27 Aug 2026 13:43:18
Question for the masses.
If (stress if), we sign Barcola and then Lamine Camara.
Would people change their opinion on the window that Hughes has delivered?
I get we'd ideally like these signings more quickly but Jacquet, Munoz, Barcola, Araujo and Camara is a pretty good addition to the squad.
27 Aug 2026 13:50:02
Pretty happy with that, my main criticism would be that we have left it late, but better late than never, I suppose.
27 Aug 2026 13:51:26
Jacquet was already a done deal in January last year.
Good business, yes, but they were all easy deals to make with the exception of Barcola. I think AI has had a massive influence too (literally, Munoz and Aroaujo were his instruction), so I think it is more a case of Hughes being told to listen to AI rather than him being some sort of mastermind.
27 Aug 2026 13:56:38
I'd be pretty happy with the players that were brought in, but there would still be no excuse for not bringing in a specialist RW given that we have known for so long that Mo was leaving. I understand that the market is not great, and that Slot and Edwards going may have effected things, but it is absolutely ridiculous.
27 Aug 2026 14:03:13
Fully agree with Man of Todd, these are not the typical Hughes/Edwards type signings we've seen in the past. I think the board completely lost faith after pissing £450m up a wall last year and as a result we're going back to a much more manager-involved transfer policy.
27 Aug 2026 14:10:43
Personally, I don't have a strong opinion on Hughes.
Generally, I don't buy into the hysteria where people conclude we're not doing anything in the market based on no confirmation of a signing.
For those that do go that way, I can't see how anything positive changes their outlook to be honest.
27 Aug 2026 14:11:16
The ease of the deals is a bit irrelevant though, isn't it?
I totally get why he's had his criticism, but his CV could still show signing:
Isak
Wirtz
Jacquet
Araujo
Ekitike
Barcola
Camara (potentially)
Kerkez
Before he joined the club, and irrespective of the success of some of these signings, everyone would be saying yes f****g please, wouldn't they?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and there's still a good chance the likes of Kerkez, Isak and Wirtz can come good.
They were class the year we bought them.
Andoni needs patience to get us ticking once the window is done.