- Jan 31, 2013
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Preparation prevents piss poor performance!
I don't get the negativity with the window as a whole (I understand it re: today).
We had what was widely regarded as being the best first XI in the league last season. We've sold one of those players for £50m and bought a much younger and arguably better player in in his place for less than half the price. We've sold Wimmer for £18m and brought in a player who is going to be one of the best centrebacks in Europe (if not *the* best). He's going to allow us to have a dedicated back 3 with Dier/Wanyama playing further forward (where Dier's better). We did all of that while saving £3m.
Further forward is the disappointing bit but Llorente is decent and wanted by Poch, he'll be a more reliable direct backup to Kane than we've had in the last few years. We've improved last season's squad, arguably not by enough, but it's improved. Plus we've got Danny coming back and Lamela flirting with the idea of playing for us again.
So not a roaring success but certainly not a failure.