Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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I think I fall in the negative camp about suggesting we need 7, whether we do or not. We are basically saying to 7 players that when we get promoted, they won't be first choice. Better to have said there are a couple of areas where we will need strengthening and leave it at that. Too much info is dangerous.
Did you actually read the article? It doesn't say that AT ALL
No but it does say '“That doesn’t mean the new ones are going to play week in and week out. It could be the same team or three new players or two or six.' So I was wrong to say seven when Gus said it could be 6. The message is the same. I personally don't think he should have referred to that many.
But you are still completely missing the point. He is not saying that six or seven of our first team are not good enough and will be replaced by new players. He is saying there will be up to seven new players but not necessarily all or any in the starting line up so if anything it is a challenge to the players currently in the side. I do wonder sometimes whether people on here are just looking to find reasons to be negative.
Perhaps its just me but does anyone else thinks that statements like this might have a rather demotivating effect on some of the players. Its almost like were saying go on and get us promotion and then some of you who've done that will be out of a job. I would have thought thats not much of a motivation for some of the fringe players who we will probably need n the closing stages.
If you listen to the talksport interview that naylor's lifted that quote from you'll see that It's been taken out of context. Lot of fuss about nothing
Shouldn't do - they are professional players who play on short contracts. Even if Gus doesn't offer them a new contract because he doesn't think they'll be good enough for the next division up, they're still not going to be out of work, are they?Does anyone else think any talk of new players for next season can do nothing but harm the morale of the current squad who have done a magnificent job to get us where we are? Surely we should be head down, focused & pushing for the line, not looking beyond it. At least not openly.