Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
We don't know if we can trust PW to spend wisely in January, rA. IMO because he's had little to spend thus far and, under the new regime, as I understand it, he doesn't actually spend the money. He gives the recruitment department a wish list consisting of the type of player he wants and some names he'd like. The recruiters then speak to players and their agents and, naturally, their clubs. PW will have contact with a player to talk about tactics, expectations, opportunities, lack of guarantee of starting place etc. Any transfer fee and wages are sorted by Stephen Pearce and the financial staff.

PWs influence goes, IMO, no further than being able to say no to a player recruitment suggests that he doesn't want for whatever reason.

We have signed several players who were either injured or recovering from one. Might it be that those were the only ones DCFC could afford in sufficient numbers to give us the required squad size? We fans don't know.
I’ve no idea how accurate that description of our recruitment scenario is...but, whoever is responsible, it seems flawed to me and the Warne regime has had two windows.
He/we’ve been unlucky with Ward who had a good appearance record with Peterborough. Beyond that things have been predictable and there’s just no point in signing injured/injury prone players imo.
For example, John Jules is said to be an extremely talented and skilful striker, but he could be Charlton, Lineker and Salah all rolled into one...he’s no bloody use and just a drain on our limited resources if he’s crocked.
The same seems true of Bradley, Elder, Washington...and who could have predicted that Waghorn would have a problem with his hamstrings once the pitches started to get a bit heavier?
As for Fornah...circumstances have meant that I’ve only seen him play for about forty five minutes...he seemed decent, if a little ‘hot headed’, but while plenty of others seem to get starts despite poor performances he seems like the forgotten man.