Far too often in the past we've accepted it's great waiting until the last minute to get players in, and they've more often than not been either the wrong players as a result, or had to play catch-up as they haven't had the chance to bed in.
Now... I agree that if he *really* thinks Chaplin is worth waiting for, he has to wait rather than buy any old shite, but it's fair to point out that a lack of a replacement is not... normal by this point, and it's worth pointing out that we're *very* light up front when it comes to scoring options, given how we relied on McNulty last season. Given our past record with not spending money we were promised was available (I always think of Malky Mackay and how the cash set up to buy him vanished when he decided to turn us down!) it's also fair to be slightly worried that given a relatively sizeable transfer income, none of it has been spent as of yet either.
(These posts end up ridiculously wrong with having to stick to multitude of justifications in to pre-empt those who see things as black and white, and now I have to point out I don't expect us to spend all yadda yadda and yes, some will go on wages yadda yadda, but *some* spent on McNulty's replacement would be nice!)
None of that says we won't hit the ground running, but it's a bit ridiculous to suggest everything is great, smashing and super wrt our strikers! Pointing out where things have gone wrong also doesn't equate to not backing the team nor the manager - look at Nick's umpteen posts about us not changing things during games last season and being set up defensively in midfield as an example
