What's got me the worst in the past few years is how the majority of players linked or that we end up getting have or have recently had an injury.
This is half the reason they are on a free because clubs aren’t willing to take a risk on them by extending their deals. Like you say though, not sure how we always end up with them. Ross Stewart missed the first few months iirc and we were crying out for a striker at the time. Very odd.
was really hoping for some transfer news to appease the panic ridden few (i am not quite at that stage yet)...clubs seem to have been getting on with business yet again we are going to be late to the party, starting to think we are waiting for/hoping for a 'trickle down' from the premier once the euros are done with.
Hume is one of those not appreciated by the fans but will go somewhere else and end up class. For me he needs to stay and develop. Yes he has issues but there is lots of potential there. As for transfers I'm still relaxed up until now but that's not going to last too long. Feels a bit like when we came down and had to reface the squad. Felt like there was panic buying in the end. That shouldn't be the case this time with the investments that's been made in recruitment but come the first game of the season we need to be largely playing with the squad for the season otherwise we will be playing catch up
Currently don't have a fullback for the first team so getting someone in who can cover both sides would be a good idea, club also giving him the chance to prove himself, people wonder why we get called toxic fans? Some are already turning on a new structure who have only been at the club just over 16 weeks
This is pretty much what LJ said at the weekend, he phrased it as the 'domino effect' and said the Euros had delayed the transfer market at the very top, which traditionally kicks everything else into action, so we should start to see a busier few weeks for all clubs now, I just hope we're well prepared and ready to act quickly when the band strikes up.
How many players do we actually sign after getting "linked" with? Find it quite irksome that people start kicking off (not saying you are) about the quality/injury record/transfer fee/hair colour of a player that some lazy journalist has decided to to "Link" to us to get a few clicks on his twitter
He's gone of my radar recently but if he's anything like as good as he used to be he is going to rip up league one.
People will look at Pritchard and say "no goals in 37 games for an attacking midfielder?" But that's the whole point of using data to identify players. If he'd scored a tonne of goals he'd still be in the championship, or other clubs would want him. The data analysis is tonnes more sophisticated than a wikipedia check. The fact that he has massively underperformed from a goals perspective is possibly / hopefully masking the fact that his underlying performances have been good. This is what "moneyball" is all about.
100 % mate and then you get the comments, 'if he's coming to us rather than the championship he must be finished' club can't win with some fans
