15 Jul 2026 03:20:16
How lazy is our recruitment and how slow is it, we had saratchi iheanacho and ox in the building but let them leave without getting a deal done, now we're being linked with aurejo feck me why have scouts be as well paying them all off if that's all we've got.
15 Jul 2026 06:45:45
It is so true. Since Ang left, our recruitment efforts have been abysmal. Slow, backwards looking and without any planning for the immediate dangers (CL qualifiers, being ready for the new season etc) and giving new players time to get settled in whatever playing style we will be playing.
As things stand, and with the players we have left, or will retain, we are weak everywhere and those potential CL qualifying opponents look daunting as of 15 July.
15 Jul 2026 10:05:26
Looking back the only reason things got done under Ange was that most of the players we signed were very cheap, so the boards heart monitors hardly recorded a bleep.
Now we are being asked to spend serious money just to stand still and the board room sounds like a Teco checkout.
It is embarrassing when teams ask 10m and we start at 3m. I know its a negotiation but we appear to lose so many players by going on very low and leaving it at that offer for far too long.
I may be wrong but my biggest concern is how easy it seems for the clubs in our league to get the players in they need. I appreciate it may be a different pool that they are fishing in but they still get the job done quickly and are still up against clubs with similar budgets, just like us.
16 Jul 2026 18:15:24
The under cutting approach on making offers is not good business practice. You alienate people.