Re: Are you happy with your club's transfer activities so far?

by Highburied Tue Sep 03, 2013 4:55 am

8/10

Got rid of deadwood so quickly.

Signed one of the best players in the world.

And some free transfers.

Not signing a striker will expose our depth and cost us the title.

by VendettaRed07 Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:37 am

9/10.

Were missing about 2 signings that would have cost the club about 5m total.. lf they had would have been 10/10. But oh well..

by LeSwagg James Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:49 am

Would of been an 8..... Then the Ozil transfer happened so 6/10

by Kick Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:22 am

6/10

We started out needing a CF and a CM. We mostly got that. But losing Lukaku late on + adding Willian wasn't the best business.

We certainly could have done better but overall, I am not complaining.

by Donuts Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:24 am

2/10

lost Abidal, Thiago, going to lose Valdes, Puyol is practically not even a bench player.

and we only bought Neymar...
our priorities aren't really in check.

by Blue Barrett Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:24 am

7/10.

Could end up being a 9/10 window depending on how Eto'o performs.

Didn't see the need to sign both Willian AND Schurrle but I guess we'll see how it plays out this season.

Happy with the Van Ginkel signing though. Under the radar young midfielder with a really high ceiling.

EDIT: 6/10. Just remembered the Lukaku loan. Made no fcking sense!

by Lupi Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:29 am

6/10
didn't get a proper replacement for osvaldo and don't have a back up for balza .

by Kick Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:34 am

Blue Barrett wrote:7/10.

Could end up being a 9/10 window depending on how Eto'o performs.

Didn't see the need to sign both Willian AND Schurrle but I guess we'll see how it plays out this season.

Happy with the Van Ginkel signing though. Under the radar young midfielder with a really high ceiling.

EDIT: 6/10. Just remembered the Lukaku loan. Made no fcking sense!

Losing Lukaku makes it impossible to go passed 6-7/10. If we signed a top class DM it'd be 7/10.

by ExtremistEnigma Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:10 am

I'd go with 9/10. A midfielder in the Eriksen mould would've made it 10.

by Grooverider Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:20 am

McAgger wrote:
McAgger wrote:8/10

Needed a quality attacker but only got Moses. Otherwise we've strengthened immensely on defense, GK, and added some much needed depth. I'm confident going into this season.

All of the players Liverpool let go were all god awful lol

by Crimson Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:38 am

Extremely happy.

by flameas Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:42 am

5/10

+ Got rid of Osvaldo
+ Offloaded some rubbish
+ Signed Strootman
+ Maicon looks like a beast
+ Signed Benatia, one the best defenders in Serie A

+/- Ljajic replaced Lamela
+/- Gervinho could work under Garcia
+/- De Santcis is a one season thing
+/- Unproven Jedvaj

- Osvaldo wasnt replaced
- Boriello returned
- Castan should not be our starting CB
- Didnt sign a quality LB
- We will still rely on Totti for almost everything
- Owners think that money is more important than success or players

by billy_gr Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:47 am

delighted

by MaraVilla Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:53 am

1/10

terrible transfer window for barca.

by aleumdance Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:29 am

by Error Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:04 am

I would have said 8/10 without yesterday. But what's done is done, so I give 6/10.

by Forza Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:07 am

5/10

Targets and Achievements
Purchase at least 1 quality CB FAILED (Zapata, Silvestre and Vergara)
Purchase a quality CM YES (Poli)
Purchase a quality trequartista MAYBE (Kaka; Note ~ Failed pursuit of Honda)
Offload deadwood (Taiwo, Traore, Flamini, Bojan, Yepes, Antonini) YES

Random
Sell Boateng (probably a good thing)
Purchase a 29 yr. old. striker from Juventus that we don't need, make sure to pay more than they paid for Tevez (Matri) ACHIEVED!!!

IN

Spoiler:

OUT

Spoiler:

Line-ups:

Pre-transfer window line-up*:

Abbiati
Abate - Bonera - Mexes - De Sciglio
Muntari - De Jong - Montolivo
Boateng - Balotelli - El Shaarawy

*Not including players on loan last season who were bought this season. E.g. Zapata.

Post-transfer window line-up:

Abbiati
Abate - Zapata - Mexes - De Sciglio
Poli - De Jong - Montolivo
Kaka
Balotelli - El Shaarawy

Showing depth:

Pre-window:

Amelia (Gabriel)
Antonini - Bonera - Yepes - Constant
Ambrosini - Flamini - Nocerino
Niang - Pazzini - Boateng

Post-window:

Amelia (Gabriel/Coppola)
Constant - Bonera - Silvestre (Vergara) - Emanuelson
Birsa - Muntari - Nocerino
Saponara
Pazzini (Niang) - Matri

by aleumdance Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:23 am

by Collblanc Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:26 am

Yes, we bought two great centerbacks, replaced our goalkeepers for next season - made sure we replace Xavi, made sure we replace Thiago, sold Alba for a better defending winger

by Collblanc Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:27 am

oh wait, no, we did none of that.

by M99 Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:06 am

by iftikhar Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:45 am

1. Back-up LB (Done)
2. Starting CB (Done)
3. Back-up DM (Nope)
4. Another goal-source (Aspas!!!)
5. Got a better GK
6. Got better cover at CB
7. Got better-than-Downing attacker
8. Got rid of Carroll
9. Got rid Downing
10. But loaned Borini

Now, you decide...

by The Franchise Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:58 am

Collblanc wrote:Yes, we bought two great centerbacks, replaced our goalkeepers for next season - made sure we replace Xavi, made sure we replace Thiago, sold Alba for a better defending winger

Oh yeah, I forgot the goalie situation......4/10 is looking more and more generous.

by Onyx Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:58 am

In terms of Liverpool, they fixed a lot of the problems overall in the team, however they never really upgraded the attack.

A WC winger or AM could have been bought.

by Beautiful Football Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:15 am

The Franchise wrote:
Collblanc wrote:Yes, we bought two great centerbacks, replaced our goalkeepers for next season - made sure we replace Xavi, made sure we replace Thiago, sold Alba for a better defending winger
Oh yeah, I forgot the goalie situation......4/10 is looking more and more generous.

Barca 2.5/10.

Let thiago go,selling villa cheap to liga rival,No defensive reinforcement and not to mention Let Abidal go for free.

Only positive we bought Neymar other wise it could have easily become -10(Minus 10)/10.Not even worth 0/10

by flameas Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:28 am

I wondered how much depth do Roma have, so i came up with this:

XI no 1

De Santic
Maicon, Benatia, Castan, Balzaretti
Pjanic, DDR, Strootman
Florenzi, Totti, Ljajic

XI no 2

Lobont
Torosidis, Burdisso, Jedvaj, Dodo
Taddei, Bradley, Marquinho
Gervinho, Boriello, Destro

So not much Razz

But not too bad either.

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