The signings shouldn’t stop at Ben Arfa!
Posted on August 10th, 2010 | 124 Comments |
As ever, nothing is official until the club announce it, and we are still awaiting that confirmation. But even if it does get made official at some point, it shouldn’t be the last signing we make and we should continue to improve the team.
This transfer window is actually turning out better than I had hoped for, particularly if we add Ben Arfa to the signings of Dan Gosling, Sol Campbell and James Perch, but we shouldn’t stop there. More new faces are needed at Newcastle to ensure we have the best possible chance of avoiding the drop.
What position should those signings be in though? That is the question. Ideally we should be looking to strengthen everywhere, but that isn’t going to happen with the meagre amount of money we have available, and that means that Hughton must focus on where he thinks the team needs strengthening.
That is a good subject for debate actually as I have seen many differences in opinion over which position people would like to see strengthened. Where do you think should be the next area for improvement?
Hughton has said he expects to have two more new faces through the door before in this transfer window, and using an educated guess I would say that Ben Arfa is one of them. But who is the other, and where does he play? Perhaps I should ask who would you like to be the other, and which position would you like him to play?
I would like another striker personally, but with six already on the books I can’t see that happening. A cover left-back would be nice, in fact it would be somewhat of a novelty to have a dedicated back-up for Jose Enrique as we haven’t had one for a long long time.
How about a defensive midefielder to take over from Alan Smith? I’m sure Smithy could do a job as a squad player, but to replace him with some fresher, faster legs wouldn’t be a bad thing in my opinion.
At the end of the day it’s all about opinions, so why not share yours? Perhaps through an exchange of opinons we can get a feel as to where our weaknesses lay, and who would be a good signing to adress the problem?
Who do you think should be our next signing, and in what position?
I Agree. a Good decent striker would always be welcome. Miroslav Klose or Lavezzi of Napoli. The names that have been Mooted.