Difficult deadline day, completely expected to see Jota go (though I was defo hoping he'd stay) and expected to see Dean go too. Not too bothered about Colin, good player but we've replaced him already. Overall now we have a strong team that most importantly are held to lengthy contracts. Jota filled the hole that Hogan left but we had no power there, if Maupay carries on that form then we have a long term plan.
We have one experienced centre back and two centre backs that you could say are in the same position Harlee Dean was 1 or 2 years ago. If they can make the same improvements throughout this season then we should have three centre backs in and around his quality, as well as Mepham. I do think we could have done with bringing in a decent centre back, I guess wages are a constraint and you have to ask who could we buy that would be a significant improvement on what we already have? Not many.
Overall I think our team is improved from last season, defensively I think we're much the same but we just have some more height in defence with Dalsgaard. Last season we were very reliant on Scott Hogan, but since January and this Summer we've now added Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay, Sergi Canos, Jozefzoon and still have Vibe, Clarke and some B Team players knocking on the door now.
I'm looking forward to seeing the team gel now the windows closed, we've been playing some good football so far this season and outside of the final result we've been matching our outplaying whoever we've played. I'm optimistic and relieved that the next time someone wants to buy a key player off of us, they won't be in the last year of their contract.