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Do we really need any more signings?

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Bobby Zamora
Now that we've secured a centre mid, winger and striker, do we really need any one else, regardless of if we get brickloads of money for Bale or not?

In my opinion the most crucial ingredient of a successful squad is one that is settled, and know each other well. The core team should be:

Lloris
Assou-Ekotto
Kaboul
Vertonghen
Walker
Bale/Chandli
Paulinho
Dembele
Sandro
Lennon/Chandli
Soldado

We've got very decent backup in pretty much all positions, e.g. Friedel, Dawson, Holtby, Defoe/Adebayor etc. I think the one position we can upgrade on is maybe our full backs, but other than that is there really any need to alter what is a very good team?

The new signings have got enough time to settle in now and get to know the rest of the team before the season starts. I just think the last thing we need is a poor start with new players coming in a few games into the new season and disrupting the flow of the team.
 
We need more backup on the wing, especially if Bale goes. We saw how badly we did when Lennon was injured last year. At the moment we have Lennon and Chadli as specialist wingers, and that's not enough for a whole squad.
 
Depends whether Vlad signs or not. Can't see why he wouldn't as it stands, but another centre back for definite. I think Townsend will get a lot more playing time this season, so there is another winger. Fryers and Naughton and Rose as back up wing backs, and of course Vertonghen can play there. The squad seems to have a lot more strength in depth than last season.

Now we just need Bale to stay and we can push on
 
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Now that we've secured a centre mid, winger and striker, do we really need any one else, regardless of if we get brickloads of money for Bale or not?

In my opinion the most crucial ingredient of a successful squad is one that is settled, and know each other well. The core team should be:

Lloris
Assou-Ekotto
Kaboul

Vertonghen
Walker
Bale/Chandli
Paulinho
Dembele
Sandro
Lennon/Chandli
Soldado

We've got very decent backup in pretty much all positions, e.g. Friedel, Dawson, Holtby, Defoe/Adebayor etc. I think the one position we can upgrade on is maybe our full backs, but other than that is there really any need to alter what is a very good team?

The new signings have got enough time to settle in now and get to know the rest of the team before the season starts. I just think the last thing we need is a poor start with new players coming in a few games into the new season and disrupting the flow of the team.

We need to improve in the highlighted positions. We have no LB cover and who knows the true story about whether Kaboul is going to be fit or not.
 
Well it doesn't appear BAE is in favour. So assuming he goes, regardless of Rose we need another LB. Like already mentioned another wing forward regardless of Bale. If Bale goes I'd expect us to go for either a top class forward, striker or wing forward to offset the loss of a star player. We are well stacked in most positions now. But got a feeling a couple more will come in than we expect....
 
We need a creative player that can unlock defences with a pass or else we will struggle as usual to break down defensive teams.
 
We need more backup on the wing, especially if Bale goes. We saw how badly we did when Lennon was injured last year. At the moment we have Lennon and Chadli as specialist wingers, and that's not enough for a whole squad.

Our wing players

Bale
Lennon
Chadli
Townsend
Dempsey
Sig

I think that we have quite a few now.
 
Bae and Rose are fine for LB. Hopefully Bae has gotten over the injury problems that were keeping him out last season.


Need another CB now that Caulker has gone. With that i'd be pretty happy with the squad going in.



I could always demand more improvement, but i feel it would be unrealistic given the amount we have spent thus far this window.
 
Say Bale does go, I can see us going for Baines as first choice left back with the funds
 
We need a CB, no question. Of course I'd like more players but the only one we need is a CB.
 
We need another centre back now that Caulker has left, so I assume it depends on whether we're signing Chiriches or not.
Aside from that we should only sign more if it is to replace players leaving, our squad is full.
In fact we need to sell or loan out 4 (5 if we sign a CB) senior players as we got 29 (30 if we sign a CB) and can only register 25
- Obika, Dawkins are among these though to be fair

Players to go:
1) Gomes
2) Livermore / Parker / Huddlestone ??
3) Dawkins
4) Falque / Townsend ??
5) Obika
 
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We have depth in certain areas but we definitely need another centre back unless AVB has plans we don't know about ie moving Sandro back or putting faith in a youth player to step up.

I think we could also do with a fresh young striker with potential who'll see any game time as a big opportunity to impress.
 
Well it doesn't appear BAE is in favour. So assuming he goes, regardless of Rose we need another LB. Like already mentioned another wing forward regardless of Bale. If Bale goes I'd expect us to go for either a top class forward, striker or wing forward to offset the loss of a star player. We are well stacked in most positions now. But got a feeling a couple more will come in than we expect....

What makes you say that? A few rumors about him leaving, but there have been rumors about practically everyone this summer.

All fair points, I still don't think we need any major signings though is what I really meant. A few backup players sure, but I think our first XI is pretty set unless someone really special becomes available.
 
I think that we can use an upgrade at LB. I am not convinced on both BAE and Rose. Naughton is OK defensively but does not offer much in attack especially when playing on the left-side.

I also prefer that we keep Hudd. There are no other player in our squad that can switch play as quickly as he can.
 
What makes you say that? A few rumors about him leaving, but there have been rumors about practically everyone this summer.

All fair points, I still don't think we need any major signings though is what I really meant. A few backup players sure, but I think our first XI is pretty set unless someone really special becomes available.

The fact Danny Rose seems to get picked ahead of him in pre season? Plus Id point to AVB not seemingly overly keen to play him last season, even when fit. Regardless LB is an area we could upgrade.

Youre right, our first choice XI with Bale is very strong so just upgrade the backups if we could. Last season you could really notice the difference when a big player was missing, would be nice if we could have say one top defender, midfielder and striker in reserve. Of course keeping them all happy is the problem, but we have a lot of games....
 
If Bale stays: We need a centre back.
If Bale goes: We need a centre back and a creative attacking midfielder.
 
But is that all? I mean its great we have finally have our big boy striker in Soldado. But then what if he gets injured? We're back to square one with Defoe or whatever. I wouldn't be surprised if Baldini has been tasked with finding a young talented Argentinian/Brazilian type young striker. Apply this to a couple of other key positions too. I think our first team is more or less set, but our squad isnt....
 
But is that all? I mean its great we have finally have our big boy striker in Soldado. But then what if he gets injured? We're back to square one with Defoe or whatever. I wouldn't be surprised if Baldini has been tasked with finding a young talented Argentinian/Brazilian type young striker. Apply this to a couple of other key positions too. I think our first team is more or less set, but our squad isnt....


Lloris, Freidel

Walker, Naughton
Dawson, CB
Vertonghen, Kaboul
Bae, Rose

Dembele, Holtby
Paulinho, Sandro,
Carroll, Siggurdsson

bale/Townsend
Soldado/Adebayor/Defoe
Chadli/Lennon


And that's ignoring Dempsey, Huddlestone, Parker. We need a CB. Squad is fine. If we bring any in i'l expect us to sell some.


Edit: Players are just in a position, not first/second team.
 
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