Don't think there is anything wrong with trying to sign the best, but Fabregas was always a long shot, and we know now there wasn't really any real chance of getting him. We have wasted quite a bit of time on that transfer with not much happening since. I don't want to knock the new guys so early, it was always going to be difficult with SAF and Gill going at the same time. But i am a little disappointed that we haven't moved quickly for another player since the failed Fab bid, which suggests to me there wasn't much of a contingency plan in place should our main targets not come off.
whoever we buy now will have had little time to familiarize themselves with our set up before the season starts. We have a tough start too, so we will be under pressure right from the off. All in all, i would have liked things to be much further on by now, but we will just have to hope that we can still do the business.