What Is The Clubs Transfer Strategy

[wassy04]

The problem is NOT the individuals we have signed, you can make a case for every one of them except Bachirou who seems to have been signed for the sole purpose of keeping Bong company.

Its is collectively where the problem lies. We did not need 12 players. The club doesn't need the 6 of them who are over 30 and signed on high wages either assuming we will soon get a new manager who will want to bring in his own players as well. We have added depth but not necessarily quality, too many of these are no better that what was already here.

The strongest element of our team last year was the defence. OK we needed to replace Cash and back up left back but that was it. We have bought an entire new defence. It cant help the confidence of any when they see players bought in to replace them. Also importantly there is a knock on effect, players see how their mates are being treated and frozen out it affects overall morale.

Ribeiro was a revelation last season, almost everyone thought he was outstanding. So we bought Blackett in as cover who can play LB and LCB, I get that. Then yesterday both these players see another arrive as competition. Blackett will have thought when he signed this was a fantastic move for him, bet he is having doubts already.

You can make similar cases for poor from throughout the squad, how much of it is simply down to player turnover and not knowing how their teammates play, what their strengths and weaknesses are. There is more to this than will be fixed by changing the head coach.

So aside from the left back situation and perhaps it seems there might be more to it with ribeiro. Who else would you have not signed? 

(I forgot about Fred, weird one so far that one)

We can all agree Figs has been struggling for a while so we needed a new CB for example