Recruitment is a shambles? When we repeatedly snap up players who can be sold for millions, and reached the playoff final?? I agree it seems to take too long
Let’s analyse that comment. “When we repeatedly snap up players who can be sold for millions”
On the face of it you might sound right but...
Who are these million pound players?
Fosu, he was already known to KR at Charlton, was out of favour and an easy win.
Whyte, unknown until touted to Oxford on our Ireland tour. Lucked out!
Dickie, technically signed under Pep on 18th January 2018. Signed by Tiger I think.
Baptise, was a youth player here well before KR.
Who else is worth money?
Brannagan, signed 11th January 2018 again technically by Pep, but not.
Henry, signed by Pep.
So none of these are million pound players signed by KR.
I would argue that Since KR joined we haven’t exactly set the world on fire in the transfer market. In terms of finding talent the only names that spring to mind are Sykes, Moore And Gorrin.
You could say Taylor and hopefully Winnall but those two have proven themselves elsewhere. True some good loans though.
There are loads and loads of duds! Yeah every manager signs players that don’t work out but go check our old team sheets or transfer market Jesus KR has signed some donkeys. Players signed to play in one position and ending up in another, players who hardly kicked a ball for us, players injured when signed. Check out these rough diamonds. Holmes, Little, Norman, McMahon, Bradbury, Tsun-Dai, Garbut (at leftback) Curruthers, Hanson, Kashi, Pekalski.
As for reaching the playoffs and bumbling our way to the final. I Never said KR wasn’t a good man manager.
I would say it was Mapp who really signed the rough diamonds. Just as he seems to have done at Lincoln.
Eastwood, Nelson, Dunkley, Hall, McAleny, Ledson, Johnson, Maguire, Lundstrum, Baldock, Roofe and some of the best loan players I’ve ever seen.
Oxford’s transfer dealings since KR and Tiger joined have been long, withdrawn and disorganised. Positions with no cover and other positions with too much. And many many more terrible signings than good.