Quote Originally Posted by AucklandRover View Post
Just sheer numbers, Champs. You haven't really addressed my point by saying competition is good. Of course it is, but you can still only have 11 on the pitch. Let's say Brereton/Gallagher and Chapman do arrive. From our pursuit of Freeman/McGinn, we can assume TM would still like to get a higher-class creative midfielder. If such a person arrives, he will definitely be a "regular" Then there is the extra centre-back, and the extra keeper. That's a first team squad of 32, discounting the possibility of any more Under-23s progressing.
Thirteen of those are in the attacking/creative roles (and that's not including Bennett or Conway). How many slots do we have for those 13 or 15? Probably four at most - given that TM is likely to play at least one holding midfielder, plus either Bennett or Conway.
Dack, Graham and Armstrong are almost certainties. That leaves one from ten!

I addressed it weeks ago Auks. Last night in the LET it confirmed what I've been telling you all summer. Players come in, players go out. We don't need to sell anyone. So we are getting in what we need, then letting go.

Mowbray knows exactly what he's doing. I was merely telling you what he said, sbdcre-itetating it for you. The plan was to strengthen. Then let go who we don't need. Starting with Whitingham, Caddis, Nuttall (loan) and Hart (loan) I told you this week's ago when Mowbray came out and said it.

That's our plan, and we are sticking to it. It's pretty simple. We have money. And we have a good scouting network. We realise we need to improve. And we are. While balancing the books.

We simply won't have this 30 number you keep going back to. That was bevercoyr intention or plan. Explained in full by Mowbray and the club. That I'm just repeating.