Quote Originally Posted by KCNotts View Post
Let's break the signings down a bit. These are my thoughts:

Platt - should be solid, Bradford fans were very sorry to see him go. Decent signing.
Bedeau - people tell me he's a good player, seems to have done well at Morecambe. Solid enough.
Bass - should hopefully be a good signing.
Tsaroulla - not really convinced, seems to be a squad filler. Was hoping for better out wide.
Gordon - ex Mansfield, not that inspired, again was hoping for better.
McDonald - very strange signing. Squad filler, uninspiring.
Edwards - unknown quantity. Might be okay, might be another Liam Walker.
Hinchy - underwhelming...smells a bit like desperation after missing out on main targets?

I guess I was hoping for a little more. Not sure we have replaced what we have lost and there doesn't seem to be much here to excite or suggest we are ambitious to get out of the league. There is still time to get a few more in, but they will take time to learn the systems so they won't make an immediate impact.
I don’t think anyone gets overly excited with defenders. Bass was very well rated last season as was Bedeau, the response from Harrogate fans to McDonald was he was possibly their best defender so if he’s a back up it might be sensible, you missed Cundy who if is injury free should be way above this standard. Agree with the others bar Edwards, get a feeling he’s either going to be amazing or as you say, another Liam Walker. I’m just hoping we’re going to sniff out a couple of experienced players that have found themselves surplus to requirements at top end L1 or even possible struggling champ ones.