I will be absolutely gob-smacked if we spend a single penny!
Mind you, with Blackwells track record I'm not sure I want him to either!
Just thinking about what Torrix said. I've attempted to summarise Blackwells transer dealings. I've starred the people who I rate (or think are any good). Apologies if I've missed anyone, as I'm doing this from memory, but I think I have most.
In's
Ward *
Hendo *
Creswell
Williamson *(?)
Reid
Camara *
Fortune
Stewart
Taylor
Little
Bromby
Coterill *
on loan: Treacy*, Harper*, Seip, Davies, Kalio*, Halford*, Stokes, Spring, BT (2), Ikelme, Bunn, O'Toole.
Outs
Beattie *
Walker *
Naughton *
Coterill *
Hendire *
Hulse *
Armstrong *
Ehiogu *
Webber
bromby
Gillespie *
Sun Jihai
Carney
Tonge *
It's certain that we've lost
a lot more talent than we have brought in. However it has been a difficult job for KB. He has obviously been told by KM to decrease the wage bill. Not only that but some transfers (BT, Walker/Naughton) have been out of his hands.
However something that is a major problem for me is Blackwell bring ing in players that are not better (often worse) than what we have got. Creswell is an example of this. Others are Stewart, Taylor, Davies, Bromby, Little, Fortune, Spring, O'Toole and Stokes. Other than to have back up this kind of policy will get you nowhere. It doesn't increase competition for places and is probably the reason why we'll finish around mid table this year.
Another highly frustrating aspect of KB's transer policy is his knack of a) seemingly not giving players a chance and b) playing players out of position (both these extends to older players as well as new signigns). Coterill, Evans and reid are examples of players he's signed and then refuses to give a proper chance. So far he's played Walker, Stewart, Ward, Cresswell and Halford all out of positon on a consistent basis.
From this it's difficult to see a compelling argument as to why McCabe should give Blackwell any money in January.
