- Jun 27, 2012
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That season we didn't lose the foundation of the team as we did last summer, we didn't sell players like Ulloa, Buckley in the weeks close to the season starting. We also failed to bring back Ward and Upson as the club expected. we failed to replace good players like Bridcutt, Barnes, Lopez, El Abd and Orlandi and loan players of the class of Andrews and Lingeard. So the two summers bare little comparison in my view. The 2012/13 summer we had a good squad already here and we built on it. Last Summer we had a weaker squad and sold to make it even weaker.
Yes you think we've a weaker squad than before and we've sold all our good players and signings slipped through our hands. Fair enough .
But i thought we were talking about the difference (i think marginal - you might think bigger) to a teams performance over a season if/when you actually assemble a squad or make a signing in the summer window . Does it really matter that much if its May, June, July or August. ? If we make 5 poor signings in May and June then I'm going out on a limb and saying this isn't better than making 5 decent signings in July and August. And it doesn't matter if your squad starts out with your star man being Vicente in it or the mighty Chris O Grady. . Its the quality of the players you sign in a transfer window, the capabilities of the manager, the time he's spent with a squad are far far more important factors than the date of the signing.
PS: HAVE WE SIGNED ANYONE YET.