One of few upsides to this team sheet (rea is the main one) is that my Holla shirt becomes relevant for one more day - learnt a lesson on that one.
He was apparently good in the eredivisie :facepalm:
Its a shame he'd cost so much, he is proper quality. After Rhodes, probably the best player in the div, at least offensive wise. We were lucky we came up against a Dougietm toothless attack, with a decent striker and some support he'd be scary
Murray would be better than Zamora technically but he just won't be sold by palace to us. Ever.
Messi would have been better but he is just as likely to join as Murray is.
It would have been very difficult to get a player of zamoras calibre who was willing to take the necessary drop in wages...
Thank god he joined Wigan on loan last season, who were dire - kayal had some shine removed because of the team he was in. If bong had gone to someone decent we could have had to compete for his signature.
Went for loaning the attacking midfielder because the pot is limited and a flair playmaker who is good cost a fraction less than top strikers. Farming the u21s of top prem/la liga/bundesliga sides is the way to go I feel - tex worked for us and Pritchard worked for Brentford. Someone like Marcos...
We need a winger with quality who can play both sides, and preferably a back up centre back/ someone who can step in for greer next season. Get a young attacking midfielder on loan and we're looking good
Two of these three is a real strong sign - will be tough to land though. Marshall seems set to drag, vaz te is a touch injury prone and would probably be on sizeable wages, and Perez is apparently set on rejoining deportivo, his local club.