begeegs wrote:Augie - what sort of signings do you feel that we should make that would make you happy with this window and why? I am curious to know who you rate and what you feel that we would need.
For me - I would want Reus and get rid of Podolski (who really doesn't fit our style) as he could play in the middle or on the wing (like Sanchez will do). I don't see the DM thing as being the thing that will make or break us, so I could live without it at a push. Personally, if we could have gotten Alonso rather than Bayern, I would have been estatic. Centre-back - we do need one, but I can't see us buying a top notch defender. I see someone who is more of a utility player. I would be happy with that as well. Maybe a highly rated 21-22 year old who can be rotated a bit.
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A month ago, with the budget we have at our disposal, I wanted us to sign javi martinez and marco reus and I still believe that both were gettable. Martinez would have been our top class DM but he could also have covered at centre back, whilst reus would bring pace and directness to our centre forward position and could have interchanged easily during a game with sanchez. Now that martinez is injured I have had to alter my thinking and even more so now that giroud is injured.
Most of us feel that we really need a centre back, a DM and a striker but where I differ from the rest of you is that I feel that the centre back signing should be the 3rd priority on the list and I am saying that knowing that we wont be making 3 signings, I have always lived by the policy that you first have to build a strong team and then, and only then, do you start building your squad - in my opinion we have 2 good centre backs and the promising chambers, but we do not have 1 quality DM or 1 quality centre forward and that is why I make them my priorities above centre back. As far as I am concerned we havent had a proper physical presence in midfield since PV4 left, so if it was up to me then I would buy either carvalho or de jong - granted the shelflife on de jong wouldnt be as long as carvalho but his price would allow le cock to spend an extra 10m or so on our other recruits. I hear that the raboit (sp ?) guy from psg is meant to be handy but I havent seen him and tbh he would be another "jam tomorrow" signing instead of a top DM enforcer that could make the difference now.
Marco reus is still out on his own as my number 1 target for our centre forward position - people will say that dortmund wont sell him but the reality is that he has refused to discuss a new contract with them and clearly intends leaving whether it be in this window or next summer. Of course being drawn against them in the champs league has complicated the issue but money still talks and this is where we need to be more agressive and force the issue
I havent the time now to think about the various alternatives if we couldnt get either of those players but remy would be on that list. The one thing that I dont want to be feeling next tuesday, is that feeling of "making do". Waking up next tuesday with a list of striker options that includes sonogo, wellbeck and campbell is absolutely unacceptable to me, whilst seeing that useless cameroon c*nt wearing our shirt again will have me suicidal.
