The lack of signings and squad depth at this stage is a bit of a worry but I'm sure that by the end of the window we will have a competitive squad ( yes I know that we need to hit the ground running for the first game and appreciate how...
Yup noticeable that the sky teams have basically not sold anyone really yet either.
City, the rs, villa, Chelsea will all be moving on players this summer, Mcatee, Grealish, Doak, Elliot, Ramsey, crap load from Chelsea no doubt. Likely some more...
The reason I’m not overly stressed about this stronger / weaker thing is that yeah we are numerically weaker but we’ve not failed to replace the departed players because it’s impossible to do so. We’re clearly trying to get the best possible...
So basically, one starting CF, one with possible potential, one always injured, and one was absolute rubbish.
Now we have Beto, Barry and Chermiti, which for me is already a massive upgrade on last season.
I don't really see what other clubs are doing as an excuse for our lack of business - as you said, we need far more players than these clubs.
I keep going back to how poorly organised our pre-seasons have been. We haven't won an August league...
This is basically my view. We haven't lost anyone who was in our final first 11, with the possible exception of Harrison for McNeil. I'm not 100% but I think McNeil probably starts more if he was fit.
There are fair arguments to say lots of that...