Nixonator
Well-known member
With 9 days to go until the window slams shut, it will get interesting from here on out.
To stand any chance of challenging automatics, which has been the intent conveyed by the club since the end of last season, what in your opinion do we need to do? And does that differ to where you think we'll be in 9 days time?
For me personally, in order of importance:
- Keep hold of DS, BK, AK and LD. All of them, we cannot lose any.
- Bring in a quality no.10 for playing favoured 4411, we surely have substantial funds for this available.
- Defensive cover either at CB or FB, shouldn't break the bank for this one 1-2m tops.
If we fail any of the above it will damage our chances substantially. Just losing Stephens will set us back enough to settle for playoffs in my opinion, as the importance will shift radically to finding his replacement which will be no easy task. Central midfielders also take a while to bed in, even moreso a box-to-box pairing.
I doubt anyone thinks we are going to start the season with 3 strikers, it's just a matter of the quality we bring in, which given the time our recruitment team has been looking, you would hope they have something to excite us with around the corner.
Bring it on, i'm still hopeful.
To stand any chance of challenging automatics, which has been the intent conveyed by the club since the end of last season, what in your opinion do we need to do? And does that differ to where you think we'll be in 9 days time?
For me personally, in order of importance:
- Keep hold of DS, BK, AK and LD. All of them, we cannot lose any.
- Bring in a quality no.10 for playing favoured 4411, we surely have substantial funds for this available.
- Defensive cover either at CB or FB, shouldn't break the bank for this one 1-2m tops.
If we fail any of the above it will damage our chances substantially. Just losing Stephens will set us back enough to settle for playoffs in my opinion, as the importance will shift radically to finding his replacement which will be no easy task. Central midfielders also take a while to bed in, even moreso a box-to-box pairing.
I doubt anyone thinks we are going to start the season with 3 strikers, it's just a matter of the quality we bring in, which given the time our recruitment team has been looking, you would hope they have something to excite us with around the corner.
Bring it on, i'm still hopeful.