needdm, on 01 May 2016 - 09:08 AM, said:
The trouble is that any body any of us think are good, are probably also been looked at by clubs with more money than us. At the end of the day we either have to develop our own players, knowing full well if and when they develop to a certain level a bigger club will come in and take them, and/or take a risk on players who may or not turn out to be bargains. This year most of our punts did not work out, whereas under Cook they did.
Chalk and Cheese
Cook was signing players with points to prove who could play his brand of football
Saunders just signed players from higher divisions in the hope they would be able to win games.
Barring Novak all of his signings have been expensive flops and failures
dim view, on 01 May 2016 - 12:04 PM, said:
I think our priority is simple. Our defensive organisation as a unit was, too often, a shambles. No like for like back ups to cover injuries. No balance. No plan. No leadership. In this lousy season, we have been defensively rubbish most of the time. And that's the test of whether Wilson and Morgan know their stuff.
The pre season "plan" needs to be better this time