mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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You know what I mean.
They had been in the PL before their promotion season and had already signed Keane and raided the Championship that Summer as we well know with Ward. A squad they largely kept together. They didn't need to go nuts when bouncing back.
Not suggesting we should do a Boro or a Hudds by the way, just saying the point doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
I suppose another twist on it is Burnley were only JUST a bit better than us that season, and then didn't go crazy on the recruitment on the summer.
We are better now than that season. I really think we will and should follow the Burnley model of trusting the majority of players talent enough to get us up and adding 4/5 quality summer signings. We have 2 already.
We should, in no way, compare out summer policy to Huddersfield. Completely different.
At the start of the summer I really do think most people would have said "4 or 5 signing" and if you had said, before pre-season starts we have signed two probably starters then most would be more than happy.
It feels like the our perceptions of what we require are becoming very skewed by others transfer activity.
Another example is when Bmuff went up. That summer they signed, in my mind, 5 players that were starters. Mings, Murray, Gradel, King, Boruc.