31 Aug 2026 17:36:44
We needed a RB, RW, DM, CF for this window, known this since January.
We got none of them targets. Absolute farce.
31 Aug 2026 17:56:52
Waaah, I hate Santa!
31 Aug 2026 17:57:07
You mean like Munoz at RW? Not sure that a CF/DM was ever on the cards, esp. since Iraola does not play with one.
And for CF? I don't think there was any indication of a CF ever being on the cards.
RB? I do agree.
Just saying.
31 Aug 2026 18:00:35
But but but... We got another left winger.
We are like Michael Foot's Labour. And just as effective.
Woo-ha. We will outscore the opposition. As they get tired running back to the centre circle after running the ball into the net unchallenged, we'll score an equaliser!
31 Aug 2026 18:03:03
We bought 2 LW. ?
31 Aug 2026 18:16:54
Rw Barcola, Munoz, or did I imagine that!
To be fair, it has been poor planning by all involved. On the plus side we have Iraola who I am very excited to see what he can do with this team. Only time will tell.
Keep believing.
31 Aug 2026 18:20:59
It's been the same for years under FSG, never buying what was needed. How many times have we seen them let the club down. Sooner they're gone the better.
31 Aug 2026 18:24:50
LB is vital.
31 Aug 2026 18:50:51
You decided we need that, presumably? RW makes sense, sure. Salah left. RB, DM and CF, not one player has left except Ramsay and Bajcetic, who haven't kicked a ball for us in about 4 or 5 years.
We needed a CB because we screwed up the signing of Guehi last summer, and we needed to replace Salah, Robertson, Konate and Jones, who left this summer. All of those things were achieved via incoming players, except replacing Jones. Munoz and Barcola can both play RW, Tsimikas replaces Robbo, Araujo replaces Konate, Jacquet fills the Guehi gap.
By the way, of our fans said Jones was awful anyway, so let's hope they were correct and it's no loss given the emergence of Nyoni. It seems to me as though not replacing Jones with an incoming player was deliberate because of Nyoni, as Iraola name dropped Nyoni when asked who'd surprised and really impressed him.
This is just a very dramatic and plainly untruthful post. You've projected your own desires as a factual need. If you don't like Frimpong/Bradley (RB), Gravenberch/Endo (DM) or Isak/Ekitike (CF) that's on you and entirely your prerogative. You may even be proven correct, so I'm not criticising your opinion, just how you've presented it for maximum dramatic effect. The club's transfer policy isn't 'satisfy Fowler_9'. At no point all summer were we seriously linked by a reliable source with any players in any of those positions (RB, DM or CF). So the club's recruitment experts obviously disagree with you that they were what we needed.
Time to support the players/coaches at the club and quit this toxic modern day obsession with 'winning the transfer window'.
31 Aug 2026 18:58:34
Are people really at the point where they're saying AI doesn't play with a CM?
Just 4 defenders, 5 wingers and a forward.
31 Aug 2026 19:12:13
Dickie, I think you're spouting tosh on purpose now. You keep getting the same replies to your repetitive guff.
31 Aug 2026 19:41:55
Dean, I never mentioned CM cos the OP didn't mention that either.