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s@int wrote:I have no complaints really about how much he has spent and think on the whole he has made very good signings. My only real complaint is that he has never solved the problems that were apparent when he arrived. Namely the left and right sides of the team.

When he arrived he declared that his first priority was to solve the right side problem, 4 years later we still have problems with the right side, exacerbated by the fact that we have had problems with the left side for almost as long due to Kewells injuries.

Josemi, Kromkamp, Zenden, Gonzales, Pennant, Leto, Voronin even Garcia and Babel never quite managed to fill the positions to the standard we need.

Rubbish s@int, Benitez had right mid sorted until he let Nunez go

In all seriousness, it is a bit beyond the joke how we haven't sorted the wings out yet.  I don't think Babel is ever a wide midfielder, but in this 4-2-3-1 where the wide forwards don't have so much defensive responsibilities I think Babel could be good enough with a bit more experience and if he can be a bit more consistent.  We certainly could do with adding one real top quality winger this summer though.

The more I think about it the more I think we should take a punt on Joaquin.  I think he'd be priced more reasonably these days and getting out of Spain could give him a new lease of life - the media always seem to be on his back over there.  He's got pace, he's got quality and he's direct, I can see the Premiership suiting him.  The problem with him has always been end product though which is my only reservation.

s@int wrote:I have no complaints really about how much he has spent and think on the whole he has made very good signings. My only real complaint is that he has never solved the problems that were apparent when he arrived. Namely the left and right sides of the team.

When he arrived he declared that his first priority was to solve the right side problem, 4 years later we still have problems with the right side, exacerbated by the fact that we have had problems with the left side for almost as long due to Kewells injuries.

Josemi, Kromkamp, Zenden, Gonzales, Pennant, Leto, Voronin even Garcia and Babel never quite managed to fill the positions to the standard we need.

john craig wrote:

s@int wrote:I have no complaints really about how much he has spent and think on the whole he has made very good signings. My only real complaint is that he has never solved the problems that were apparent when he arrived. Namely the left and right sides of the team.

When he arrived he declared that his first priority was to solve the right side problem, 4 years later we still have problems with the right side, exacerbated by the fact that we have had problems with the left side for almost as long due to Kewells injuries.

Josemi, Kromkamp, Zenden, Gonzales, Pennant, Leto, Voronin even Garcia and Babel never quite managed to fill the positions to the standard we need.

Rubbish s@int, Benitez had right mid sorted until he let Nunez go

In all seriousness, it is a bit beyond the joke how we haven't sorted the wings out yet.  I don't think Babel is ever a wide midfielder, but in this 4-2-3-1 where the wide forwards don't have so much defensive responsibilities I think Babel could be good enough with a bit more experience and if he can be a bit more consistent.  We certainly could do with adding one real top quality winger this summer though.

The more I think about it the more I think we should take a punt on Joaquin.  I think he'd be priced more reasonably these days and getting out of Spain could give him a new lease of life - the media always seem to be on his back over there.  He's got pace, he's got quality and he's direct, I can see the Premiership suiting him.  The problem with him has always been end product though which is my only reservation.

I had forgotten about Nunez John.

I think Joaquin would probably be around £8/10million now, and would be a bargain at the price. My only concern would be about his attitude, as he doesn't always look as if he is fired up to do his best. When on form he seems to beat defenders for fun and looks almost unstoppable.

I haven't seen much of him in the last year or so but would certainly have him on my list of possibles.

greenbyname_redbynature wrote:

s@int wrote:I have no complaints really about how much he has spent and think on the whole he has made very good signings. My only real complaint is that he has never solved the problems that were apparent when he arrived. Namely the left and right sides of the team.

When he arrived he declared that his first priority was to solve the right side problem, 4 years later we still have problems with the right side, exacerbated by the fact that we have had problems with the left side for almost as long due to Kewells injuries.

Josemi, Kromkamp, Zenden, Gonzales, Pennant, Leto, Voronin even Garcia and Babel never quite managed to fill the positions to the standard we need.

Benitez' signings for the wings...Nunez, Garcia, Zenden, Gonzalez, Pennant, Babel, Anderson, Leto, Benayoun. 9 wingers Benitez has brought in and he still hasn't found a proper world class winger.

Judging on other transfers in other positions, it's obvious he spots talent, so why he can't find and play a decent winger is beyond me. Hopefully next year we'll see Paul Anderson given a run in the side.