Fair answer, I think we are at a crossroads, we have a sprinkling of quality that can quite easily be swallowed up by the big boys if we don’t show a level of ambition or we continue to sign promising youngsters. I just think we need to do both, sign promising youngsters and proven players, both would complement each other.
Exactly my point. Over the last fifty years I've seen us bribe endless players to come to the far NE coast when it was clear they really didn't want to be here. They've stunk the place out, barely tried and taken our money. I'd rather have triers, like Ba, who run themselves into the ground tbh. We should support them, with everything we have, just as we've done with wasters like Grigg, Chopra, Rodwell, etc. I only want players here who really want to be like Ballard, Clarke, Huggins, etc. If they become too big for us that proves we're signing the right players, not the wrong ones we always used to.
He didn't get EFL approval till Feb 21 so the last few months of a season when he couldn't change much doesn't really count.
They need to go back to the original Model buying brit based players that have lost their spark..The last 2 windows have been a very poor SCATTER GUN approach just buying player that they might make a profit on in a few years time. About 13 players bought in those windows and only 2 actually make the starting 11 off three different managers and the same glaring weaknesses in the same positions.
I feel like we can really improve the squad with very little outlay in this window. For a striker I would focus on a British based loan. Kieffer Moore, Bournemouth Michael Obafemi, Burnley Divin Mubama, West Ham Joe Gelhardt, Leeds (despite his goal record here he fit the system) For a midfielder we should look at players with contracts running down or are not getting a lot of minutes at their club but are still at a good age where they can develop further. Sam Field, QPR Shandon Babtiste, Brentford Joe Hodge, Wolves Tim Iroegbunam, Villa (probably more likely to be a loan) Left back can be solved multiple ways. Free, loan or permanent. Bohdan Mykhaylichenko, Dinamo Zagreb (we have been linked on a free) Harrison Burrows, Peterborough (would be pricey but a great signing) Luke Thomas, Leicester (loan) A player in each of them positions is key and it really wouldn't take a big outlay to improve the squad as a whole.
I was wrong about Simms. I thought his finishing would make up for his lack of graft but it seems not.
Who you replying to Bob, you've made a random comment that is obviously a reply to someone only problem is we havnt got a clue who your replying to
