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Ffs couldn’t write it - what has happened to Hiwula
Oh dear. Jordy Hiwula out for "several months" and Okenabirhie at least eight weeks, according to Wellens.Leaves us with a forward line of only Bogle, Cukur, Barlow and Taylor to choose from. What do we do now?
Pretty sure Taylors still injured too
I also think Reed will be one we will sign that is cos he is still on trial
Absolutely no chance has the budget increased it quite clear, just the annual sales pitch of Baldwin to shift a few more season tickets, one thing that gets me which nobody’s talked about is why did the club take out an elf loan if the owners are that supportive???
Starting to feel a bit concerned ahead of the season, the squad is just so thin. We made such an aggressive and impressive start in the transfer market this summer, and the talk was still clear about the priority voids still to fill:A goalkeeper A defensive midfielder Attacking players (plural) on loan. The first two haven’t materialised, and we’ve brought in one 18 year old striker on loan so far. Something changed with the budget after what we were told initially. I’ve seen it said that the players that have come in are earning more then those that they’ve replaced ‘like for like’. But then you consider that Lawlor left after his contract expired, Coppinger the same, and a number of loan players that ate significantly into last year’s budget. That Wellens could once talk of the other positions he wanted to fill, and then all of a sudden we’d run out, suggests something changed in the background. I understand the uncertainty all clubs face, but it feels like there’s an imbalance in the management of expectations from what we were originally told, to where we are now. And unless something changes again then it’s hard to see how we can be particularly competitive at all with what we have. The significant rebuild that was needed after years and years of over-reliance on loans has only just started and we’re well short to cope with injuries.
Even by usual standards the conspiracy theories about the budget have started early. I remember that the days when you’d get this at the end of the summer window. Gets earlier and earlier.
Could it just possibly be that more has been spent on the incomings, hence unable to cover all positions?