Been a great window in my opinion, Brands has done well but very much empowered by Carlo. Thats a good thing it would be remiss of Brands not to capitilise on Carlos profile. One enables the other as it should be.
Bit of truth i think in papering over the cracks of the bad recruitment last year, three central midfielders and an attacking midfielder and a striker last year, two central midfielders and an attaching midfielder this year, shouldnt be the case and not a good use of resources, while the striker from last year has been sent to Coventry - well Paris. That said all are still here so are moving targets - they could improve. Im bewildered by the Kean deal makes no sense, not good for us not got for him and that squad line is now weaker. I would suggest the lad wanted a better shot at mins with the Euros and we granted his wish, whether that is good people management or squad management is debatable. I hope our fans dont go full Lookman on him, it would be short sighted.
I think Godfrey, Niels and i know he came in January but Branthwaite are top top signings and give full credit to him and his scouting team, though i suspect Carlo likes Godfrey to, MOM against us at Carrow Road last year. But fair play and augers well with the academy ban being lifted. hopefully the lad who came from Sweden turns into a player to.
I like that he was a bit flexible this window, with age profile, the average age has come down hugely in recent seasons and we needed a bit of experience, its good that he recognised that, also think we got players in the right areas. They all came in at a reasonable time as well and we didnt have our usual early season hangover or adjustment.
Bit disappointed on outs i was hoping for more out or rather frankly a bit more money in. I think we saved approx 20 odd million on the wage bill, mostly through natural wastage as opposed to brokering deals, its an area he needs to improve. To be fair the championship window is still open, but we have turned 100's of millions of fees on players into millions. Hopefully that was the final year of the overhang. We have a robust business without it.
Overall though away from business i'm really happy from a footballing point of view, to be honest i was satisfied after Jamo, The Duke and Allan, well done to him and Carlo they seem a really excellent combo.
Bit of truth i think in papering over the cracks of the bad recruitment last year, three central midfielders and an attacking midfielder and a striker last year, two central midfielders and an attaching midfielder this year, shouldnt be the case and not a good use of resources, while the striker from last year has been sent to Coventry - well Paris. That said all are still here so are moving targets - they could improve. Im bewildered by the Kean deal makes no sense, not good for us not got for him and that squad line is now weaker. I would suggest the lad wanted a better shot at mins with the Euros and we granted his wish, whether that is good people management or squad management is debatable. I hope our fans dont go full Lookman on him, it would be short sighted.
I think Godfrey, Niels and i know he came in January but Branthwaite are top top signings and give full credit to him and his scouting team, though i suspect Carlo likes Godfrey to, MOM against us at Carrow Road last year. But fair play and augers well with the academy ban being lifted. hopefully the lad who came from Sweden turns into a player to.
I like that he was a bit flexible this window, with age profile, the average age has come down hugely in recent seasons and we needed a bit of experience, its good that he recognised that, also think we got players in the right areas. They all came in at a reasonable time as well and we didnt have our usual early season hangover or adjustment.
Bit disappointed on outs i was hoping for more out or rather frankly a bit more money in. I think we saved approx 20 odd million on the wage bill, mostly through natural wastage as opposed to brokering deals, its an area he needs to improve. To be fair the championship window is still open, but we have turned 100's of millions of fees on players into millions. Hopefully that was the final year of the overhang. We have a robust business without it.
Overall though away from business i'm really happy from a footballing point of view, to be honest i was satisfied after Jamo, The Duke and Allan, well done to him and Carlo they seem a really excellent combo.
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