Dalek2003

Bet my statement will still make sense long after yours !

I think you are closer to the truth than you may think. I have said since the summer that our relatively modest investment was proof that we had a sustainable 5 year plan as opposed the **** or bust model of WHAM. Trouble on this forum is that people don't look at the evidence.

Have we singed them yet ?

I am pretty pessimistic about our chances of signing new players. I think our form of about 8 points per month will continue, at best, could even be worse. Unless there is serious strengthening my prediction of 17th will not look so wayward as those predicting top 2 or even top 6 !

Exactly. Norwich City seem to have perfected this as an art and it has brought them success. We are similar sized club, there are no excuses for our lack of planning and decisiveness.

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You no I never bet. Looking at all the people who have me on their ignore list. I must be well ahead of everyone else ! Hello ? Is there anyone out there ?

HEAD OF RECRUITMNENT ? Well, he won't have a lot to do then.

17th, please pay attention.

Whenever, love the post about the Keegan era, have you read it yet. Some things never change.

So in other words nothing has happened.

But look where Norwich finished and look where they are now ?

Not biting today then ?

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, .....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ! ZZZZZZZ ! zzzzzzzzzzz! Just like the summer, nothing of significance happening.

Looks like we might get someone before September.

Have we signed him yet ?

No sense of urgency at SMS. I contrast our laxidasical approach to the transfer market with Norwich City who are decisive and act fast. Norwich se3m to have all the paperwork done before the transfer window and it appears a strategy that works very well.

Nice to see that we are being decisive. BTW have we signed anyone yet ?

Our 6 game form puts us 22nd, makes my prediction of 17th look optomistic !

They call it gamesmanship. I call it cheating.

Do we have the funds ? That is the question !

Again I agree with this analysis. But don't you think the set up was always a reflection of our ambition at the start of the season ?

Another excellent post. We have a very good nucleus of players. However, they are very tired, Some are out with injuries and I suspect some are carrying knocks that are not enough to keep them out of the team but blunt their effectiveness. There was a chance to strengthen in the summer, but we did not finish the job properly, probably because we did not feel the need to. I imagine promotion this season was never part of the original plan.

I think this is a very reasoned analysis. I have made it clear since the summer that with a small squad we would eventually run out of steam. I don't know why you think my prediction is one of doom or gloom. I never meant it it to be it was based on hard nosed evidence at the start of the season. I have always maintained that this season was about consolidation and at the end of the day that is I predict, exactly what we will get.

I must admit I am bemused by the hostile reactions to what is in reality very obvious.