Quote Originally Posted by IBK View Post
I'm finding that I agree with a lot of the arguments here - both for and against Jorginho!

On balance - an underwhelming signing, but if it seems desperate that's because we are! Obviously Elneny's injury took the club by surprise, and I guess at least we have responded to this. Caceido always a difficult call - but I can see why we tried as this was a more long term play.

Exactly this, Jorginho is definitely underwhelming because it’s felt that for a while that we want to build a good young side that can not only get us over the line this season but can compete on all fronts in the future.

Caicedo was the dry aged wagyu steak, Jorginho is a McDonalds value meal

But when we hunger for a midfielder to keep us ticking over to the end of the season…someone who is old but has decent stats is a more than acceptable sticking plaster

Yes there is also the anger at paying Chelsea for one of their players when yes we’ve had a mixed at best past with ex Chelsea players and they essentially stole Mudryk from us. But that’s an emotional evaluation

If Elneny hadn’t got injured we would have not signed anyone in midfield (a definite mistake in my view) but parsing it in those terms to get in cover who for me is easily better than Elneny…is not the worst days work ever.