27-06-2023, 07:32 AM
It's beginning to look a bit like 'same old same old' to me.
On the plus side they've done some early business but if these players were first choices there is a frightening lack of ambition in my view. Other than the keeper they all look like squad players to me filling holes left by a dozen or so departures and I don't see any going straight into a starting eleven other than possibly Scully and maybe Shaughnessy.
At least we're consistent by bringing two players who were out injured for the best part of last season. That doesn't necessarily make them injury prone but there must be an inherent risk.
The Irish kid is a huge gamble but lets hope this one comes off; it'd be nice.
As they say rumours are rumours but the pattern/response to these rumours is very predictable inasmuch as there is some qualified interest then other clubs join in the hunt and we immediately drop out.
Apparently Bernard wants 'to consider his options'...well we should know from experience what that is likely to mean and there is reported interested from a Championship club in the Portsmouth born Accrington kid and we know how that type of scenario normally works out with us being outbid and/or better wages. Whyte? Well who knows but last season he didn't exactly tear up any trees with a very poor Cardiff side.
Still time is on our side but I think we desperately need a no.10, two strikers and another keeper. I feel Jon Harley will need to come up with at least two half decent loan signings from Chelsea.
Question is when are we going to se evidence of the increased playing budget promised by Eisner because my guess is that the business done so far should have cost us next to bugger all.
On the plus side they've done some early business but if these players were first choices there is a frightening lack of ambition in my view. Other than the keeper they all look like squad players to me filling holes left by a dozen or so departures and I don't see any going straight into a starting eleven other than possibly Scully and maybe Shaughnessy.
At least we're consistent by bringing two players who were out injured for the best part of last season. That doesn't necessarily make them injury prone but there must be an inherent risk.
The Irish kid is a huge gamble but lets hope this one comes off; it'd be nice.
As they say rumours are rumours but the pattern/response to these rumours is very predictable inasmuch as there is some qualified interest then other clubs join in the hunt and we immediately drop out.
Apparently Bernard wants 'to consider his options'...well we should know from experience what that is likely to mean and there is reported interested from a Championship club in the Portsmouth born Accrington kid and we know how that type of scenario normally works out with us being outbid and/or better wages. Whyte? Well who knows but last season he didn't exactly tear up any trees with a very poor Cardiff side.
Still time is on our side but I think we desperately need a no.10, two strikers and another keeper. I feel Jon Harley will need to come up with at least two half decent loan signings from Chelsea.
Question is when are we going to se evidence of the increased playing budget promised by Eisner because my guess is that the business done so far should have cost us next to bugger all.