aford92 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Well Debuchy and Mbiwa have signed, it seems that Gouffran will sign tomorrow and we are favourites to sign Sissoko from Toulouse in the summer along with Haidara. This season has been a massive disappointment but hopefully we will stay up, put it behind us and concentrate on next year. If we can convince Cap'n Colo to stay and keep the other big names we can have a starting line up that looks something like this: --------------------------------Krul---------------------------------- Debuchy--------Coloccini-----------Mbiwa-------------Santon --------------------Tiote-----------------Sissoko-------------------- -----------------------------Cabaye---------------------------------- HBA--------------------------------------------------------Gouffran ------------------------------Cisse------------------------------------ The biggest problem this season has been the lack of depth in the squad but with these signings I think that will change, we would have good options for almost everywhere. GK - Elliot RB - Simpson (assuming he stays), Tavenier and Perch can play there. LB - Haidara, R.Taylor, Ferguson and Perch CB- S.Taylor, Williamson and Perch CM - Anita, Bigi, Gosling, Perch (again) and even Gutierrez can play there if needed. Wing - Gutierrez, Sammy, Obertan, Marveaux and Ferguson ST - Shola, Gouffran can play here and Campbell. Another striker/winger wouldn't go a miss, but that's a solid squad and it's certainly a lot better than what we have now. And if a team like that doesn't qualify for Europe then something is seriously wrong. I know that there's a lot of "if" in this post I try to be an optimist. What do you think? I'm a long time lurker but I finally decided to register, hope to come here regularly. Edited January 22, 2013 by aford92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4831 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Just need a manager now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aford92 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Just need a manager now Pardew is fine in my book as long as he stops with the 442, kick and run nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bictor 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 As you say, a lot of 'if's' but it does look nice on paper. And Shola is still shit as out 2nd striker, we'd need someone quality to play with or behind Cisse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aford92 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 As you say, a lot of 'if's' but it does look nice on paper. And Shola is still shit as out 2nd striker, we'd need someone quality to play with or behind Cisse. True, but if Cisse is our only good striker then Pardew will be more tempted to play 1 up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10970 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 True, but if Cisse is our only good striker then Pardew will be more tempted to play 1 up front. One up front doesn't necessarily mean lump it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aford92 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 One up front doesn't necessarily mean lump it though. I know, that's what I want. I hate watching us play hoof ball to Cisse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeris 0 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Deano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Ryan Taylor is a right back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 And you're giving Perch too much credit here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Ideally we get these four in - as in Sissoko now, not in the Summer - plus another striker as the Ba replacement (that said, Gouffran seems to be in much better form than Remy had been). That'll be the best window in a long, long time once you add Debuchy to the equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeris 0 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 ST - Shola, Gouffran can play here and Campbell. The reason why things are looking down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Summer 2011 was good. Cabaye, Ba and Santon. Although we lost a few that window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7492 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Need to add another striker to the mix before the window wraps up. None of these recent purchases could be seen as a replacement for missing out on whatsisname to QPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Definitely another striker needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wolfswinkel being touted about but I don't think it'll happen. Sporting having ££ problems though so might be worth offering 8-10 million maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Ryan Taylor is a right back. He's fairly happy on either flank as a full back or a midfielder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 A left back who can defend is required.Basically another Frank Clark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I know where he can play. He's more a right back then a left back was the point I was making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I do have a little sympathy with Santon because he is playing on his weaker side but i don't think he is top notch when it comes to defending but if Pardew is going to continue playing him at left back,we need to buy a better one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20742 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Have we signed Sissoko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4831 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I must say hats off to the board for what's been accomplished in the last 7 days. Yes, a few extra bodies in the summer would have prevented things being as bad as they are, but accepting that and moving on, they still deserve credit on a number of fronts. Coloccini: It seems as though they have handled his situation spot on and tread a very fine line between supporting him and looking out for the club. Recruitment: 5 players (so far), particularly of the calibre that people are discussing, was surely beyond most peoples expectations. Not panic buys either but players who have been on GC's radar. The man continues to deliver. Another striker and we would be in dream land. However I accept if as usual they have class targets which they have to wait til the summer for then we should wait rather than a third or fourth choice. Things seem to be afoot with this Aubameyang chap so we will have to wait and see. There is no denying however that we now have a squad that should climb the table very quickly (If AP gets tactics right). Pardew: I would have had him gone late November but they have stuck by him and more importantly backed him in this window with 5 reinforcements. Im still not convinced he's got it, but they have made it virtually impossible for him to now fail. Previous boards and even this one would have had him out the door and another bloke in long before now. Some will say its because he's their puppet etc etc but at the end of the day, not getting relegated will be Ashleys main concern. We could be in the middle of mass uncertainty following Reading, the boo'ing etc but (even against what I would have wanted), they have done the right thing. (for now). Credit where its due. (and yes last summer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33851 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Words fail me. Stand by for gestures instead. Edited January 26, 2013 by Howmanheyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17660 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I must say hats off to the board for what's been accomplished in the last 7 days. Yes, a few extra bodies in the summer would have prevented things being as bad as they are, but accepting that and moving on, they still deserve credit on a number of fronts. Credit where its due. (and yes last summer). Why no real criticism of last summer then CT?.... because what you've posted is unmitigated fuckin shit tbh, seeing as a lot of the mess this season is as a result of last summer's chronic mis management. How the fuck can you honestly say that it's impossible for Pardew to fail when you think he's spent the whole season fuckin failing???!!!! He's no time to blend the new players into the side and you personally know less then fuck all about them. And yet you're sat theyre saying Pardew can't fail with players you've never seen to be able to make a judgement on in the first place. Fuck me, I try to give you the benefit of the doubt but I swear you're on the wind up because even you cant be that stupid as to completely contradict yourself yet again. Its the same as "sack Pardew, dont ask me who to replace him with though"...how do you know if any given manager or player is any good to make the statement that things will improve? You may say "time to move on" but posting unremitting praise of the regime has about as much point as completely annhilating them for their every move. This isnt Football Manager, anyone wanking themsleves off about the players we've signed this week needs a good look at the league table. One of the dildo sellers at West Ham said in May 2011 that he'd thought he'd spent enough in Janauary for them to stay up. Demba Ba was one of the siginings and he got 7 goals in 12 games. Still not enough to keep them up. They signed Wayne Bridge and Thomas Hitzelsperger too, experienced international players. Still not enough. See what I mean? its very, very tricky what we're attempting here for the remainder of this season and nobody should underestimate the size of the task. So if you want to praise the board would it not be better to wait until May and see if we're still in the division? Its certainly not a foregone conclusion that we will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I'm not thinking about relegation and I won't even look at how many points clubs above us have. I reckon we've more than enough to be fine, we need a run of wins and losses though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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