A few that stick out for me
Winners:
Arsenal - Getting Ozil is tremendous. The fans are happy again, and there's less pressure on Wenger and Gazidis. Ozil makes them an even better attacking force, but the question marks with their keeper and defense will remain, and I think again, be the reason they continue without a trophy for another year.
Cardiff - Not because their players they signed are that good (Caulker, Cornelius, Medel & Odemwingie), but because those players will keep them in the premier league. That's their objective this year.
Everton - Barry & McCarthy give them a very solid midfield, and Lukaku will have the same effect on them as he did on WBA last year. Not to mention getting 27.5 million for Felliani? GOod window for them.
City - When you have 100,000,000,000 to spend, it's hard not so sign quality.
Norwich - Some really good signings here - Wolfman, Hooper, Fer, Garrido, Redmond, Elmander and Olsson ... They may be able to get into the top 8 this year.
Soton - Wanyama, Lovren and Osvaldo ... If their manager can figure things out, they may actually be do what people are predicting. I think he'll be fired mid-season mind.
Meh:
Chelsea - Signed some really good players (Willian, Shirley, Van Ginkel & Eto'o), but they need Torres or Eto'o to produce form they both may not be capable of to win the league. They really should have bought a top notch striker instead of Willian - that's what they were missing.
Liverpool - I really like our signings, but bar Ming, Toure and Sakho I don't know how much the others will improve our first team. I guess depending where we finish will be how successful or not I view this window, but I'm extremely optimistic.
Spurs - The names are huge, and the fans are optimistic. As I've said, I just think they've banked their season on Soldado and Lamela being able to win games like Bale did. I just don't know if those two can - and this could shift to winners or losers depending on their success.
WBA - they were desperate to replace what Lukaku was for them, and may have done so with the combination of Anelka, Vydra & Sessegnon. But 6 million on Anichebe? Sinclair will kick start his career (will young players ever learn with City and Chelsea?). If they can get their season going, before the pressure turns on Clarke, this will be a good window for them.
Losers:
United - Zaha may be an excellent player in the future, but it doesn't seem like he'll have much of a chance to impress this year. Felliani is a good player, but how will he solve the issues we've seen they're having in the first three games? If Rooney cannot be that quick link between the midfield + RvP, Moyes is going to be under tremendous pressure. The fact they struggled to get their #1 targets (Fabregas, Thiago etc) shows a lot about how important Fergie was ... Hopefully, the beginning of the end.
Newcastle - Unless Ben Arfa is healthy and on his game for the whole season, they will struggle not to be in the relegation battle again.
Sunderland - Sell your best player and bring in Dossena? Will Di Canio survive the season?
Undecided: Can a team that signs Carroll and Downing in one window be called 'winners'?
Winners:
Arsenal - Getting Ozil is tremendous. The fans are happy again, and there's less pressure on Wenger and Gazidis. Ozil makes them an even better attacking force, but the question marks with their keeper and defense will remain, and I think again, be the reason they continue without a trophy for another year.
Cardiff - Not because their players they signed are that good (Caulker, Cornelius, Medel & Odemwingie), but because those players will keep them in the premier league. That's their objective this year.
Everton - Barry & McCarthy give them a very solid midfield, and Lukaku will have the same effect on them as he did on WBA last year. Not to mention getting 27.5 million for Felliani? GOod window for them.
City - When you have 100,000,000,000 to spend, it's hard not so sign quality.
Norwich - Some really good signings here - Wolfman, Hooper, Fer, Garrido, Redmond, Elmander and Olsson ... They may be able to get into the top 8 this year.
Soton - Wanyama, Lovren and Osvaldo ... If their manager can figure things out, they may actually be do what people are predicting. I think he'll be fired mid-season mind.
Meh:
Chelsea - Signed some really good players (Willian, Shirley, Van Ginkel & Eto'o), but they need Torres or Eto'o to produce form they both may not be capable of to win the league. They really should have bought a top notch striker instead of Willian - that's what they were missing.
Liverpool - I really like our signings, but bar Ming, Toure and Sakho I don't know how much the others will improve our first team. I guess depending where we finish will be how successful or not I view this window, but I'm extremely optimistic.
Spurs - The names are huge, and the fans are optimistic. As I've said, I just think they've banked their season on Soldado and Lamela being able to win games like Bale did. I just don't know if those two can - and this could shift to winners or losers depending on their success.
WBA - they were desperate to replace what Lukaku was for them, and may have done so with the combination of Anelka, Vydra & Sessegnon. But 6 million on Anichebe? Sinclair will kick start his career (will young players ever learn with City and Chelsea?). If they can get their season going, before the pressure turns on Clarke, this will be a good window for them.
Losers:
United - Zaha may be an excellent player in the future, but it doesn't seem like he'll have much of a chance to impress this year. Felliani is a good player, but how will he solve the issues we've seen they're having in the first three games? If Rooney cannot be that quick link between the midfield + RvP, Moyes is going to be under tremendous pressure. The fact they struggled to get their #1 targets (Fabregas, Thiago etc) shows a lot about how important Fergie was ... Hopefully, the beginning of the end.
Newcastle - Unless Ben Arfa is healthy and on his game for the whole season, they will struggle not to be in the relegation battle again.
Sunderland - Sell your best player and bring in Dossena? Will Di Canio survive the season?
Undecided: Can a team that signs Carroll and Downing in one window be called 'winners'?
