Not been able to bring in 2 or 3 acquisitions in Jan definitely weakened us , I think there was a lot of smoke and mirrors around Ndiaye & Berge to deflect away from this . Hecky in his Dec interviews when questioned around Khadra said that we had the last word on it as he had triggered the min amount of appearances .
I can’t imagine for one minute despite Khadra’s unhappiness that he would have deliberately weakened his options if he knew the embargo was on the horizon .
I get it from the prince that he’s selling his asset , but would have thought that in dialogue with the prospective new owners they would have come to some agreement , when there is a potential £180M windfall as a prize .
I get the impression the prince has completely disappeared into the background and Hecky is completely in the dark around things in the background & he’s gambled on us having a large points difference & thought i do t need to invest further .
The irony is there is the potential for this to backfire big time , the more protracted the takeover becomes & if our loss of form was to continue the potential new owners could think hold on I was looking at a pretty much nailed on auto promotion team , to one that’s got a 1 in 4 play off chance & maybe sour their intentions ?? I don’t know ..I just find it bizarre that you’d risk all that for the sake of a couple of loans or shifting a couple on to bring a couple in .
The only really additions will be the injured players returning .. Certainly RND pace pre injury has been a miss for us while he was playing LCB .. I’d love see a fit Brewster returning but after 2 major hamstring injuries I think that ship will have sailed .
Hecky worked wonders getting us into the play offs with walking wounded last season , hope he can do the same getting us top 2 this season with a hand tied behind his back , we’ve still got a decent squad when they’re fit but I’ve said all along we’re light up top .
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