There is way too much talk of extremes on here. We are not trying to be the next this, that or the other. We want a new right back (have done for 3years). We want a proper back up left back (have done for two years). We want a replacement for Wilf. We need a striker.

Let’s look at what we have achieved so far.

1) In goal - looks like getting rid of 3 keepers (Butland, Guaita, Johnstone), bringing in one (Henderson).
2) In defence, bought in no one. Sold no one.
3) In midfield, McArthur, Milivojevic gone, in, Lerma
4) up front, out Zaha, in, Franca

I’m not sure anyone will disagree about which positions we are weak in and which are solid, so perhaps some can see how spending £40m on an attacking midfielder and a goalkeeper does not really address the weaknesses in our team and is why I for one am not happy with our window (so far).

Prudent purchasing could have seen us buy a couple of full backs for say £10m and left Johnstone in goal, perhaps bringing in a winger on loan and using whatever we could scrape together to buy a striker.

Net result pretty much where we are now but with an improved defence, more strength in depth and maybe a bit more firepower up top.

That surely is not too much to ask. It’s not toys out the pram, it’s not whinging, it’s not asking us to overspend. We have possibly thrown a lot of eggs in one basket on an injured youngster who is unproven and a hope that Henderson will not get injured.

Where are a couple of premiership standard fullbacks for 10m a pair?, Johnstone wanted to return to the midlands, hence Wolves, Guaita is going to Celta Vigo for free, and their supporters think he will be second choice, lets wait until Saturday morning and see what we have.

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But not so many that you can name some we can get for £10m that are better than we already have?

But we have bought a lot of good players in those windows, haven't we?

It's one thing to be unhappy that we haven't bought two new full backs, but quite another to be unhappy that we have only bought Andersen, Guehi, Olise, Hughes, Docoure, Edouard, Richards and Eze, but not two new full backs as well.

If you actually troubled yourself to read my post you will see that I am disappointed that we haven’t rectified these positions THIS season.

But you do appreciate that our transfer budget for this season is dictated by what we spent last season and the one before?