They’ve never expressed “buy cheap and sell on” as a club policy. Their philosophy is all about finding gems like Macca, Jodi Jones and Cal Roberts, in effect paying under the odds for quality players. If we do sell Macca or JJ this summer, I’m sure the money will be invested into making us more competitive next season.
"Value" was the key word I believe. They're happy to spend six figure sums on players like Jatta if they feel the value is there, and they don't want to sell unless silly money is on the table.
I don't really have a problem with the quality of recruitment overall. No regime will get every signing right and yes, we've had a scattering of underperforming and/or injury prone recruits, but taken as a whole the quality of the signings made under the current ownership over the past three years has been far and away better than any of the previous ownership regimes going back pretty much to the Pavis days (and excluding Munto because that was a con, signing players we couldn't afford).
It's because we got the recruitment right in the National League that we're now able to moan about slightly underperforming in League Two rather than still languishing in the non-league. Granted, some of the players who achieved what we brought them for in the National League now look less convincing in League Two, but that's fine, you gradually move them out and look for the ones that can make us a top team at this level. Crowley was a great piece of recruitment last summer.
The main criticism of the recruitment, for me, is the failure to date to address the need for more players who offer sufficient physicality, aggression and defensive ability. That's the task at hand, and it needs to be carried out this summer.
Last edited by jackal2; 27-04-2024 at 06:04 PM.