

It's negligence. No other word for it at this level.

i agree.
Plain daft.

[AV84]

Pretty bad luck for us that, apparently, Disasi is the only central defender on Earth.

Amazing how our massively resourced and well paid scouting team and president of football operations have found ....  Only Disasi. Couldn't make it up

I guess we're ignoring Loic Bade then.

We should have had several bloody targets lined up, with the structure and commitment we've made to signing and managing players!

We did have two targets lined up and had agreements with both of them before they or their clubs changed their minds. It's disappointing that we are seemingly going to end up with no new CB but acting like we just didn't bother trying to sign anyone for that position, and calling it gross negligence or whatever is a bit silly.

Pau Torres broke his metatarsal on 30th December, which left us with 3 recognised centre backs.  We then proceded to sell one of those and one of the others got injured in the very next game.  That has left us having to play 2.5 important games (one extremely important one that could have had serious implications if we had lost) with a makeshift CB pairing.

Gross negligence may be a little too far, but it's hardly been great squad management has it?

You're ignoring my point entirely.

A new CB only became a priority in the last week or so. It was not, as others have claimed, a priority for the whole window. And despite that, we did make several efforts to sign a CB, and both times we were let down by the player or their club. Things haven't worked out and it's disappointing. It is not a case of the club just deciding they don't give a f**k and are happy to have to play with Konsa or Kamara or whoever at CB.

We had Mings fit, and Bade 99% done when we let Carlos go. We had Disasi agreed on personal terms shortly after Bade let us down. Chelsea fucked us over on that.

[PaulWinch again]

It's negligence. No other word for it at this level.

Of course it is - it would be negligent if all three were fully fit now. But we’ve literally seen how we’re exposed if they’re not.

[Toronto Villa]

surely it is negligent if in January we didn't try at all. We clearly did with two targets. The manager has to want them vs just anyone.

[PaulWinch again]

We didn’t have to sell our remaining centre-back without a replacement, that’s the negligent bit.