Stick a cloak on him and you've got a vampire - very odd photo.Luke Garbutt signs a 12 month contract with Blackpool.
Stick a cloak on him and you've got a vampire - very odd photo.Luke Garbutt signs a 12 month contract with Blackpool.
Another victory for the oracles.Luke Garbutt signs a 12 month contract with Blackpool.
Well none of them said he was 100% going to sign did they?Another victory for the oracles.
Just as well but it's still another opportunity missed.Well none of them said he was 100% going to sign did they?
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There has been a problem with recruitment ever since Tiger joined. Hell it even took us months to get KR in. I know all the positive Pete’s on here don’t like it said but something isn’t right. Remember when KR said he wants to get things done early? We ended up doing the 1 in next week dance for months! It is not they way things need to be. But at the last fans forum I attended KR said it was sorted out. But it isn’t! Recruitment is a shambles! we have inadequate cover in areas as we found with Ruffles and Gorrin And as others have said we’ve let our creativity go (Browne, Fosu, Baptise, Holland) and not replaced them.
Luke Garbutt signs a 12 month contract with Blackpool.
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
... journyman croc at the end of their career incoming then?Jones does not drive and is living far enough away to make it difficult. He also has not progressed as Robinson hoped. At 18 he is not physically able to cope with league one and is therefore not going to fill the void. We need a center back this week. A leader a proper experienced guy. Nothing less will do.
What a surpriseA good late signing for Blackpool.
Don't start sobbing over Garbutt, he was decent but not a world beater and was obviously not bothered about joining us. He's neither fast nor a good defender, and we have plenty of players who deliver the ball well.What a surprise
Do we? Who delivers the ball well? Our full backs are attrocious at crossing. Henry hasnt performed for 6 months. Brannagan maybe could be classed as decent.Don't start sobbing over Garbutt, he was decent but not a world beater and was obviously not bothered about joining us. He's neither fast nor a good defender, and we have plenty of players who deliver the ball well.
Think you missed my point.Don't start sobbing over Garbutt, he was decent but not a world beater and was obviously not bothered about joining us. He's neither fast nor a good defender, and we have plenty of players who deliver the ball well.
Do we? Who delivers the ball well? Our full backs are attrocious at crossing. Henry hasnt performed for 6 months. Brannagan maybe could be classed as decent.
Just how many of our Academy players are in reality likely to be ready to step up to the first team squad either now or in the forseeable future? Surely if our Academy recruitment and training is working we should be seeing at least one per season able to do so. If all we have is "one or two showing promise" is it not a reasonable question to ask whether having an Academy is a luxury we can't afford?Bang on the money. I really hope that KR's comments this morning, about the youth, means he is softening everyone up for using one or two as cover instead of bringing in replacements. I know he said we still need to bring people in, but KR has a history of saying one thing then another thing happens.
This after such a damning interview on Saturday, when he said he couldn't get non league clubs to take a couple on loan. They are simply not ready. One or two may show promise, but non are ready to step up to the first team squad.
Putting aside Ruffels, Long and Baptiste who have already come through recently, and either established themselves and/or went for decent money and Napa (sans injury), Carroll, COD before them, I guess top of the breakthrough list for this season is Jack Stevens who is now a fully established senior squad member.Just how many of our Academy players are in reality likely to be ready to step up to the first team squad either now or in the forseeable future? Surely if our Academy recruitment and training is working we should be seeing at least one per season able to do so. If all we have is "one or two showing promise" is it not a reasonable question to ask whether having an Academy is a luxury we can't afford?