Back in November I didn’t think I would ever answer this way

but yes definitely deserves to be trusted.
Not every signing will come good, even players who on paper look like great buys.
Knapper seems to have a sweet spot in the £1m-£4m bracket of player.
At these levels it isn’t the end of the world if the player doesn’t work out.
The area of the market where he (and the recruitment team as it isn’t one man) seem to come unstuck is the £5m-£10m bracket of player.
Crnac could yet become a legend, but Kvistgaarden for all his effort doesn’t fit the Clemebt system and Jurasek should’ve paid off.

Posted By: JoeyDeacon on May 4th 2026 at 11:40:57

Message Thread

Can Knapper be trusted with the summer window? (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 10:58:26
- Any more news on Fishers transfer to Barcelona? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Breadstick, May 5, 18:44:16
- Jesus... do we get a whole summer of people posting nonsense like this? (NCFC) - Pixelman, May 4, 14:05:42
  - probably .... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 4, 14:38:02
- Vlad has won us FAR more points this season than he has cost us (NCFC) - Klobo04, May 4, 13:26:19
  - I like Vlad, he’s no more error prone than most keepers at our level (NCFC) - tim berry, May 4, 14:20:48
- We did well to get ourselves out of the mess that Manning crated (NCFC) - Hunstanton Harry, May 4, 12:49:33
- Wasn't McConville a Knapper signing? He's looked pretty decent (n/m) (NCFC) - Wild Edric, May 4, 12:49:19
  - Season before (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 12:58:24
    - Evidence that some signings take longer to come good then ?… (NCFC) - loz, May 4, 13:01:43
  - Yes (n/m) (NCFC) - revsimon, May 4, 12:53:42
- Maybe put them in the order they were signed (NCFC) - tim berry, May 4, 12:00:52
  - Sorry that was the order from transfermarkt (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 12:56:35
  - Also, some of the previous signings have come good this season (NCFC) - tim berry, May 4, 12:08:11
- #wrathoftheragebait 🎣 (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 4, 11:50:11
- I think Diallo has looked excellent when fit... (NCFC) - Brom, May 4, 11:47:57
  - Agreed. He was one of the only positives during the beginning of the season (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 4, 11:50:53
    - And being played as a wing back ffs (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 4, 11:51:12
- Good to see you’re keeping an open mind!! (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 4, 11:45:33
- Back in November I didn’t think I would ever answer this way (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, May 4, 11:40:57
  - Agree that they've come unstuck on the £5-10m bracket (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 12:57:44
  - Jurasek *should be paid off* (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, May 4, 11:42:12
- Also disagree that darling has gone backwards … (NCFC) - loz, May 4, 11:25:42
  - Yeah. He did drop after a good start but definitely was on the up again last few games (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 4, 11:26:21
- So basically if you don’t like them it’s a failure, and if you do it was luck? (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 4, 11:25:39
  - Loaded arguments are the staple of football fans. "Called it" (n/m) (NCFC) - Lentil Weaver, May 4, 11:39:08
  - I was trying to be objective (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 11:37:20
  - And even a roaring success even scores an 8 (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, May 4, 11:34:57
    - Is 2 goals and three assists in 16 appearances a roaring success? (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 11:40:05
      - Talking about 10 goals Toure who cost less than 3 million (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, May 4, 11:45:01
        
        Ah sorry (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 13:00:13
        
        Probably a 10 considering we could sell him… (NCFC) - loz, May 4, 13:06:11
        
        If he keeps this scoring rate up next season (NCFC) - phrankin, May 4, 15:47:26
- There appears to be the misconception that Knapper buys players in isolation. (NCFC) - The Gaffer, May 4, 11:18:31
  - All done in conjunction with the Attanasio acquired data company as well .. (NCFC) - loz, May 4, 12:59:26
  - That gives me more confidence (n/m) (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, May 4, 11:30:59
- Wright was great on Saturday ? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, May 4, 11:18:27
  - i thought he had a good game on Saturday (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 4, 11:55:48

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