What Is The Clubs Transfer Strategy

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It's an interesting debate and it'd be good to know which way the club are looking to go. Should we:

- Commit to a long-term strategy where the club defines the style of play and the recruitment team buys players to fit that. It might mean that managers don't have the autonomy to bring in their own players and are hired more as coaches, but it should also mean more continuity - *if* the club stick to it.

- Or should we do what we've done so far and adopt the ethos of whichever manager we bring in? The managers may have more control over signing players, which some fans are calling out for, but that then risks situations like we might have with Arter, where a new manager doesn't fancy certain players for whatever reason.

The first option seems better for the long-term future of the club but we as fans would have to accept that it might mean less control for managers in terms of signings. And personally I don't think the January transfer window when we're battling against relegation is the time to start. Ideally Hughton can bring in a loan/short-term signing or two to keep us up then we can look at things again in the summer.