Adam Worth

[Darran]

I hope he had a good day, despite the result. Making memories, wonderful to see.

He did actually, thank you.

 

[swannage]

I thought we’d done well to fill most of the glaring gaps in our squad (save right back).

I never shared the extreme enthusiasm for the actual players we’d signed that some did. In fact, I was criticised quite a few times for saying how ludicrous it was when people were talking about pissing the league because we signed a midfielder from Orient for a million quid.

I also made quite a point of criticising the decision to not sign O’Brien and gett8ng the spine right.

I didn’t expect us to be 21st, no. But I said throughout that I didn’t expect anything other than mid table.

We went for L'OB, he decided on Wrexham. Same for Mcburnie who opted for Hull

 

[jack_lord]

I think that the players signed in the window were mostly decent though three I wouldn't have touched with a barge-pole. Is it the management doing the square pegs thing which is making our window look much worse? Thank heaven's last season's escaped goat has banged a few in.

 

[tardylum]

This kind of argument always makes me chuckle when it's made in relation to professional football.

No one holds a gun to anyone's head and forces them to be a player, coach, CEO, recruitment "expert" or whatever else at a football club that is always going to be in the public eye and come under scrutiny from lots of people. That's the price on the ticket. They go into it eyes wide open.

If they can't handle the criticism then they are in the wrong job and should go and do something else that isn't in the public eye.

Personally, I am sick of our football team being perennially shite yet some of it is being blamed on perceived fan negativity. The arrogance from these people is astounding.

All she really posts about is a defence of the recruitment this summer which leads me to believe she may not be quite the most even handed arbiter for some reason. This never has to become personal. It did not with Sheehan and I hope it does not with anyone else. Dimi or Worth is a unique example as he has a history on the forums but we can still just judge him on his work and try as best to separate it from his views on Raducanu or American politics. It is helpful and good for the club that his post history has gone so the focus can remain on the actual work being doing. Although he could probably help himself by not posting from new accounts still

Whatever has happened in the recruitment department has clearly not worked and seems to remain a work in progress. The money spent on Widell to only go on loan for six months and to not be played and also look miles away from being the player we hoped and at an age that is not very young. Into all our dealings this summer that look increasingly confused and our big signings struggling to have any kind of impact. I am all for using data and it is necessary for our club to grow but if it has identified Widell, Stamenic, Yalcouye and Inoussa from abroad and we go and spend more on Walta you would hope they have looked into why it has gone so badly so far and what mistakes they made previously to make sure Walta is not more of the same.