Nicky Winterwasp
Striker
Isn't that what all of our managers are hired in part to do? Moyes wouldn't be the first to sign a bag load of shite. I hope he pulls off some good deals, my frustration is 'cos of the state of our squad two days before kick off, when the supposed plan all along had been to get off to a decent start this year and not be playing catch up after 8- 10 games, again!Step 1: hire a manager at least partly for his ability to judge good transfer deals for players who turn out to be better than anyone expected.
Step 2: moan at new manager for doing what we hired him for
If we started a game in the premier league with Love, Rodwell and maybe even McNair starting there, we may as well forfeit the game.Exactly, you won't, but sometimes people are delusional fannies who think you can just have 5 established, peaking CBs on the books, all as good as each other - which is financially and rationally ridiculous. We are Sunderland, we are not going to have to a 25-man squad filled with players as good as those in the starting 11.
We've taken a punt on Djilobodji (no more than we did on Kone, btw) so hopefully he settles in. After that we have Kaboul and O'Shea, tried and tested and vastly experienced (although the latter is ageing, he is still useful cover). Then have McNair, who is a very decent prospect, played quite a few times for Man Utd at a young age and is versatile. After that, Kirchhoff spent most of his career at CB, Love can play there and at a push Rodwell. I think we have enough! You can't account for having 2 or 3 injuries in the every position, and still expect to be unhindered - that's fantasy land. Southampton have been selling their best players every season for years, yet somehow they haven't had a hissy-fit and declared 'there are no other players in the world, we must keep this one!'
We aren't going sign any more CBs, we have plenty. It is the one position in the squad where we do have adequate depth.