Emilio
Level: Yemi Odubade
(158 Apps, 31 Gls)
- Messages
- 2,655
- Reaction Score
- 3,715
Getting business done early is what bumped my vote from a "Good..." to a "Fantastic", as it allowed us to benefit from those transfers throughout the month, not just once it has closed.
Yes, it would (as always) have been fantastic if we'd signed a proven 20 goal striker, but as that's increasingly unrealistic the higher you go up the leagues, particularly as pretty much everyone plays with just a sole striker these days, so you don't get so many of them making their way through the academies into first team football etc, it's not a failure to not have signed one.
From what I've seen so far, the newbies have either already had a solid impact, or have showed the potential to do so.
We've also kept hold of all of our star performers. There is a slight part of me that would have like to have maybe kept Scarlett purely as an addition in the squad, should we be hit with an injury battering up top. I wasn't his greatest fan, but he did score us a few goals. That said, I wasn't disappointed to see him recalled. He's gone back to play in their first team squad, not shifted out on loan elsewhere, so nothing to be done there.
Had there been a "Very Good" option between "Good, Could Be Better" and "Fantastic", I would have voted for that, as I am pleased with how we have done, and realistically think we've done a very good job, all things considered. I am very content, and not that concerned with what else we might have been able to do.
I think we do have much more of a fight on our hands to stay up, and that it will be tighter than many people think, as the vast majority of fixtures remaining are against sides who are above us in the table, many of whom beat us last time around. However, I have more confidence in our post-window squad's ability to do the job than our pre-window squad.
Good job GR, EW, and the board for backing them.
Yes, it would (as always) have been fantastic if we'd signed a proven 20 goal striker, but as that's increasingly unrealistic the higher you go up the leagues, particularly as pretty much everyone plays with just a sole striker these days, so you don't get so many of them making their way through the academies into first team football etc, it's not a failure to not have signed one.
From what I've seen so far, the newbies have either already had a solid impact, or have showed the potential to do so.
We've also kept hold of all of our star performers. There is a slight part of me that would have like to have maybe kept Scarlett purely as an addition in the squad, should we be hit with an injury battering up top. I wasn't his greatest fan, but he did score us a few goals. That said, I wasn't disappointed to see him recalled. He's gone back to play in their first team squad, not shifted out on loan elsewhere, so nothing to be done there.
Had there been a "Very Good" option between "Good, Could Be Better" and "Fantastic", I would have voted for that, as I am pleased with how we have done, and realistically think we've done a very good job, all things considered. I am very content, and not that concerned with what else we might have been able to do.
I think we do have much more of a fight on our hands to stay up, and that it will be tighter than many people think, as the vast majority of fixtures remaining are against sides who are above us in the table, many of whom beat us last time around. However, I have more confidence in our post-window squad's ability to do the job than our pre-window squad.
Good job GR, EW, and the board for backing them.