Enjoyed reading this thread, from a purely nostalgic and sentimental point of view.
Never was a big time hoolie, mid to late 80's, knoll estate born and bred was my era (me, a coward and can't fight for shit)
but by todays standards of what people constitute as aggro, my mates and I were Cas...
I don't think it was strategically looked at like this, it's quite simply the transfer window closes at the end of August and the season starts at the beginning.
We can only imagine how complex it is to conduct a player transfer, especially now agents are so heavily involved. I would imagine...
"Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting".
It's been truly dire reading some of the posts on here over the last few weeks, some people need to have a serious look at themselves!!