We are still thin in quality players and there's too many sub-par players who, as has been pointed out above, either won't/don't want to leave or where the deal just hasn't/can't be struck. That leaves me thinking for the first part someone at the club needs to be more ruthless and just tell them to do one, if that has happened - e.g. with Borini - then they obv just want to stay because they see good things happening and it's a great club - commendable attitude but frustrating when we can all see the player will never be good enough. For the second part our negotiating team need to step it up, find better contacts and maybe be prepared to take a small hit financially if it means getting those who will never make it away, if part of this is down to the players being greedy and wanting more money it's difficult because of contractual issues - can't force them out exactly. Hopefull we do make one or two top quality signings before long to prove our intent and show the deadwood that they're not up to par. I suspect it will go down to, or very near to deadline day again. This always seems to happen, especially with big money signings, even though the best thing for the squad is to get the man in early so they can bed in and train with everyone. We have bought early, but I don't think any of those brought in so far are the top CL draw kind of players we hoped for/expected when we qualified. I'm sure many of them will become top quality players but we need one or two who are top quality now.
