I agree with your concerns

With turnover, particularly if it's our best players leaving, there is a big risk that all we achieve is watering down the overall quality of the squad.

I've got more faith than you have in Webber and farke though I think. Players like Trybull, Zimmerman and stieperman suggest to me they've got an eye for a decent player. We basically spent nothing on those three.

Same with Reed.

Vrancic hasn't excelled, but I think he could when he has the right players around him.

Franke is a bit of a concern, Hanley is early days, but I prefer what we're doing now to the Alex Neil scatter gun approach to transfers. Last season's squad was so imbalanced it was ridiculous. We've gone some way to resolving that but there's still some way to go.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on October 31st 2017 at 22:29:58

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same problem upfront last season (NCFC) - skippdogg, Oct 31, 21:35:30
- We don't want to spend money (NCFC) - Yellowsince72, Oct 31, 21:45:17
- We needed strikers and central defenders 3 seasons ago (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanary, Oct 31, 21:43:47
- What? you do know we scored for fun last season.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 31, 21:38:22
  - He's a troll. Trying to work out if he' a Binner Troll (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Oct 31, 21:45:22
    - no (NCFC) - skippdogg, Oct 31, 21:48:24
      - webbers only here for the money. Got found out at Hudds. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Oct 31, 21:50:32
- As Webber said, it's going to take a few windows to get the squad right (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 21:36:04
  - in a few windows will have no (NCFC) - skippdogg, Oct 31, 21:41:07
    - I'm sure we wont (NCFC) - CWC, Oct 31, 21:48:48
      - I think that's the kind of philosophy a lot of fans could get behind (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 21:52:50
        
        wasn't Farke banging on about 'our way' way in the presser? (NCFC) - CWC, Oct 31, 22:19:54
        
        That makes us sound like ipswich! (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 22:25:27
        
        yes, not meaning a cast offs approach! (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Oct 31, 22:30:31
        
        yeah, this could be the transition period (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:23:50
        
        I agree with your concerns (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 22:29:58
        
        Yeah, it's certainly better than what went on last season (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:36:45
        
        I think the squad was so imbalanced last season, getting some experienced players in (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 22:49:26
        
        They have exactly said that. I think its a clear vision (NCFC) - Joe Strimmer, Oct 31, 22:05:22
        
        i must have missed that (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:09:53
        
        James Husband is 23, Reed is 22, Trybull 24. It's hardly Dad's Army (NCFC) - Azteca, Oct 31, 22:14:31
        
        No, it's not an old squad at all (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:19:52
        
        ok replace 'young' with 'undiscovered' (NCFC) - CWC, Oct 31, 22:24:09
        
        yeah, that sounds like a fair description of what we're doing (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:28:48
        
        tbf the odds are stacked against us full stop (NCFC) - CWC, Oct 31, 22:46:54
  - That's no excuse it's been clear we needed strikers that (NCFC) - eddie, Oct 31, 21:40:21
    - Defence was priority some fickle fans around (n/m) (NCFC) - hoolahan, Oct 31, 21:42:15
      - But only 2 strikers, didn't seem right to me. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Oct 31, 21:43:47
  - squad "right" !?! We'll have sold everyone worth anything in a few windows time (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Oct 31, 21:39:37
  - he's signed about 12 players already (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 21:39:14
    - No he’s asking for a few transfer windows ... (NCFC) - loz, Oct 31, 21:39:56
      - We've got no money. We'll be selling better players than we'll be buying (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Oct 31, 21:41:52
      - well of course he's asking for that (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 21:41:48
        
        And will get worse in each transfer window as we sell more players (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 31, 21:44:44
        
        Of course It is we’ve massively cut the budget.. (NCFC) - loz, Oct 31, 21:42:59
        
        That's fine, but cutting the budget and being able to (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 21:46:19
        
        We're still spending enough to have a very good squad (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 21:48:18
        
        that's exactly how I see it (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 21:49:48
        
        I think the issue is with those that we can't get rid of (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 21:57:19
        
        that's certainly true to an extent, but isn't that kind of normal? (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:01:26
        
        I think the relative scale of their wages is unique (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 22:05:37
        
        yeah, the overall picture is kind of in the balance right now it seems (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:16:32
        
        And a big chunk of what we've got is being wasted on Naismith and Jarvis (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 31, 21:44:35
      - ? (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Oct 31, 21:41:37
        
        ?? (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Oct 31, 21:42:59

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