There will be some considerable work for Clement this International break, Bony's fitness or the lack of it could be an issue, but I do expect him to get up to speed by the end of October, he knows the Prem, his hold up play is better than Llorente's, and he's great header of the ball at both ends of the pitch, at least we have an equally talented second striker in Abraham, and a strong midfield supply chain in Carol, Sanchez, Fer, not to mention Ayew, so it might well take 3 or 4 games for things to click, but I'm confident that we have the tools in the midfield and up front, the only issue is the back line, it's weaker than last season now with the incredibly stupid transfer out of Kingsley, with Bartley injured it just shows how easy it is for defenders to pick up injuries, Van der Hoorne I see being used more this season, but RB is our achilles heel, just hope Naughton has a better season this season.
I see that wales online have been doing some maths on our transfer window? Yes we have made a substantial profit, and cut the wage bill with so many of our players going out on loan, 'Loan players' is the new formula this season, and I have mixed feelings, but we will have to see how it pans out, but if you take the loan signings of Abraham and Sanchez out of the squad, then in reality the squad has been further weakened and undermined, this will eventually catch up with us, so I hope this will not be a constant feature under the Yanks................
