15-06-2023, 02:51 PM
(15-06-2023, 12:51 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:(15-06-2023, 11:29 AM)Pompeyg100 Wrote:(15-06-2023, 09:45 AM)DeepBlue Wrote:(14-06-2023, 09:33 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: Couldn’t agree more, can’t remember the last time we signed 2 on the first day.
Danny would still be scratching his arse for another few weeks.
I fail to see why the speed of the signings is that important. What is important is that they are better then the players they are replacing so we need ..
Norris to be better then Macey (verdict : possibly, but about the same on paper except we knew Macey fitted in)
Shaughnessy to be better than Robertson (verdict : unlikely, but at least he will be hopefully be more available )
Saydee to be better than Reeco (verdict : based on his Havant appearance not in a million years)
Devlin to be better than Tunnicliffe or Thompson (verdict : not yet, but probably better potential).
It's easy to get excited when we sign players but is the squad better than last year's ? Not yet, but there are plenty more signings to come.
It’s important DB so that the team can have a preseason together and you’re not scratching around for players at the end of the transfer window. You can’t really plan for the season ahead when you don’t know what players you’ll have.
Stop judging a player on 1 preseason friendly trial game playing for a failed manager in a failed team. It’s just making you look stupid.
Absolutely agree on the pre-season bit ... I meant signing lots on day one is no better than signing lots in the first couple of weeks of the window before training starts.
But it's all a balance - what is also important is to have some spaces left in the squad for the good players that do not become available until much later in the window after the premiership clubs work out who they are releasing and the trickle down effect that has on availability down the leagues. Some of our best summer signings have come in late July & August.
First day, first few weeks no problem although does show we have our shit together.
The issue was under the idiot managing us previously that we were starting preseason with half a team or less. We’ve now identified targets and gone out and got them. They’ll be others that come later and that’s fine but starting preseason without the core of the team is an issue.