augie wrote:QuartzGooner wrote:the playing mantis wrote:the signings are promising however will not be satisfied unless cahill, or another cb are signed, a DM, and a marquee attacking midfielder.
Agree.
Just cannot get excited about Young, Santos and Mertesacker.
Functional but not marquee names.
Would gotze be a marquis name ? I mean by all accounts he is one of the most promising young players in world football right now but he couldnt be considered marquis yet could he ?
If the answer to that question is no then I doubt very much you will get your marquis signing - what marquis signings would be available for starters ? The 3 madrid players (kaka, benzema or higuain) might be available but can you honestly see us paying the fee and wages required for these deals ? All the other players that we have been linked with and are gettable (cahill,samba,jags,baines,arteta and hazard even) cannot in my opinion be classed as marquis signings
We lost Cesc and Nasri this summer.
Two players who could produce bits of magic on the pitch. (Nasri inconsistent though).
So we have brought in:
A teenage right back who looks as if he needs a season on loan followed by a season on the bench.
A quite good attacking player in Gervinho.
A teenage Southampton prodigy who could be the fastest and best thing since sliced bread but we do not know at this stage.
And Joel Campbell who actually looks a bright spark, but he has no work permit and is getting loaned to a French team for the season.
So then a Korean striker who will sell replica shirts? Hope he can play too, no way of knowing how he will adapt to the Premiership.
A Brazilian left back who is poor at defending, but might with any luck replace Arshavin on the left of midfield doing the role what already bought Arshavin for at £16M. Arshavin who has not produced much since the end of his first season?
And a tall central defender the like of which should be a certainty in a decent defence?
Fills holes in the squad but none of them would make me look forward to a game more than I do so already.
Goetze is staying put for two more seasons according to his agent.
Cahill, Vertonghen, M'Vila I would still regard as very worthwhile signings to add steel to a weak team.
But I really hope that two or more of Sneider, Hazard, Arteta, Benayoun etc are signed.
Ramsey and Chamakh (who may go on loan) are looking out of sorts, and Wilshere could be out for three weeks.
We are noticeably creatively weaker than last season.
In case anyone needs reminding, we finished fourth last season.
