In isolation this window has been positive for the medium to longer term. Moved on many high earning low contributors replaced with cheaper hungrier players with high looking up sides.
For the short term I’d have loved to have seen an exiting winger like the Egyptian or the lad Edozie and we are crying out for a quality #6 in the mould of Ryan Jack. The squad still lacks good quality options. I’d say less than half of the starting XI picks itself and injuries will still be a concern. But none of that is down to or will be fixed by this transfer window. We also have a heavy schedule in Europe which doesn’t really have the high financial reward we are looking for. This will heavily affect our players conditioning and mental toughness if we are on the wrong end of some bad scores.
We are trying to rebuild and downsize at the same time, one is not conducive of the other.
I think we have the right manager and coaching staff in place, some of the playing staff building blocks we need but will fall short of being competitive. Thanks John ‘best in class’ indeed.