Fabio Borini

[Ginger Ninja]

Cannot believe we didn't even get a loan signing. Awful from HR

After this transfer window, youre still disappointed?

[Shepherds Mush]

What!! The club should be applauded for the players they have signed, the money grabbing players like borini they haven't signed. The only disappointment is that SWP is still with us!

Great post.

S-W-P....O-U-T!!

[californiahoop]

Cannot believe we didn't even get a loan signing. Awful from HR

We have a good enough squad, great work by HR!

[MYU]

What!! The club should be applauded for the players they have signed, the money grabbing players like borini they haven't signed. The only disappointment is that SWP is still with us!

Spot on.

[Martinmalta]

I was expecting another striker. Maybe the Remy transfer came to late in the transfer window and that was Harry's biggest headache. Apart from us missing on another striker, the players that joined looks ok.

[hal9thou]

Maybe the Remy transfer came to late in the transfer window

It was predictable enough. At the end of all the comings and goings we have one out and out striker capable of playing 90m. That's the bottom line. Personally I don't rate Borini and therefore imo not signing him was reasonable. However plenty of strikers around the 10m mark and under have been available at different times throughout the summer. 10m was what D.Moscow wanted for Alexander Kokorin who looks to be the real deal - scored one of the best world cup goals and has netted 26 times in his last 50 appearances for them. Age 23. And then there were plenty of suspects nearer to home. Defoe might be available at some point, TF mentioned January but what if Charlie gets injured?

Other deadline day business.... Sandro has injury problems, well documented, so fingers crossed. Nikko has loads of miles on the clock. Another triffic player in his time.....

[CroydonCaptainJack]

Some people are never happy.

[hal9thou]

Some people are never happy.

I'll be thrilled if everything works out. Doing good business for the club isn't really about being happy or sad. It's about facts and the striker situation as described is factual.

[dsqpr]

we now find ourselves in this situation because remy decided to fark off with a day left in the window. harry and tony who both said they never saw that coming obviously never prepared for that eventuality.

lessons still need to be learned. im sure we will be fine and get through till the january window.

Right on Hits. Borini would have been the difference between staying up and going down? Not bloody likely! Too many drama queens on here throwing out made up numbers of goals we have to score to survive. So far we've got one and it earned us 3 points. I fancy Charlie to bag around a dozen including pens, BZ should be good for 5 or 6 if he maintains his form from the end of last season and I think we've got a lot more goals in midfield and from the back this season. Another striker or two would have made us stronger but I think we'll be fine for now.

[gator]

Right on Hits. Borini would have been the difference between staying up and going down? Not bloody likely! Too many drama queens on here throwing out made up numbers of goals we have to score to survive. So far we've got one and it earned us 3 points. I fancy Charlie to bag around a dozen including pens, BZ should be good for 5 or 6 if he maintains his form from the end of last season and I think we've got a lot more goals in midfield and from the back this season. Another striker or two would have made us stronger but I think we'll be fine for now.

So Doug, you will be happy with Harry's "boring" style of playing defensively and nicking the odd goal to grind out a one nil win?

[dogsrrs]

So Doug, you will be happy with Harry's "boring" style of playing defensively and nicking the odd goal to grind out a one nil win?

You want to blame H ffs ! if you want to blame anybody blame Remy he had the right to walk away and did it at the 11th hour .
That left H nd the club little time to get the best forward the could , would you rather bought a wrong un in just for the sake of it

[gator]

You want to blame H ffs ! if you want to blame anybody blame Remy he had the right to walk away and did it at the 11th hour .
That left H nd the club little time to get the best forward the could , would you rather bought a wrong un in just for the sake of it

You know, I'm not blaming Harry and I am quite pleased with the transfer dealings, Remy is the exception! There should be enough quality in the midfield to play an attractive brand of football and get results!

[gator]

I was referring to a bit of a laugh Doug (dsqpr) and I had discussing Harry's tactics while we were over for the Wembley Final!

[dsqpr]

So Doug, you will be happy with Harry's "boring" style of playing defensively and nicking the odd goal to grind out a one nil win?

Ha ha, you know the answer to that is "no" Carl!

But we didn't play that way against Sunderland. We got people forward when we had the ball and tried to create chances. You can play an attacking style with only one striker but then you must have some attack minded midfielders. And Fer and Mutch in particular seemed to fill that role against Sunderland, not to mention Hoilett, Isla, and Phillips making some nice runs down the wings. Even Clint Hill was up there a few times trying to create chances! I'm thinking that was probably Hoddle's influence showing itself early.

The bottom line is you work with what you've got and we are NOT in a desperate situation. We've got Charlie and Bobby and possibly Vargas up front. We will find a way to make that work while we are looking for reinforcements who want to play for us!

[Qprtanpa1]

Proud we got Sandro and Niko -- Remy left us late and with few good options -- time to build character v payroll