Afraid you are missing the point
Yes, the current group of first teamers seem more than capable of sustaining a challenge for a playoff spot. Before yesterday however, we were two injuries away from not being able to sustain that challenge.
The cover is simply not there and to suggest otherwise is very naive. Hucks imtimated during the course of last season that the youngsters aren't really good enough to take the step up and from what I have seen, I agree with him.
The fallback position of course is the option to bring in the emergency loans signings. Well, we saw last season how beautifully that didn't work. The only players available for loan will be unwanted, unfit, third choice from third rate clubs.
That is the reality of the situation and it will become painfully clear over the coming months as we start an inexorable slide down the table. January will provide an opportunity to strengthen the squad but no doubt the transfer kitty will have been seriously depleted by the inflated fees we have paid to agents for whatever loan deals have been done.
The bottom line is that the squad was thin at the start of the season and since then we have let two players go. Not even Chase could manage that until the last year of his reign.
Worthington has had planty of time to strengthen the squad and the fact that we have signed just one player borders on negligence.
Posted By: Wraith on September 1st 2006 at 08:34:27
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- Lack of Signings (NCFC) - BFG, Sep 1, 07:51:20
- Afraid you are missing the point (NCFC) - Wraith, Sep 1, 08:34:27
- I am not missing the point. (NCFC) - BFG, Sep 1, 08:49:48
- Good post but.......... (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 1, 08:32:40
- We have not dropped a bollock by letting McKenzie go (NCFC) - BFG, Sep 1, 08:45:52
- we dropped a bollock by letting him go without having a replacement lined up (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 1, 08:53:20
- We have not dropped a bollock by letting McKenzie go (NCFC) - BFG, Sep 1, 08:45:52
- agreed NW is almost damned if he does... (NCFC) - megson, Sep 1, 08:30:35
- Good call. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Sep 1, 08:08:47
- Excellent post (NCFC) - Eeny, Sep 1, 08:04:01
- I agree - a lot of drama-queening going on. Yes, we've missed out but, as you say, with (NCFC) - malkybarkid, Sep 1, 07:59:14
- Afraid you are missing the point (NCFC) - Wraith, Sep 1, 08:34:27
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