[Slick_Footwork]

I agree that it's unfair to judge on 'media talk' but in terms of actual real deals, so far,
we've done nothing either. While all the other 'established' Prem sides are making moves.

Swansea have bagged Andre Ayew, who has been a top level player his whole career and
scored goals in the Champions League and World Cup.

Southampton have bagged Juanmi, who looked the part for Malaga last year. Stoke have just
spent £8m on Joselu.

Leicester have signed Christian Fuchs who was playing in the Champions League last year.

Villa have bagged Micah Richards and even Watford and Bournmouth have signed Prodl and
Atsu who are both players who would improve us.

We can only judge on what we've heard, which is media talk, and media are reporting that
the fee has been agreed for McClean, a proven failure at this level with Sunderland who
has just been relegated to League 1 with Wigan. Meanwhile, Watford have agreed a deal
for Diego Perotti, a start for Seville for years, Europa League winner, tormentor of Real
Madrid, Barca and others and probably Genoa's best player last year.

Frankly, it just doesn't seem good enough at this point. Yes, it's early days, but other teams
are already working and stretching the gap between us, while the teams below are overtaking
in terms of quality. Not sure what's going on with the agreed takeover, but everything seems
to be moving in slow motion at the moment. We can only hope it changes, but at present, it
does seem a little bit concerning both with the quality of players we're generally linked with
(or lack of) and what's actually happened so far (nothing).