Paul Mitchell

[usedtobeshearer]

Good for you Jammy, and I know what you are saying but I still think he (or the whole recruitment staff) had done a horrible job. Its simply not good enough. There is so much talent out there, I cant belive we have failed to sign a CB. Also there is other people than Mitchell in the recruitment staff, and some of them have been here for a long while. They knew last sesson that we needed a CB and a right winger. Still nothing has been done. Whos responsible for that? Paul Mitchell.

We are weaker than last year.

I understand your frustration and my earlier confidence that we would get a top CB and RW in has completely disintegrated.

However...how are we weaker than last year?

I cannot see how.

We have Tonali back. The two young fullbacks have more match experience. We have a third choice striker. We have upgraded Dummet with Kelly.

Again... shocking window really, but let's not be hyperbolic.

[toonviking]

I understand your frustration and my earlier confidence that we would get a top CB and RW in has completely disintegrated.

However...how are we weaker than last year?

I cannot see how.

We have Tonali back. The two young fullbacks have more match experience. We have a third choice striker. We have upgraded Dummet with Kelly.

Again... shocking window really, but let's not be hyperbolic.

Tonali was here this time last year as well, before we lost him again...

But if you just look at the squad and dont count suspesions and injuries we have basically got:

Kelly, Osula and the Greek guy in for Dummet, Ritchie, Anderson and Karius - that isnt really a upgrade. Certainly not in numbers.

[usedtobeshearer]

Tonali was here this time last year as well, before we lost him again...

But if you just look at the squad and dont count suspesions and injuries we have basically got:

Kelly, Osula and the Greek guy in for Dummet, Ritchie, Anderson and Karius - that isnt really a upgrade. Certainly not in numbers.

Tonali played 4 games, come on!

You really going to miss Dummet, Ritchie and Karius?

Kelly is better than Dummy...I won't go on. Anderson is a loss in numbers, but he hardly played..why is it okay to ignore Tonali impact but put a lot on another rarely playing constantly injured midfielder of less quality?

[Nufcian]

Tonali was here this time last year as well, before we lost him again...

But if you just look at the squad and dont count suspesions and injuries we have basically got:

Kelly, Osula and the Greek guy in for Dummet, Ritchie, Anderson and Karius - that isnt really an upgrade. Certainly not in numbers.

Anderson featured in 21 games and only started 10… compared to last season’s available players Tonali more than makes up for him, and then some.

Dummett… can see Kelly is an upgrade on him already.

Ritchie started 0, featured in 13 for a grand total of 120 mins.

Karius… don’t be soft man.

Osula is a young unproven lad, but at least we have an option when Wilson is injured.

We have a better squad compared to last season, god knows what injuries will happen, but assuming it’s not as crazy as last year, and without European mid week demands, then it is just disappointing, it’s not the end of the f**king world.

[Zippity]

I understand your frustration and my earlier confidence that we would get a top CB and RW in has completely disintegrated.

However...how are we weaker than last year?

I cannot see how.

We have Tonali back. The two young fullbacks have more match experience. We have a third choice striker. We have upgraded Dummet with Kelly.

Again... shocking window really, but let's not be hyperbolic.

Whilst I get what you're saying, as the team stands, in terms of who we can put on the pitch, I'd say we are weaker. no Botman for another couple of months and no Wilock for, I suspect, a couple of months and anderson gone, too.

The other thing is that we're effectively weaker given that everyone who finished ahead of us and immediately below us has improved their first team and we haven't.

Unless we pull a couple of deals out of the bag tomorrow, it's been an absolute shocker, I'm afraid.

Part of me suspects that, to salvage something out of the window and to keep Eddie happy, we'll end up going back to Palace and saying 'go on, then'.

We're screwed both ways, tbf. If we do that, we'll look weak and will have massively overpaid and if we don't then we won't have improved the first team.