mrtrench
Well-Known Member
Let's imagine that the club really did have a two year plan at the start of this season - by which I mean that the club never expected to have the team that would compete for promotion this year and everything done this year was deliberate. What would that plan be and how well are we executing it? This is what I think:
1) Start acquiring some of our own players. On a two year plan that night be 6/7 per season. We have Vincelot, Stokes, Lameiras, Lorenzson, Rose, the Bulgarian, Jones. Others I haven't counted due to 1 year contracts so obviously not part of the winning team next year. But we have lost Maddison and Fleck looks like he is going. Net result = 5. Assessment: Poor to Fair.
2) Get some money to fund a team in the summer. Well we sold Maddison, so assuming we get to keep that money assessment: Good. But do we really have enough to get strikers?
3) Play for time for the youth team to contribute. RCC is a success IMO. Willis would have had another year if he hadn't got injured. But we haven't seen any others get a chance. Thomas & Haynes out on loan maybe part of the plan - but overall again a poor execution.
Overall I don't think we are in a good place on this plan. You could argue that the defence is largely completed and a bit in midfield. However we are still dependent on loans for all attacking players - which is where the money goes.
1) Start acquiring some of our own players. On a two year plan that night be 6/7 per season. We have Vincelot, Stokes, Lameiras, Lorenzson, Rose, the Bulgarian, Jones. Others I haven't counted due to 1 year contracts so obviously not part of the winning team next year. But we have lost Maddison and Fleck looks like he is going. Net result = 5. Assessment: Poor to Fair.
2) Get some money to fund a team in the summer. Well we sold Maddison, so assuming we get to keep that money assessment: Good. But do we really have enough to get strikers?
3) Play for time for the youth team to contribute. RCC is a success IMO. Willis would have had another year if he hadn't got injured. But we haven't seen any others get a chance. Thomas & Haynes out on loan maybe part of the plan - but overall again a poor execution.
Overall I don't think we are in a good place on this plan. You could argue that the defence is largely completed and a bit in midfield. However we are still dependent on loans for all attacking players - which is where the money goes.