Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Letters]

provided he stays fit.

Yeah, about that...

[Kano]

Unbelievable really, Hart to a team we've barely heard of and Jack to Bournemouth! How things change.

One thing I have to give to Hart is going out to play in another country. A bit sad that has to be commended but so many English players avoid it like the plague.

You'd hope both him and Jack can look at players around them, fighting to stay in their respective leagues and some of that fight and hunger rubs off on them.

[Marc Overmars]

You have to think if Jack doesn't stay fit and establish himself at Bournemouth we will probably look to sell him next year. That long term deal he signed with all the British guys must be nearing it's end.

[Goonermerree]

Well the key difference is the reason that Head & Shoulders has been forced out is because he's been shit and a liability whereas for Jack it's more to regain his fitness and establish himself again and not because the manager doesn't rate his talent.

Irrespective of the reasons, it's still an unexpected thing to happen for both players. I got the impression from reading on the Sky site the other day that Jack wanted a move himself to get some playing time so that he had a chance of regaining his England spot.

[Özim]

Wheelchair off to Bournemouth to complete his move.

Chelsea to sign Marcos Alonso for 23m. Whoever that is.

The playboy probably went there so he can go to the beach every weekend when he's injured.

[Özim]

You have to think if Jack doesn't stay fit and establish himself at Bournemouth we will probably look to sell him next year. That long term deal he signed with all the British guys must be nearing it's end.

1 year left next summer apparently.

[Özim]

One thing I have to give to Hart is going out to play in another country. A bit sad that has to be commended but so many English players avoid it like the plague.

You'd hope both him and Jack can look at players around them, fighting to stay in their respective leagues and some of that fight and hunger rubs off on them.

Agree, does them good to play abroad, I think you become a more rounded player because of it, English players never want to move out of their back yard so they never get better.

[Kano]

The playboy probably went there so he can go to the beach every weekend when he's injured.

He might find that a bit of a let down

[Özim]

He might find that a bit of a let down

I'm guessing he didn't think it through as thinking isn't his strong point.

One another note if this is it for our transfer window I'll give it 6.5 out of 10, not great, not terrible, just not bad, on the one hand we've strengthened a couple areas, on the other a bit underwhelmed with the players we've signed.

[Özim]

A more effective and established wide player would have been good I agree but on the striking front it's hard to think of what was out there that you can put your hat on making a clear difference. Vardy was based on one year and before the window started, can we honestly say that Lacazette was top of the fans most wanted list? His 'importance' only grew the further into the window we went. His numbers are decent enough in the French league but is he going to come over here and maintain those numbers in a tougher, more competitive league? No way of knowing for sure. He would definitely offer something different to Giroud but he is perhaps just as much of a risk as a Perez or an Icardi might of been. The only goal machine on the market was Higuain and the club were not paying that money for a striker. Lyon's president came out the other day and said they turned down £42m from West Ham and even higher bids from elsewhere, so it would've taken something absurd for them to sell him, especially as they are likely to be PSG's closest rivals in the league and are in the CL. For them to find a replacement would've put them in the nightmare boat we found ourselves in.

I still would have preferred Lacazette, yes his goals are only in Ligue 1 but he's a proven goalscorer at least, Zlatan hasn't started too badly and he came from Ligue 1 tbf. Obviously it's always a risk, but what he had going for him was his goal record and his age, I know Lyon turned down big bids for him recently but had we moved earlier in the window I' sure we could have agreed something.

But yes we left it too late as usual and in the end it was our undoing and we had to settle for someone we didn't actually particularly want in the 1st place by the looks of it, he was offered to us a month ago apparently and we decided against bringing him in as he wasn't one of the players we were looking at, seems like a last minute panic buy to be honest, we'll see how he does, hopefully he turns out decent, can't be any worse than Giroud.