Yobo and Jonas

[Green and Yellow fellow 0]

Would you be happy with our business if these are the only two players to come in this transfer window? Or do you think we''ve done a shocker and brought in two players who are past their best?

I''m content because we have important players who have come back from injury and our first team is beginning to look as strong as ever. Slightly disappointed if we don''t get a CM, not the end if the world though.

[Indy_Bones 444]

Both can play a part in helping strengthen our cover options, but what we really need are 1-2 top class signings to replace what we already have - particularly a creative midfielder.To go from being linked with the likes of Alderweireld and Ranocchia to settle for Yobo would be a HUGE step down in aspirations...

[Yorkshire Canary 118]

No not at all. They may help a little but make no significant difference

[mrs miggins 0]

I would like a bit of money spent in an attacking area

[Olly 0]

They''re just extra bodies really, needed more quality, especially someone, anyone who can create chances

[Tetteys Jig 851]

Purely cover. Jonas had a good debut but we need more.

[TCCANARY 263]

 

I want us to buy every player mentioned today, imagine a team that included Eadie, Ledley, Tom Ince (not Paul), Lewis Holtby, Zaha and Sigurdson. Add to that any other Carlos Kickaball that get touted between now and when the window slams shut and we''ll all be able to say in the coming weeks "We should''ve signed XXXXX XXXXX when we had the chance but the board wouldn''t spend the money, the clubs a joke".

 

 

[Move Klose 303]

Ince and Dann - Palace

Zaha and Ramis - Cardiff

or

Gutierrez and Yobo

Hmmmmm not a tough choice

[Wiz 0]

I was hoping for better to be honest.

[The ghost of Michael Theoklitos 0]

We really need that attacking midfielder, especially seeing as though Wessi is clearly either gone, or going to be left to train with the kids.I don''t see it coming in through. There has been no names of that position mentioned anywhere.

[Green and Yellow fellow 0]

I have to agree, when there we''re rumors we bid around 8m for that Inter Milan defender. Saying that, Yobo came out of nowhere so lets hope we have another surprise to come.

[ROBFLECK 134]

I don''t expect any action in the market...we''ve been dissapointed many a time on the deadline day. Rather no signing than a bad signing.

[Kirkstall Yellow 0]

a bit underwhelmed, considering our last few januarys have brought us player like Bennet and howson. And in fairness, Becchio had been banging them in for Leeds when we signed him.

The real problem we face is that Leeds have no more good players. How are we supposed to progress now?

[Salopian 1]

I think that Jonas could replace Johnson when Howson returns, and that could be a marginal improvement, and even now with Tettey back Jonas could provide a support for Fer going forward. Jonas may not be the most creative player, but he can pass accurately, and he is strong.

Yobo''s influence could be more subtle. He could replace either Bennett or Bassong, and will certainly be a challenge to both as he seeks games to persuade the Nigerian selectors that he is worthy of a place in their squad for Brazil. His presence could also galvanise Bassong, who seems to lose concentration at times. I would have preferred Alderweireld, but you can''t have everything!

I want our team to start to play passing football and create decent chances for the strikers, and these two could help. I also want a midfield and back four which defend resolutely, and again these two could help. The improvement which could come might be only slight, but a real improvement.

A final thought - players already here are expensive in the window. You can buy foreign, with the incentive for foreign players to come to the EPL, but unlike Yobo and Jonas they probably wouldn''t have experience of the Premiership, and like RvW might take several weeks to settle in. Time is what we do not have.

[Standard 0]

I quite like Jonas, yes he''s past his prime but he gives his all and still looks good going forward. Yobo I''m less impressed with not the forward thinking we were hoping for. I still think we have an alright squad but it just isn''t being used

[mel0 0]

They are signings for the sake of signings. Doubt either will actually offer us much.

[GJP 79]

[quote user="iwansnorwich"] Doubt either will actually offer us much.[/quote]

Sounds like they''ll fit right in then.

[Aggy 944]

Signings for the sake of signings? So a versatile midfielder is just for the sake of making a signing, despite the fact that we''ve had all sorts of injuries there so far this season and have basically had our selection forced upon us a number of times?

Both of them are solid signings. They won''t individually drag us into the UEFA cup places or anything ridiculous, but they will add some experience and a bit of grit to a squad which is fairly thin in both of those departments.

[Green and Yellow fellow 0]

Well, there we go. I wouldn''t be so disappointed if our rivals hadn''t done so well.