25/26 Recruitment

[DR Forest]

Kalimuendo does seem superfluous

He’s had two neat finishes since he signed (both disallowed) and his stats last season were impressive. 

The three I have issue with are:

McAtee - I’ve never seen anything of him to suggest he is good enough 
Hutchinson - has played ok since he signed but can’t help but feel we overpaid for him
Bakwa - has been largely anonymous and akin to Antony when he signed for Man Utd so far

The point is, with Wood, Jesus, Awoniyi, there was no need for him, particularly as doesn't really fit the bill for that focal point. 

As Salv says, fullback cover was the first priority. McAtee was MGW cover.

We always needed three and Taiwo was not expected to appear in a Forest shirt again after April plus T, Wood and Jesus are a similar mould. Kali offers something different and actually gives us the ability to play two up top should we choose.

And when T breaks down as he inevitably will do, and Woody pulls something as he’s Father Time, then we might appreciate 4 forwards in the squad. 

I do agree we are obviously short on fullbacks.
I suspect we rolled the dice until we get Cuibano back in January (I think?) but got unlucky very quickly with Aina.