Mata, Hazard, Oscar, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Moses > Lennon, Chadli, Sigurðsson, Bale, (Willian), (Lamela) No way Spurs would sign Willian and Lamela without selling Bale
From Jose's words after the Hull match, we certainly will sign another striker by the end of transfer window. Seems Jose has some faith on Torres. Lukaku for sure. No way we will have 4 striker for one spot this season. That will leave Ba as the one to be sacrificed.
Give him a break for now, gentleman. He barely trained for around 3 weeks. His fitness level is still in preseason mode. He is not ready yet. And don't compare him with Rooney. I have a reason in this case.
Maybe he is a little bit tired at the 2nd half, maybe not. Bear in minds he played in a friendly match against France 3-4 days before Hull and have to save some energy for Villa. Give him one match every one week, you will see the best of him.
It seems that Jose will stick with Torres and Lukaku this season and with the confirmation that we will try to buy a new striker, it seems Ba's time is up, unfortunately.
From the way Jose talked, Rooney is the main target but it indicated that he has another option if Rooney not sign, could be Martinez or someone else. Almost sure we will buy a striker by the end of transfer window. Expected Ba to leave.