10-11-2025, 11:44 AM
(10-11-2025, 10:06 AM)Sniffer Dog (Admin) Wrote:(21-10-2025, 08:17 AM)Sausage Roll Wrote: Not sure how anyone can judge the recruitment when we've barely seen a lot of the players actually play.
Yes this is where I am at.
Plus why do all the new recruits have to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact.
Omari, Bakwa, McAtee, Cunha, Jesus, Kalimuendo and Savona are all very young and are investments for the future. Nobody said that they would go straight into the team and be first choice starters.
It's investing in good young and upcoming talent.
What is wrong with that?
I agree, the issue this year has been the injuries to Luiz, Aina and Wood. Plus, the difficulty in finding someone to replace what Elanga provided in attack. Then you add in the managerial chaos.
Historically its often been the 2nd season in England where players step up as the PL is so different to other leagues and just other factors around settling in. We're in a good spot to provide more minutes due to the EL too. (Shame whoever signed off Hutch not being in the EL squad though!)