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[Liquid Gold]

Saw that, Mirror rated it as a C- (Hull B+, Ipswich B)

Premier League transfer window graded as Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal shown up

Premier League sides splashed a record £3.48billion on transfers this summer - but which clubs spent wisely and who will be panic buying in January?

www.mirror.co.uk

That second paragraph is a killer

 

[David O'Day]

7.9 for the transfers, really wanted a lw as cover but the rest i like and 10/10 for the flounce off

 

[Ccfcisparks]

That second paragraph is a killer

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Dont really get the question around Rushworth. I can understand why we signed him. Maybe for not as much, and possibly moved on slightly earlier but I understand why

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Dont really get the question around Rushworth. I can understand why we signed him. Maybe for not as much, and possibly moved on slightly earlier but I understand why

Because as it stands it was a bit of a ridiculous fee to pay for a player that has never played a single minute of top flight football anywhere.

So, from an outside point of view I can certainly understand the question marks around his signing.

Plus, at the end of the day, even looking through a Sky Blue lens, it really does remain to be seen whether he'll be as effective this season against much more clinical opposition.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Because as it stands it was a bit of a ridiculous fee to pay for a player that has never played a single minute of top flight football anywhere.

So, from an outside point of view I can certainly understand the question marks around his signing.

Plus, at the end of the day, even looking through a Sky Blue lens, it really does remain to be seen whether he'll be as effective this season against much more clinical opposition.

We knew he would cost around £20m. Would you not have gone ahead with the deal?

 

[Grendel]

That second paragraph is a killer

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I don’t see how king could realistically have provided more funds. I agree on the Rushworth comment but that was a manager choice clearly as was Hamer which puzzles me

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

We knew he would cost around £20m. Would you not have gone ahead with the deal?

I think we accepted the total deal would be around £20m. Instead the total deal with add-ons is £30m, plus a sell-on clause, plus a buy-back option.

I said all of last year if Brighton were to play silly buggers we'd be able to extract better value from overseas for a talent that is equal or perhaps even better. My position hasn't really changed on that.

 

[clint van damme]

I think we accepted the total deal would be around £20m. Instead the total deal with add-ons is £30m, plus a sell-on clause, plus a buy-back option.

I said all of last year if Brighton were to play silly buggers we'd be able to extract better value from overseas for a talent that is equal or perhaps even better. My position hasn't really changed on that.

Listening to Grimes being interviewed it appears Rushworth returning was very popular withv the players, maybe that played in to it?

 

[Bash54]

We will only know when the season progresses from,

1. Impact of new signings on team performance (players match rating)
2. How many of new players can play regularly (game time measure)
3. Integration with our existing players (stength of connections)
4. Flexibility (their ability to adapt to different team formations)
Any judgements at this stage is pure speculatation which is unfair

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Listening to Grimes being interviewed it appears Rushworth returning was very popular withv the players, maybe that played in to it?

I don't doubt Rushworth's ability he's clearly a talent, but I think the deal was entirely driven by sentiment and pressure from the fans.

I said some point last season that for us it's about extracting value in the transfer market.

We knew we wouldn't be able to fork out £200m so it's about stretching the resource we have available as far as it can possibly go.

Was dedicating a significant of our budget to Rushworth really a smart use of resources given the rebuild that was required?

I suppose time will tell as he might pull up serious trees. But regardless it's a question that really should be asked when the transfer market is closed and there's positions that are yet to be filled.

 

[mmttww]

Rated it a 6 assuming we plan to use Cherif off the left wing to rotate with EMC. If we keep using Asante there I'd drag it down to a five because that left side obviously needed work and we wouldn't have done anything serious to address it.

 

[lowblocklounge]

Rated it a 6 assuming we plan to use Cherif off the left wing to rotate with EMC. If we keep using Asante there I'd drag it down to a five because that left side obviously needed work and we wouldn't have done anything serious to address it.

Frank said in his presser that he sees Cherif as a striker

 

[SIR ERNIE]

Yep that's a pretty good window.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Yep that's a pretty good window.

You cant call that Ernie until youve actually seen the players on pitch? How can you rate it that without seeing them develop

 

[stupot07]

Yep that's a pretty good window.

Pretty good window, you rated it 10/10.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Pretty good window, you rated it 10/10.

He probably misclicked in his twilight years

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Rated it a 6 assuming we plan to use Cherif off the left wing to rotate with EMC. If we keep using Asante there I'd drag it down to a five because that left side obviously needed work and we wouldn't have done anything serious to address it.

What about now that we have Gboho as a LW option instead?

 

[mmttww]

What about now that we have Gboho

Reckon I'd bump it up to a seven. Big bonus!

 

[Becksy]

I’m giving it an 8/10.

I'm an optimist and I refuse to buy into the knee jerk doom after the first couple of games.

It’s almost impossible to know at this stage how all the new additions are going to work out. There are so many factors and I don’t think we can really judge much from the first couple of games.

The 8 for me is based on the business we’ve done on paper. I think we’ve got good value for money, made the most of the budget and, if the £50k wage cap is true, we’ve done pretty well within that.

I like the balance of the squad, good mix of potential and experience and we seem to have filled most of the positions that needed strengthening even if we didn't get all of our first choice targets (we'll never know.)

Even if we were still in the Championship I’d expect it to take a few weeks for this many new players to gel, just as it did after Vic and Gus were sold.

Maybe I’m being overly optimistic but I think we’ll be fine once we find our feet. Most of the players from last season have already shown they can improve and step up from where they were when we signed them and I think a fair few of them can go again and prove they can handle the next level up

 

[SIR ERNIE]

He probably misclicked in his twilight years

Wow hilarious, my sides are aching chavvy boy.
But then I guess everyone over 40 must seem old when you're a 17 year old yam yam chav.
Don't change.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Wow hilarious, my sides are aching chavvy boy.
But then I guess everyone over 40 must seem old when you're a 17 year old yam yam chav.
Don't change.

Love you put yourself in the over 40 category when youre firmly in the over 65 one.

Been posting on here since I was 2 is very impressive

 

[Ooh Ah]

What a difference a day makes. Now feels we’ve recruited a balanced squad. Just the gap from a Championship to a Premiership squad is just such a challenge.
Hard to say how good until Frank gets a settled side, but my assumption is it won’t be good enough, but could be a surprise by end of the season.
Think Yirenkyi and Amenda will be stars and look forward to seeing Cherif and Ghobo.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Love you put yourself in the over 40 category when youre firmly in the over 65 one.

Been posting on here since I was 2 is very impressive

Shit wum. Ipswich smashed Pool. Their window puts ours in the shade. Now confirmed

 

[Evo1883]

8

Only an experienced number 6 would have made it better for me

 

[David O'Day]

8.5 to 9 with todays news

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Shit wum. Ipswich smashed Pool. Their window puts ours in the shade. Now confirmed

Terrible terrible wum!

 

[covcity4life]

7.5 for me

We have 2 players for every position. Mfuni can play LB.

There are some young players who could be destined for big things and I believe some of the existing players can step up and old heads have more in them.

Will some struggle and be gone in time? Sure. But it's a good squad and will make us money or challenge for promotion of we do go down which was always gonna be on the cards

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

I'd up it from 5 to 6 now

 

[SkyBluePower]

And it’s all net additions- not selling Rudoni, MVE, Torp, EMC , Wright etc - all of whom would have recouped some of the spend.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

And it’s all net additions- not selling Rudoni, MVE, Torp, EMC , Wright etc - all of whom would have recouped some of the spend.

Was there even interest in them?

 

[CCFCSteve]

I don't doubt Rushworth's ability he's clearly a talent, but I think the deal was entirely driven by sentiment and pressure from the fans.

I said some point last season that for us it's about extracting value in the transfer market.

We knew we wouldn't be able to fork out £200m so it's about stretching the resource we have available as far as it can possibly go.

Was dedicating a significant of our budget to Rushworth really a smart use of resources given the rebuild that was required?

I suppose time will tell as he might pull up serious trees. But regardless it's a question that really should be asked when the transfer market is closed and there's positions that are yet to be filled.

Initial fee of £22.5m which is around what most expected. I’d imagine negotiations weren’t helped by James Trafford going for £40m plus add ons

 

[Sick Boy]

Gone with 8 in the end.