Danny_Blade
Active Member
I'm sure most Blades including myself are already filled with absolute dread at the moment in terms of the sorry state the club is in, and the uncertainty of whether we'll get it right or not within the next season or two.
Thankfully the majority if not all of the players out of contract in the summer are complete dross that we do need rid of, but I've had the dreaded thought that NA (or whoever the manager is) may likely have no choice but to offer some of them renewals due to the squad size becoming too low as there are that many out of contract?? If this becomes the case then this will only prolong our stay down here, continuing the mire we're in.
You might say "well the board will have to give him what is required i.e. a decent transfer AND wage budget", but do we really trust THIS BOARD to do just that? Because honestly I'm not that sure!
Undoubtedly he'll be given funds to make new signings (especially if they don't want another backlash just like the aftermath of the JTW, as I'd imagine the next one would be ten fold!), but what I'm saying is will the board sanction ENOUGH FUNDS as we'll need to bring in a certain amount of players for the many ones that will have been released? Even more so if we want quality players which will be required if we want promotion that is!!
I also think a proportion of the new signings are likely to be on frees but we don't want too many of them do we, because they'll be free for a reason so ideally these should be squad players not first teamers.
Obviously I acknowledge we won't be making a signing for every player that exits, as we're trying to reduce the HUGE size of the squad from about 40 to an ideal 25 - 30 pros max.
I'm sure older generations than me have had it worse as I'm only in my 20's, but over the course of this last week I have never been hurting this much as a Blade previously and I can't honestly see it getting better for a few years to come yet.
Thankfully the majority if not all of the players out of contract in the summer are complete dross that we do need rid of, but I've had the dreaded thought that NA (or whoever the manager is) may likely have no choice but to offer some of them renewals due to the squad size becoming too low as there are that many out of contract?? If this becomes the case then this will only prolong our stay down here, continuing the mire we're in.
You might say "well the board will have to give him what is required i.e. a decent transfer AND wage budget", but do we really trust THIS BOARD to do just that? Because honestly I'm not that sure!
Undoubtedly he'll be given funds to make new signings (especially if they don't want another backlash just like the aftermath of the JTW, as I'd imagine the next one would be ten fold!), but what I'm saying is will the board sanction ENOUGH FUNDS as we'll need to bring in a certain amount of players for the many ones that will have been released? Even more so if we want quality players which will be required if we want promotion that is!!
I also think a proportion of the new signings are likely to be on frees but we don't want too many of them do we, because they'll be free for a reason so ideally these should be squad players not first teamers.
Obviously I acknowledge we won't be making a signing for every player that exits, as we're trying to reduce the HUGE size of the squad from about 40 to an ideal 25 - 30 pros max.
I'm sure older generations than me have had it worse as I'm only in my 20's, but over the course of this last week I have never been hurting this much as a Blade previously and I can't honestly see it getting better for a few years to come yet.
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