It isn’t really though is it. Compared to most mid table PL clubs in the same period we’ve had some very good players come through. How many other mid table PL teams have had players as good as Rooney Rodwell Barkley Gordon come through? Even...
….they let their wingers go out as a matter of course, Harry Wilson had a number of loan spells before signing for Fulham, right through to Doak at Middlesborough last season.
Even more difficult to break into their team.
Good article on the past few weeks at Notts Forest.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6613075/2025/09/10/nuno-postecoglou-nottingham-forest-marinakis/?source=user_shared_article
I saw Forest described yesterday as akin to "an aggressive startup".
You can't argue with their achievements in recent seasons, relatively speaking.
They are ambitious, and look to act accordingly.
Ultimately though you need a bedrock of...
Maybe but its unusual, think the January window is a bit daft tbh. Id like us too take some time to research/scout some decent replacements, especially the FB upgrades.