01-26-2016, 08:52 PM
In all honesty, I am ok with us not signing anyone, based on the names we were linked with. We have gotten rid of a couple of useless players on this squad already, and if we manage to get rid of a couple more from Nocerino, De Jong, Lopez, Zapata, Mexes, etc, then I would rate this mercato as moderately successful as it is.
The team definitely needs help, but the names we are being linked with, and the players that are actually available in this mercato are not going to do anything to change our fortune. Yes, we need a good midfielder, but is spending 20M on Fellaini really going to help much of anything? We need a winger, but would Ben Arfa really be able to make a life changing impact here? For years now, this management has been signing players for the sake of saying "we signed X number of players!". And the result is a inbalance squad that lacks both quality and substance. We have a huge team and pays a huge wage bill, but can't find 11 players good enough to put on the field. This team now needs quality signings instead of depth signings, and that's where we need to start focusing with our mercato. Guys like Fellaini and Ben Arfa can have a place on this team, but not with the state the team is in right now. And if that is truly the best we can do, I would just stick with Honda and maybe give Mauri a chance to play. sure, we are not likely to get to 3rd place with existing personnel, but I just don't think Fellaini and Ben Arfa or players like that would get us a lot closer. Last thing this team needs is another 20M Bertolacci type of signing that both wastes money and produces little impact.
The team definitely needs help, but the names we are being linked with, and the players that are actually available in this mercato are not going to do anything to change our fortune. Yes, we need a good midfielder, but is spending 20M on Fellaini really going to help much of anything? We need a winger, but would Ben Arfa really be able to make a life changing impact here? For years now, this management has been signing players for the sake of saying "we signed X number of players!". And the result is a inbalance squad that lacks both quality and substance. We have a huge team and pays a huge wage bill, but can't find 11 players good enough to put on the field. This team now needs quality signings instead of depth signings, and that's where we need to start focusing with our mercato. Guys like Fellaini and Ben Arfa can have a place on this team, but not with the state the team is in right now. And if that is truly the best we can do, I would just stick with Honda and maybe give Mauri a chance to play. sure, we are not likely to get to 3rd place with existing personnel, but I just don't think Fellaini and Ben Arfa or players like that would get us a lot closer. Last thing this team needs is another 20M Bertolacci type of signing that both wastes money and produces little impact.