Goalkeeper
The signing of Joe Hart has answered the need for a top class keeper, but worries persist about what will happen if Hart is injured. Who is our backup should this happen? Under normal circumstances a club would be delighted if they had a keeper signed for £6 million siting on the bench,, but a lot of our fans think that he’s better off there than on the pitch.
Nobody – not even the manager, it seems – fully trusts Barkas.
Regular readers will be well aware that I called for this guy to get time and a little room to breathe but he has never, not even once, done anything to convince people that this might be a worthwhile exercise.
The really worrying thing is that Ange seems to have made his own mind up, and it didn’t take months for him to do it.
Whatever Ange has seen he doesn’t like it, and that alone might suggest that he sees this is an area where we need at least one more player.
Few would argue with him.
It does now, sadly, look as if we’ve squandered a lot if money on the big Greek keeper and it will be difficult to get back even half of it.
One, preferably two, number 8-type box-to-box energetic midfielders. His system needs two on the pitch at all times and there are zero at the club. A left back would be good. Boli is arguably the best specialist. Apart from that, I don’t think there’s anything that’s quite so essential.
we obviously need to buy a defender who knows how to defend and organise the defenders alongside him,starfelt may be okay against 2nd rate spl teams,at times,but he is a liability against decent euro opposition,vickers has potential along with walsh.
He needs to sort out the problem with defence no good if the attack scores goals the defence is a bomb scare and a midfielder with pace would be a good start .
Starting Centre Half, Left Back and Defensive Midfield are an ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE.
Our wingers? The jury is out for me on Abada and Jota they are still young. Forrest of course excellent, but we need him fit.
Centre forward lets again see how that goes with everyone fit.
Looking to long term i would buy a goalkeeper too. Hart has been good but hes not a long term answer.
So I think three absolute must haves and I would spend 5m each – 15m.