Would you be satisfied if we made no more signings? v1.2

[Mezeker]

I am really not a fan of how we have looked to drastically improve the squad while the quality of our starting eleven is below that of last year. Now Perez is linked, I would gladly have in in the squad but we really should be making signings are set to be starters week in week out. 

[lgfualol]

Mahrez thread is locked but I just saw some potentially bullshit chelsea source suggest Mahrez, his agent and Conte were spotted in the same hotel in London.

 

So yes if he ****s off all snakey

[murphy]

Trouble is it has all been a bit underwhelming for me.  We have our best ever chance of attracting real top notch players, we have the money and now we have the prestige.  

 

Would have been happy if we could have brought in one real top drawer player.  Instead we've lost one.

[Mad Dog]

Clearly we've improved the squad hugely - but we've not improved the first XI. This seems in line with what I guess the clubs philosophy and hopes are for the coming seasons; become an established premier league squad top 10 squad, where relegation is an after thought every season (Stoke, Everton) and then try to build on that way down the line. Could have gone balls out with a few big money signings but then if it hadn't worked, we could find ourselves back where we started, in the Champo with a huge wage bill and aging players, having to start again. I'm happy with the approach we've taken, even if the romantic in me wanted us to go for it.

[Carl the Llama]

1 hour ago, Mezeker said:

poor post.

I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about

[LCCFox96]

Think we've made big steps in the right direction. Another CB - especially if Hernandez has been brought in primarily as RB option - wouldn't go amiss. A ST/attacking option is an absolute must though.

[Gazza M]

A big no from me. We need a Rb, cb and a physical striker.

[Bluearmyfox28]

1 hour ago, Gazza M said:

A big no from me. We need a Rb, cb and a physical striker.

I don't see why people want another centre back yet? We have Huth, Morgan, Hernandez, Was & Moore as 5th choice if needed.

 

Was & Hernandez seemed to form a good relationship against barca in that second half. When Was retires then yes another centre back is needed but for now I think we're okay.

 

I do think 3 more are needed though. A right back, a centre mid & another attacking option. 

 

For me Peres, Parades & Barbosa.

[Guest Col city fan]

I'm surprised we haven't pushed the boat out a little (yet). With selling Ngolo, we've about broken even on the incoming lads I think? Thus net spend of about zero isn't it?

I think we are looking a bit thin in some areas and we still haven't made that signing to really excite. I'd love to see a real quality midfield creative man

[Gazza M]

55 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

I don't see why people want another centre back yet? We have Huth, Morgan, Hernandez, Was & Moore as 5th choice if needed.

 

Was & Hernandez seemed to form a good relationship against barca in that second half. When Was retires then yes another centre back is needed but for now I think we're okay.

 

I do think 3 more are needed though. A right back, a centre mid & another attacking option. 

 

For me Peres, Parades & Barbosa.

I'm not convinced Was can play 20-30 games in a row if anything happens to Morgan/ Huth. We were fortunate with no serious injury last season. As for Moore, he is not prem quality in my opinion. I would get Keane in from Burnley. Left footer and knows the club already.

[cc_star]

Nope, we need a RB & a CB of the class of Keane or better.

 

I think we may need a CM, we'll have to see how that plays out in competitive matches

 

Then, if Schlupp & Ulloa leave they will need replacing too

[cc_star]

1 hour ago, Col city fan said:

I'm surprised we haven't pushed the boat out a little (yet). With selling Ngolo, we've about broken even on the incoming lads I think? Thus net spend of about zero isn't it?

I think we are looking a bit thin in some areas and we still haven't made that signing to really excite. I'd love to see a real quality midfield creative man

Musa is not at all exciting

[Great Boos Up]

We keep smashing our own transfer record and are linked with players that we only would have dreamt about for the last few decades.

It's still all a bit surreal for me and half of me thinks I'm billy big balls and the other half prays we keep what we still have.

[Guest Col city fan]

2 hours ago, cc_star said:

Musa is not at all exciting

Yes, my bad. I was meaning in the midfield.

[Cseyoum]

2 hours ago, Gazza M said:

I'm not convinced Was can play 20-30 games in a row if anything happens to Morgan/ Huth. We were fortunate with no serious injury last season. As for Moore, he is not prem quality in my opinion. I would get Keane in from Burnley. Left footer and knows the club already.

We should of gotten Ashley Williams.

[gurru991]

I would take Keane  at 20. We will need secondary coverage & Keane is a perfect fit

 

[cc_star]

10 hours ago, Col city fan said:

Yes, my bad. I was meaning in the midfield.

I concur

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Cseyoum said:

We should of gotten Ashley Williams.

 

I hope that is a joke.

[Bluearmyfox28]

13 hours ago, Gazza M said:

I'm not convinced Was can play 20-30 games in a row if anything happens to Morgan/ Huth. We were fortunate with no serious injury last season. As for Moore, he is not prem quality in my opinion. I would get Keane in from Burnley. Left footer and knows the club already.

Moore is a top quality championship centre back, as 5th choice I would be more than happy with that.

 

Was is capable for one more season. The season after that we should recruit but for now its not a necessary.

[STUHILL]

I would prefer we bought TWO more players but only if no one else leaves.

 

RB still bothers me. Simpson was incredible last year but I still feel we need at least a capable, genuine RB understudy, even if just a youngster.

Amartey I would like to see concentrate on playing CM and Hernandez as a CB.

 

CB is an interesting one. Huth and Morgan will likely start every league match if both fit and play as they did last year. We also have Hernandez and Benny seems to be back in training.

Would really like Keane here, as be great to have a young, talented, English CB, but I think he would struggle to play each week for us and so think it would be a bad move for him in this window personally. Think we should try sign him next summer, when Huth/Morgan are likely to be showing signs of age, and Keane can nail a starting place.

 

CM is a signing I think we need. As much as I like King, I just don't see him as a starter. At the moment I think we should play Drinky and Mendy, but I would like to see us sign a real battler in the middle. Amartey could be the answer but maybe too early for him and would like someone more experienced and proven. James should go on loan to derby for a year. 

 

ST - Would personally like an upgrade on Ulloa. I think he is great and would be happy with his bit-part role again, but when we have strikers like Slimani available, I can't help but think selling Ulloa and having him, could be a great bit of business. 

 

Will be concerned if we don't sign anyone but if our back 4 stays fit and plays like they did last year, and Mendy turns out to be another gem of a midfielder, then we will be OK. 

[cc_star]

I'm concerned about CM

 

I'm concerned that to play a 2 man midfield at this level they've got to be supermen, Kante & Drinkwater were... Drinkwater still is

 

Mendy may well be, but he looks to drop to deep... soooo deep, that at times he's splitting a CB pairing that needs to be close for our system to work

He also seems to like a 5-yard backward pass which is great for possession football, but completely nullifies the point of a fast counter-attacking style

 

I suppose we can only see how things settle down, but I think a box-to-box CM is a must have if we are to get success in the same way again

 

As it stands, I think we've got midfielder players to change either our system or style, but not to excel in the same counter-attacking way in a 4411

 

Simpson Morgan Huth Fuchs

Mendy King

Mahrez Drinkwater Gray

Vardy/Musa

 

Not saying we should or will change, just that i'm not convinced all is well with 442/441 and no Kante

 

Also, a specialist RB as back-up to Simpson - If the dev squad can't supply one, we need to buy one.

[Guest CityFan 06]

(Recognised) RB, and a ST. Possibly another centre back depending on the situations of Benalouane & Moore. We've still got Wasilewski though. 

[Guest]

I'm not concerned about CM. 

 

Wev'e brought in Mendy who hasn't yet had a chance to get acclimatised. We got James who has talent, we've got Amartey with potential and I don't know where they are planning on playing Kapustka.

 

I'm happy to see how things go until at least the January window for CM.

 

I'd like Slimani or another striker who adds something different. I'd be happy to upgrade Okazaki at 10 with someone with a similar work ethic but a little more skill, I'd like a couple of younger CBs to be ready for the end of Huth and Wes but most of all I'd like a young talented RB to challenge and then replace Simpson.

[Cseyoum]

1 hour ago, FIF said:

 

I hope that is a joke.

elaborate? He was absolutely outstanding during the Euros, a solid leader. Brings many of the same qualities a Deeney would bring and Kasper and Wes exhibit on a weekly basis.

[cc_star]

16 minutes ago, FIF said:

I'm not concerned about CM. 

 

Wev'e brought in Mendy who hasn't yet had a chance to get acclimatised. We got James who has talent, we've got Amartey with potential and I don't know where they are planning on playing Kapustka.

 

I'm happy to see how things go until at least the January window for CM.

 

I'd like Slimani or another striker who adds something different. I'd be happy to upgrade Okazaki at 10 with someone with a similar work ethic but a little more skill, I'd like a couple of younger CBs to be ready for the end of Huth and Wes but most of all I'd like a young talented RB to challenge and then replace Simpson.

 

I'd like to see James loaned out for a 1 month spell to get some competitive games under his belt