The Board

[Mário César 1,440]

It’s unbelievable how bad this transfer window actually was when you really think about it. Signing Estêvão — a young winger with talent — fine, that makes sense. But then what did the board do? They went and signed three young wingers with “potential” for the future — Gittens, Estêvão and Garnacho. There isn’t a single proven, top-level player in there.

It was obvious we needed a centre-back. Maresca himself asked for one, and they ignored it. We needed at least one established, top-quality centre-back, and we got nothing. It’s honestly shocking.

We moved on from Jackson and brought in Delap — another young player. The goalkeeper situation still hasn’t been sorted out. And for Cucurella, instead of proper competition, they signed another youngster with potential, while Gusto is being played there out of position to cover. It’s ridiculous.

And everyone knew we’d need proper depth because there was no pre-season.

Liverpool won the game and now it’s only a matter of time before we drop out of the top five. Arsenal and Villa are next — I honestly think this is going to be a tragic end to the season.

Edited 3 hours ago by Mário César

[Mário César 1,440]

6 minutes ago, Mário César said:

It’s unbelievable how bad this transfer window actually was when you really think about it. Signing Estêvão — a young winger with talent — fine, that makes sense. But then what did the board do? They went and signed three young wingers with “potential” for the future — Gittens, Estêvão and Garnacho. There isn’t a single proven, top-level player in there.

It was obvious we needed a centre-back. Maresca himself asked for one, and they ignored it. We needed at least one established, top-quality centre-back, and we got nothing. It’s honestly shocking.

We moved on from Jackson and brought in Delap — another young player. The goalkeeper situation still hasn’t been sorted out. And for Cucurella, instead of proper competition, they signed another youngster with potential, while Gusto is being played there out of position to cover. It’s ridiculous.

And everyone knew we’d need proper depth because there was no pre-season.

Liverpool won the game and now it’s only a matter of time before we drop out of the top five. Arsenal and Villa are next — I honestly think this is going to be a tragic end to the season.

And there aren’t even any financial excuses. We secured Champions League qualification, won the Club World Cup, and it was the perfect moment to bring in proper, top-level reinforcements. What’s happened is unbelievable.