23-06-2024, 10:27 AM
(22-06-2024, 08:14 AM)essentialmix75 Wrote: The longer this window goes on without us making any signings, the more I feel players like Morell and Herbie Kane should have been our primary targets.
We are in with the big boys now, and I feel we are finding out the firepower of other clubs, with deeper pockets.
I believe that this is a pretty accurate assessmrent of the current position.
'We are in with the big boys now, and I feel we are finding out the firepower of other clubs, with deeper pockets.' Very true.
Now, quite literally, we're in a different league.
Nobody can dispute that Richard Hughes has done a fantastic job but putting together a squad (FGR) for League Two with some half decent backing wasn't a huge task. Last season Cowley had aleready put together a decent bunch of players and year ago RH had the job of strengthening that squad with a view of challenging for a 'play-off' spot. He was able to do this with the backing of the ownrers and this enabled the brilliant Mousinho to build a Championship team.
Now that we're in the Championship it's a whole new ball game and we will struggle in the transfer market to compete with the Clubs with far greater financial backing including parachute payments. It's simple. We're unlikely to cmpete when it comes to seven figure fees and even freebies expect Championship wages well in excess of what our players earn
This can only be acheived by holding onto players with experience and potential like Morrell and Swanson...I'm sure they won't dissappoint. My view is that furter strenthening and improving the squad has to come from League One, like the lad from Barnsley, and loan signings.