New Boys

[peekay]

I think we failed, period, in addressing our striking options. We did make several other quality signings however.

[dww]

I don't, it ****ed our season up completely, our only good striker got injured and we were dog ****. We spent £45m on attacking midfielders, one young and one not so young, and one of them would have been enough, we haven't even played the expensive one very much for some unknown reason. If the club couldn't find a good striker who would fit into our side better than a jogging waster like Mario for £30-35m (Mario's £16m + the cost of a Markovic or Lallana) then they failed and failed badly. If they hadn't I think we'd be comfortably in the top four at the moment. **** teams with quality strikers do better than quality sides without.

Lambert + Balotelli was a really strange decision. One or the other you could understand but doubling down on Sturridge staying fit was an unnecessary gamble. A mobile, pacey forward of any talent would have made a big difference.

That said if Balotelli kicks on in the rest of the season I might have to reassess somewhat. He has looked to be learning which was something no one really expected to happen.