Always the same.
So 2 signings made during a January transfer window under a different manager haven't worked out..... big deal.
SS will continue to back Critch and his back room team to bring in players, does he seem overly bothered, or does he understand that some signings work out, and some don't?
I honestly wonder whether some people understand the bigger picture of how football works, and not just simply :
"x hasn't worked out - everybody and everything is shit"
Yet another stick to try and beat the club with.
Finest I think you’re making it too simplistic.
Transfers are always a gamble, some signings will fail, at every club, every year. I think most people acknowledge that.
However to present it as two signings from a previous manager just didn’t work out is hiding the actual picture of the transfers in and out under the new ownership. Again I think most people realise that the new ownership has bought itself a lot of capital with the fans and they can accept bad transfers for a few years whilst the club gets on its feet.
But at the same time, and with the last decade of shocking management in our minds, I think it now falls to the fan base to always question what the club does and how it operates, precisely to avoid a repeat of the last decade.
The two signings mention, if in isolation could be put down to being, just one of those things. However if you then add them to the ever growing number of players that seem to only be with the club 12 months or under, people I think correctly, should be quietly questioning how we operate in this area, with a mind that whilst that capital is still with us it can’t last forever because we even we don’t have an endless money pit.
If this pattern continues, it will be evident to everyone including SS that it’s not just ‘one of those things’ and the club needs to operator in a different manner to be successful.
This isn’t a pop at you finest as I often agree with much of your writing. It’s just to say we as a fan base should always be alert, now more than ever, to possible symptoms of mismanagement at the club.
Having said that, I do think, after some muddled transfer windows we’re starting to get things right.