Yeah just seems a bit odd but like you say he’s still a Sheff United player even if he joins us on loan
It does feel at the moment like they are putting financial prudence above the first team. I guess that’s why it feels like we have no money. As you say there has been investment in our non playing side and facilities but player’s wages and fees seem to be tight. We have to have less costly mistakes, yes but we have to have enough players and it feels imbalanced.
Of course - but we are unable to put out a first eleven including weaknesses in the defence which were exactly what cost us promotion. There’s some evidence that the haggling is not addressing our weaknesses just by looking at the team sheet. I’m not pissing the bed over it and I want us to get better players ultimately but i think it’s fair to say they haven’t got the balance right at this point.
So you'll have seen the new pitch at the sol? Massive renovations within the AOL offices and sporting areas ? The amount of new staff brought in to work on operational aspects ? It's comprehensive. Just because the bricks and mortar from the outside look the same it doesn't tell half the story. A considerable amount of investment has been made to significantly bring Safc up to scratch. Now they just need to close on the deals.
I believe we signed him AFTER Chelsea voted him their worst ever player. Thankfully Reidy then got more right than wrong in the transfer market,
We never seem to learn do we? This summer is getting more and more frustrating with every passing day.
Ok. We don’t have a full 11. Fact. Speakman says we have to balance quality of player and price. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that there are two issues here - price and availability of our targets.
I think our midfield is stronger, however we're weaker up front and certainly at the back. We need another striker and three quarters of a back 4. Remember playing midfielders in the back four weakens our midfield options as well as the back 4. I'd much rather have Winchester on the banch pushing Evans than at right back "filling in". Hopefully it won't be for much longer.
Whilst I believe that the regime change will be good in the long run I don't see any reason why we can't question what is happening at the moment. We are very wafer thin as a squad particularly in certain positions. If I am honest I expected us to be in a stronger position. The constant harping of one forum versus another is because there is frustration around. We are sick of being below where we believe we should be (notice I said believe not deserve)
Would you rather we didn't? You claimed our haggling is the problem, there's no evidence for that. It may be that a certain player doesn't want to come to Sunderland, or his club want clauses we'd be stupid to accept, or he's asking for a guaranteed starting place, etc. Nothing to do with haggling at all.
