People offering and paying more and us not matching/going above doesn't mean we have "cut". We are just being more careful/sensible. In hindsight, should we have really pushed the boat out and matched 1 of the offers to maybe get a deal over the line, possibly and then what's to say that doesn't just start a price war in the wrong direction and there's only one winner in that case.....sometimes you just have to stick to a budget/ceiling. Time will tell us if it was the right decision or not. I honestly think you're trying really hard to make/push a narrative that just isn't there.
Except players like Carvahlo expressed it was Liam that persuaded him to come to us. I think "the brain team" massively underestimated how hard it would be to persuade players to come to us. Losing out on these players isn't just one of those things it's a massive failure on those who's job it isvto persuade them that coming to us is the right thing to do
They’ve just signed 15 players, some of real pedigree. We failed to get another striker, that happened under Rosenior too
Didn't realise he'd signed for them? Another big wage gone. Nearer to home too (not geographically but nearer to bigger airports for direct flights).
It looks like almost as many players turned us down. I'm not going down the Rosenior was our saviour route (that's another debate) more when they got rid they should have a plan on attracting new players rather than just bid and hope for the best
They normally measure players careers in appearances. Sinik they need to measure his career in minutes.
That’s a completely separate issue though Marv, absolutely agree with you there. We didn’t have issues attracting players, we did have issues bringing in them in quickly enough for them to settle and not have to write off 4 games essentially.
Like them or not you cannot say ABBA were not a brilliant band. Like a lot more when I was younger I didn’t think it was cool to like them but as time goes by I appreciate the musicianship, production and the quality vocals and harmonising. You don’t sell the amount they have and continue to attract the attention they do over 40 years after splitting up. Never liked Oasis, an age thing I suppose,although both my lads did.
