Valar Morghulis
Full Member
The general consensus on the forum is that ideally (excluding departures) this squad could do with new acquisitions in the the following positions: CB, CDM, RW, ST, RB
I agree with that view.
I do however find it disheartening that we as fans continuously have to discuss which holes in our squad need to be strengthened right away, and which areas we can get away with not signing anyone. It frustrates me that despite our supposedly fantastic scouting department, with their "500 player in each position lists", time and time again we just go for well known/obvious signings. I understand the logic in this but it does seem like the club as a whole is not bold/creative enough in our recruitment.
It would be great if we could pick ourselves up a player or two to fix some of our positions of need without having to break the bank like other Premier League clubs do, go out and make our own obscure signings like Raphina/Neto (RW), Soyuncu/Fofana (CB), Matty Cash (RB). These are just a few examples of great value signings but there are quite a few, Leicester in particular are fantastic at finding amazing value for money. If we could make similar clever signings, in addition to some bigger names obviously, then that would clearly be the most optimal and quickest way of actually having a squad with enough depth and quality to compete on each front.
I appreciate with Dan James/Diallo/Pellistri we have adopted this approach, but it still seems to me we don't do this enough. Does anyone think our new structure will bring about this change and think we might see a few more of these type of signings this summer? I'd like to think our scouts can find us some good value and our trusted in their judgements a bit more than they have been in recent years.
I'm interested to hear everyone else's thoughts on this and would welcome some suggestions on good targets that could strenghten our team without us having to splurge mega money on transfer fees to attain them
I agree with that view.
I do however find it disheartening that we as fans continuously have to discuss which holes in our squad need to be strengthened right away, and which areas we can get away with not signing anyone. It frustrates me that despite our supposedly fantastic scouting department, with their "500 player in each position lists", time and time again we just go for well known/obvious signings. I understand the logic in this but it does seem like the club as a whole is not bold/creative enough in our recruitment.
It would be great if we could pick ourselves up a player or two to fix some of our positions of need without having to break the bank like other Premier League clubs do, go out and make our own obscure signings like Raphina/Neto (RW), Soyuncu/Fofana (CB), Matty Cash (RB). These are just a few examples of great value signings but there are quite a few, Leicester in particular are fantastic at finding amazing value for money. If we could make similar clever signings, in addition to some bigger names obviously, then that would clearly be the most optimal and quickest way of actually having a squad with enough depth and quality to compete on each front.
I appreciate with Dan James/Diallo/Pellistri we have adopted this approach, but it still seems to me we don't do this enough. Does anyone think our new structure will bring about this change and think we might see a few more of these type of signings this summer? I'd like to think our scouts can find us some good value and our trusted in their judgements a bit more than they have been in recent years.
I'm interested to hear everyone else's thoughts on this and would welcome some suggestions on good targets that could strenghten our team without us having to splurge mega money on transfer fees to attain them