If the aim was to strengthen midfield and the defence it didn’t work.
That’s quite a big shortfall to call the recruitment ‘excellent’ even ‘very good’. Especially as the end result was quite a lot weaker than the previous season.
We have a 5 year plan so we’ve bought players to develop into league leading players.
Tactically, there are gaps and you have to consider the bigger picture. We’ve got more goal scorers and added 4-5 (maybe more) talented players that should net us £15+ million each.
Compare that to Kasey Palmer being our only summer signing in 2022/23 and it’s chalk and cheese.
If you treat this season as a foundational season, it’s been an unbelievable turnaround in players. There’s obviously improvements to be made and agree that we haven’t adequately replaced Hamer. Desperately scrambling in the transfer markets leads to expensive blunders, we’ve got time to identify the right players.