As usual a very eloquent and well reasoned piece by The Esk.
What struck me most from this piece, is though he is generally one of life’s optimists there is a very critical tone about this summer’s business. Everything he says is correct but it’s a slight change of tact at an interesting time. He is obviously well connected and I would imagine it reflects a shift of attitude from the top of the club about the summer.
Under Kenwright poor summer planning was generally swept under the carpet when the season began. “Get behind the team” “we didn’t need players anyway” etc were all the platitudes that would come from the club. I sense a much firmer tone is now being taken and thank goodness for that.
To describe the summer as a disaster I think shows the change of ambitions there are at the club, and fit in more widely to the expectations and finance Moshiri has available. In the summer we took a manager off the 6th place team, a DOF from the champions, the captain of another club and the best player of a 4th premier league club. That’s not to say it was great business but it does beg the question, if this is what a disaster looks like, what would constitute a good window?
I wonder if Moshiri will continue to look for a Marquee? If an elusive second investor will become apparent?