He has a quite specific set of requirements for his forwards, at least so we have been led to believe and why he didn't want the "change the dynamic" one that Tan alluded to earlier in the summer.
German, played in the Championship and in his system I would guess unfortunately Glatzel wasn't available/didn't want to come
Sign two keepers this window. #12 and #13 both available all summer. Keepers given #31 and #22. The two new wingers have been given #33 and #44 when #12, #13, #15 and #24 are available.
Same birthday as Mrs. Look Back In Amber, just 30 years later, hope she/he can cook an equally good Sunday dinner
The three you mention might turn out to be fantastic, one of them we've obviously not even seen yet, but one had a really poor season last season, one isn't really a striker and the one has scored goals, but not in a particularly good league. I just think it would have been prudent to have at least one option that had played and scored at a decent level and I'd say AC Milan was a decent level and definitely an upgrade. Hopefully they'll step up and prove me wrong, but I suspect we'll arrive in January absolutely desperate for a striker.
My point is though, he didn't have to come at all. Was there a call for another Q@A? Did he really have anything to tell us? 'We didn't get the striker, we wanted but.....' Did we really need to know that? Even Tan Kesler looked pissed off when called up to answer question he couldn't shed any more news on.
I agree. I ate my words a bit on the last Q&A because it was much better than the previous attempt. But this one showed that there's little to say unless there's some sort of controversy. The transfer window ended up being...decentish? Not perfect but not abysmal. But a lot of the players we signed we haven't really seen properly yet. Why wouldn't a new owner say a new player was good? He's hardly going to come out and say otherwise. Equally, he's not going to say much more than 'Walter is a good coach - he hasn't had the players yet.' The most interesting things from last night came from Tan - that we are trying to find alternative locations for training grounds. Equally though - unless there's anything agreed with the council (or some sort of falling out) they aren't going to say anything new there either. But at this stage of a season - just after the window has closed and with a fairly unknown squad - there's not much to say. I'd rather these events were limited to when there's some sort of announcement to make.
The problems were undoubtably with the Q rather than the A. I think Acun has taken onboard the criticism that he had been a bit reticent and unavailable in the early part of the summer and was just trying to show that he is open to communication. Admittedly there wasn’t a great deal to say but that’s not really the point. Apart from a couple of sensible questions to which he responded fairly well, the utter bollocks about cougars and leopards and freebies and beer queues must have had him shaking his head thinking what the **** am I doing here?
I do like the fact that they are looking to make improvements where necessary and are not afraid to look at alternative options. Also interested to hear they are exploring safe standing
As you say,he didn't need to be anywhere near the Stadium last-night.He's probably decided to come over a day early(for tonight's match) and tied it in with other business and through curiosity he's decided to hastily arrange a Q&A to gauge the feeling amongst the fan base? Ultimately,it proved to be a bit of a waste of time due to the calibre of guest and the calibre of their questions...I Suspect he won't be in any hurry to arrange anything in the near future. Can't knock him for taking a couple of hours out of his schedule to speak to the fans and his enthusiasm can't be questioned but until such times as there's some real meat on the bone to pick at it's relatively pointless.
Did more harm than good Our fan base looked like a load of free loaders to him And I do think he did It to try and gloss over the no Striker and use his charm It didn’t work 2 and a half months to sign a good striker and we didn’t do it No amount of his charm will gloss that over
I agree with you that it doesn't sit well that we failed to get that third striker. I also dont want them to get any sod from free agent market
