With not as much fanfare as 2013 - an understatement - the imminent signing of N'Jie will take us to 8 'signings' in the PL squad for this season:
Alderweireld
Wimmer
Trippier
Yedlin
Carroll
Alli
Pritchard
N'Jie
I think it's fair to say we will probably be making that 9 with another striker shortly after too, possibly even 10 if Fazio goes and another midfielder is brought in because Dier has resumed CB duty .
Although not exactly headline signings, there is a good mix of promising young players, exciting attacking players, and English League experience among that little lot
I know a lot of fans have been underwhelmed with our business so far, but in our best seasons of recent years we have had a pretty low key transfer window prior to it, low expectations going in to the season, yet have not sold a key player and have gone on to have very good (top 4) seasons:
2011/12: Parker and Adebayor
2009/10: Crouch, Bassong and Kranjcar*
*Walker and Naughton signed but had no involvement
The Magnificent Nine - 2015 edition
posted on 13/8/15
I know a lot of fans have been underwhelmed with our business so far, but in our best seasons of recent years we have had a pretty low key transfer window prior to it, low expectations going in to the season, yet have not sold a key player and have gone on to have very good (top 4) seasons:
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I know what you are saying HRH but as a poster put it in a thread yesterday, (he is, (and I am)) "fed up with signing squad players rather than those for the starting line-up."
We only have one signing in that category, Alderweireld. We have strengthened the defence but it is in attack and goals that we need a good signing. Kane carried us last term but I cannot see him doing it again. We live and learn though.
We need someone who is going to be an automatic starter, a game changer, someone who will set the pulse racing, someone who we can be excited about.
Many of us wanted Trippier to start last week, to give us a different style, a different approach. But no, same old same old. That game was there for the taking and we failed.
posted on 13/8/15
the imminent signing of N'Jie will take us to 8 'signings' in the PL squad for this season:
Alderweireld
Wimmer
Trippier
Yedlin
Carroll
Alli
Pritchard
N'Jie
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you what?
posted on 13/8/15
I have to explain again?
None of those players played any significant role in our squad last season - or ever for that matter past a game here and there - they are new players for Poch essentially.
posted on 13/8/15
Bill, I understand that but I don't think we need a wow signing. With Alderweireld arguably 8 of a first choice XI is set now - probably just RB, one CM and RW are debateable.
We will (hopefully) have another player to take the load off of Kane, and have three very very exciting players in Alli, Pritchard and N'Jie to freshen things up going forward.
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hi sizzly
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Sizzle
Never heard of him, never seen him play, so I reckon he will be a complete dud, but you don`t get a lot of £12 million these days.
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Njie in his 1st proper professional season did brilliant, 8 goals and 6 assists or something like that? If Pritchard did that we'd be going nuts over him and he's older.