saint michael

If we signed him I think we would give it a go…

Every manager we’ve had seems to have to go through the same learnings about skills and capability of this group. The fans already know and we see the rehash of the same performances

Same ingredients produce the same results. Chef will not make a difference on his own

Martin did say at the fans forum that if he didn’t have Bazunu he would recommend buying him. Let’s hope he’s true to his word

I don’t think I said they have to be for this year only. So you believe that the purchases made so far are for the prem? My point is that the mindset of recruitment should not be only to search for these type of players who are on a very steep learning curve ie be able to perform now and be able to do it at prem level if we get there?

Yeah possibly. Not necessarily those two but others have mentioned players from the championship or out of favour prem which could be bought and still have a likelihood of further development. This would give us more certainty in what they can deliver for us this year as well as onwards. Seems to me that we have been buying on mainly development and sell on opportunity. Like was said by someone. We bought Lambert, the best there was to get us up and good enough to stay with us and further develop. He mentions how he was helped to get fitter and better.

Agree with you. Playing football and Watching football for 10’s of years I’ve got a fair idea of what a good player looks like. Everything seems to be too clever now. As somebody said above. Spend the money on quality you know and make them better and you will still make money from it. Buying raw and trying to make super stars seems high risk as has been proven recently. Does seem we are on this journey again with another expert at the top that we rely on.

I think we are in need of major skin grafting

The past doesn’t mean they will be good for us this year. AA didn’t fizz on loan with WBA. BD didn’t fizz at Sheffield utd. There are a lot of other components as well as experience which will decide whether we are top 3 or not. We have a lot of known unknowns at the moment and recruitment is one of them.

Think its time to lock this thread to save Saint86 becoming 96

Shocking news. So young and with young family. Bless them all rip

Are we looking at players that will take us up or are these transfer connections the quality to play in prem if we get up? Serious question. It feels to me like another set of bargain young players that we are connected with that are pulled from various lower leagues who will be tested in a very physical league like the championship. I’m hoping that these are Spors and Still’s known first choices and to them great acquisitions. I think it will be interesting how these will fit with whoever is left from the last debacle, and what the overall team profile will be in terms of skills and experience. If these come off it feels like rolling the dice and hoping it’s a six. 🙏🏻🤞🏻

Good luck to him. In today’s football world showed loyalty when we needed it and given payback for having faith in him when he was not the most sought after player in his early career

What’s the benefit of loaning different young players every year. Lesley clearly started to improve and another year or two would clearly help develop us as a team. A group of revolving youngsters doesn’t really help build us as a football team that is built on any strong consistent foundation. It’s like constantly replacing the foundations of your house whilst trying to build the house.