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reidar

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This was a very good window. We did exactly what we wanted, very good and exciting players at 19, 22, 23, and avoided the shit duplicates.
 
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yido_number1

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People are bemoaning the lack of FB signings, which my be valid but if you look at the teams around us none of the are particularly blessed in the FB area - city won the league with Zinchenko/Delph and Walker/ Danilo, Liverpool have 2 good starters but zero quality back ups, Arsenal have an unproven Tierney from the Scottish league and at this rate will be starting the season with Jenkinson at RB. Chelsea have a plethora of average full backs, Alonso is atrocious defensively and Azpilicueta. Utd have spent a lot on AWB who is promising, and I’m not convinced Shaw will ever be top level standard

I’d take a pool KWP/Aurier/Foyth and Rose/Sessegnon/Davies to pick from over any of our rivals to be honest
Jenkinson went to forest
 

HW61

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ITK have been immense this summer. Special thanks to Hercs. Seriously on point. Donated £25 for the entertainment (no small part to the Doc Freud). Cheers to this special Community xx
 

Mr Pink

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Any money had GLC been a straight purchase, reported as 60 million, Sky would of made more of the deal.

But because it was done as a loan they completely ignored it from the point of view of discussing the type and quality of the player we just got.
 

Gareth88

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Any money had GLC been a straight purchase, reported as 60 million, Sky would of made more of the deal.

But because it was done as a loan they completely ignored it from the point of view of discussing the type and quality of the player we just got.
Sky just don't like us
 

DiamondLites

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Jul 29, 2011
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No matter what you think of our window, we should all be grateful to our social media team for not announcing signings with some of the truly cringeworthy videos other teams have subjected us to on sky sports news all day
 

FITZ

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No matter what you think of our window, we should all be grateful to our social media team for not announcing signings with some of the truly cringeworthy videos other teams have subjected us to on sky sports news all day

We did a vid for sess!
 

jolsnogross

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People are bemoaning the lack of FB signings, which my be valid but if you look at the teams around us none of the are particularly blessed in the FB area - city won the league with Zinchenko/Delph and Walker/ Danilo, Liverpool have 2 good starters but zero quality back ups, Arsenal have an unproven Tierney from the Scottish league and at this rate will be starting the season with Jenkinson at RB. Chelsea have a plethora of average full backs, Alonso is atrocious defensively and Azpilicueta. Utd have spent a lot on AWB who is promising, and I’m not convinced Shaw will ever be top level standard

I’d take a pool KWP/Aurier/Foyth and Rose/Sessegnon/Davies to pick from over any of our rivals to be honest

Rose is the only upper quality full back we have. City are have an abundance of talent with Walker, Cancelo, Mendy, Zinchenko. Liverpool's two full backs were a major reason for their success last year. I hope KWP can step up. If he doesn't, I could see Sissoko playing there before long. Or Poch goes with 3-at-the-back more often.

Given how important full-back play has become in recent tactical evolution, I'm a bit surprised that we haven't addressed right back especially. But we've really upped our game with midfield options, so maybe Poch has a new approach.
 

WiganSpur

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Anyone worked out Net spend for the window?

In - £145m

Ndombele £55m
Sessegnon £25m (plus JO)
Jack Clarke £10m
Lo Celso £55m (no way the option is not watertight)

Out - £28.5m

Trippier - £22m
Jansen - £6.5m

Net Spend - £116.5m

Yep say it twice! Although could reduce dramatically if Aurier, N’Koudou and Eriksen leave to foreign pastures new by the end of the month!
I'll be shocked if we sell Aurier now. That would be disastrous and worse than Rose going at this point now Sessegnon is in.
 

Snarfalicious

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Hopefully Atal and maybe another run at Dybala could be on the cards in January. Our CB group may need some work in the summer of 2020, depending on how things shake out with Verts and Toby as well as the development of Foyth as a RB.

But, as for this window, I'm super happy with the work Levy and Co. got done. Definitely turned a weakness into a strength, all while making an investment in our future.
 

jimmyh

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On the full backs I really think although we weren't linked with him missed out big time on Kieran Tierney I have watched a lot of Celtic and this kid is quality and am gutted he went to the gooners. I think he will be their best signing and think he could have gave us the dynamism we are lacking. His crossing is superb which we definitely lack from our full backs.

Hope he has a nightmare at the gooners but don't think he will.
 

Dirtysanchez6

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He won championship player of the year at the age of 17 don’t know why people are sleeping on this signing!
 
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