Didn't have a problem with the signings at the time. Just a lack of addressing the midfield or general lack of numbers. If there was a priority order then really centre midfield was top by a long long way...and that's before we knew Pogba would basically miss the entire season.
As for how the signings have done. Bissaka is young and has promise. Needs to improve a lot going forwards but I wouldn't write that off. A lot of it is having the confidence to make the runs. James has been very good. No issues at all with him considering we signed him on the cheap from a Championship side and he's turned out to be a very important player. Maguire has the odd game in five where he looks good and the rest of the time looks like some bloke who won a competition to play for us by finding a golden ticket in a packet of Walkers Crisps...still maintain that the potential is there for him to be a good player for us, but instead of cutting the nonsense out of his game like he needed to, he seems to be actually focusing on the nonsense.
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