Andrea Dossena


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I can't believe how I've gone from being so positive in July, when we signed Giaccherini to now. The window has been shocking for us again, still no left-back and Vaughan/Gardner and Larsson playing centre midfield (even Bruce and O'Neill didn't resort to that).

We're weaker all over the pitch, bar left wing and right back than we were Di Canio's first game
We arnt like, we are better upfront its only gk and lb where we are weaker now that we have ki in the middle and still have catts on the books.
 
We have moved from lb to lb so god knows how much the club actually want dossena[DOUBLEPOST=1378108337][/DOUBLEPOST]
Cm and lb will probably go unaddressed, I think ki is a decent player but we needed a real quality ball player in there and it hasn't happened.

Can't see anything but a struggle, especially if borini on loan is replacing sess

The big question I have with Ki is why did Swansea let him go? We have to be viewing the likes of Swansea as a peer, so what's wrong with Ki that they are happy to lend him to us?

Maybe it's a bad decision on their behalf. They don't seem to make many bad transfer decisions though.
 
We have moved from lb to lb so god knows how much the club actually want dossena[DOUBLEPOST=1378108337][/DOUBLEPOST]
Cm and lb will probably go unaddressed, I think ki is a decent player but we needed a real quality ball player in there and it hasn't happened.

Can't see anything but a struggle, especially if borini on loan is replacing sess

We didn't particularly want him but we desperately need a left back, so how can LB go unaddressed if Dossena is signing?

Ki is a quality ball player, there's not much to the defensive side of the game but he's got a great eye for a pass.

Borini will be a good third choice striker for us I reckon, we're clearly going to be playing Fletcher and Altidore up front and Sessegnon is not the type of player you want sitting on the bench.
 
We didn't particularly want him but we desperately need a left back, so how can LB go unaddressed if Dossena is signing?

Ki is a quality ball player, there's not much to the defensive side of the game but he's got a great eye for a pass.

Borini will be a good third choice striker for us I reckon, we're clearly going to be playing Fletcher and Altidore up front and Sessegnon is not the type of player you want sitting on the bench.
I meant a decent player, I'm not sure dossena is that.

Ki is a good player, but lets see what happens.

My main concern is these loans, if we want to try and keep them (borini apart as there's no chance), we are going to have to use a decent chunk of next years budget to even just stay still.

I'm just incredibly dubious, if we sell sess who I'm not the biggest fan of, and replace him with borini on loan and only bring in dossena. It's a terrible decision by the board.
 
The big question I have with Ki is why did Swansea let him go? We have to be viewing the likes of Swansea as a peer, so what's wrong with Ki that they are happy to lend him to us?

Maybe it's a bad decision on their behalf. They don't seem to make many bad transfer decisions though.
They have better players in that position than us, something people have to get over.
 
On one hand we had no option other than to rip it up and start again.

On the other hand, we've still got most of our worst players (and, apparently, the most corrosive dressing-room influences) on the pay roll, while at least half of our acquisitions are not deemed good enough for the first team by the manager.

As it stands, I think Giaccherini is the only signing that doesn't come with issues or question marks hanging over his head. Assuming today sees us bring in Dossena and Borini while losing Sess, it has been a bit of a shambolic window. Big day today.


Very much so.....i'm gonna go for a completely unexpected one......Milner in on a years loan.
 
Panic signing
of course it is thats why its a loan move and he was the last name on the list. Club cant win in some respects, theyve tried and failed all summer to get a lb in if the window shut without one people would moan, weve signed one or look like signing one on loan so little risk and people moan.
 
Again, thought we might of got better, but looks like that isn't available. Hoped for buttner but doesn't look likely.
 
When did we become some sort of european super club where (a) a fullback with Champions League, Premier League and Serie A experience and 10 caps for Italy is "shite" and "underwhelming"; and (b) a manager gets the first three games of the season to get things right before he needs to be sacked?

This board really is pathetic sometimes.
 
They have better players in that position than us, something people have to get over.

Surely he'll have to be 3rd choice for Swansea to let him go?

That doesn't stop him from being capable, Swansea are a quality squad, but it also stops me from getting too excited about how good he'll be over the season.
 
of course it is thats why its a loan move and he was the last name on the list. Club cant win in some respects, theyve tried and failed all summer to get a lb in if the window shut without one people would moan, weve signed one or look like signing one on loan so little risk and people moan.
I think people just expected somebody better. Same with centre midfield, although I do rate ki, I don't think we've done enough in that area that was crying out for work.
 
They have better players in that position than us, something people have to get over.


He was their record signing last season though....it would be like us letting Fletcher go on loan. Some of Swansea's fans reckon he's only 5th choice in CM.....expecting a lot of him to come here and radically change ours. He can pass the ball mind, i'll give him that but without someone alongside him providing a bit of steel i think he'll get overrun. According to their fans he's lightweight and lazy.
 
Very much so.....i'm gonna go for a completely unexpected one......Milner in on a years loan.
As much as I would love Milner, if we are signing up washed up left backs and loans from Swansea then proven English Premier League players on big wages is definitely not going to happen.
 
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