Sad to see baath stewart n gooch go as they were 3 of my fave players but tbh its probably the right thing for all concerned. Think with the squad that we had last season it was always going to be sad to see some of them leave as we just all seemed to love that squad.
Think weve done some good business this window, could be unreal if half these lads reach their potential with us.
Pembele will be an upgrade on gooch, he is likely to be our 1st choice rb when up to speed. Im a huge fan of hume but where he struggles is a lack of pace n that attacking threat - pembele gives us both of that
CB is an interesting one, i could see alese n ballard being our 1st choice pairing n the club have high hopes for the dutch lad so we look stronger there - the reason i say interesting as baath was class there for us n will be missed in certain games
We have more depth across the forward line now which is exciting. Rusyn n burstow should really compliment what we have there
Weve improved our back up GK, plus Young has taken huge steps forward this year
CDM is a worry for me though. I see folk saying we have loads of CMs but we dont really have a natural CDM other than Evans. Neil n Ekwah can do a job in there and we would all be comfortable if they are fit n firing until January but an injury to one of them n we will struggle. Jobe will play deeper once he learns the tactical part of thw game n rigg has unreal potential, so we have exciting prospects there - n hopefully one of them grasps the opportunity if it comes - but id of liked another CDM of quality in
Overall im pretty happy with what weve done as im really high on a few players weve brought in. At this min id give it a 8 out of 10, lets hope my grading turns out to be a little low
