Benny The Noon wrote:Downing - we will have to wait on that - i fear another Barry situation
Scott Dann - decent player but they will want a lot of money for him and the price they are asking for i would prefer Cahill or Shawcross
Enrique - Arsenal are supposedly looking at him now - which team do you think he will pick if true
Wickham - he got injured just before the tournament - yes he would of been a risk but the guy has massive potential and would prefer 9 -10 mil on a 20 year kid
Marquee signing - i dont believe we will get one - the lack of European football goes against us
I know its early days but the fustration is growing .
We have so many areas we are weak in and we have spent 30 million in our already strongest area . Its worrying Ben it really is .
Downing i think we will definitely get, it appears close already by sounds of things.
Dann i would be happy with, decent player who is good in the air and decent with the ball at this feet, plus he is a scouser who supported us as a kid which i think can add a bit to the dressing room.
Enrique its hard to say really, Arsenal may be in for him but might not, Gibbs played alot last season and may well be their first choice the way Wenger has done things in the past.
Marquee signings, agreed they are difficult without european football, however not impossible. We did manage to attract Suarez when we were midtable last season.
Wickham had a slight knock but was fit for the euro's if he wasnt they could and would have replaced him.
Pearce just probably took him for experience.
He looks decent but very very raw. It would have been a gamble for us to go for him imo.
One i wouldnt have minded but wont lose any sleep over the fact that we never went for him.