Signings - This season

[Jampie]

I think we've got a bit of a perception problem, too.

We almost never sign players who can truly hit the ground running, and almost never sign players who are at their full potential yet. We almost always sign players who we think can significantly improve. Based on that, if I look at all recruitment under the brothers since they bought the club, in general they've done an absolutely fantastic job and I really don't remember a time when recruitment was better.

Right now the squad is a bit weak. That's really bad timing. But it's likely that even with no new signings the current squad will become a L2 killer. Still some newbies finding their feet and yeah, absolutely, odds are one or two recent signings don't work out. That's a WAAAY better ratio than the previous several owners'.

So overall I'm not concerned about the long term, although promotion this season is looking somewhat far-fetched at this stage. Which is disappointing because it was looking within reach not so long ago.

[queenslandpie]

I think we've got a bit of a perception problem, too.

We almost never sign players who can truly hit the ground running, and almost never sign players who are at their full potential yet. We almost always sign players who we think can significantly improve. Based on that, if I look at all recruitment under the brothers since they bought the club, in general they've done an absolutely fantastic job and I really don't remember a time when recruitment was better.

Right now the squad is a bit weak. That's really bad timing. But it's likely that even with no new signings the current squad will become a L2 killer. Still some newbies finding their feet and yeah, absolutely, odds are one or two recent signings don't work out. That's a WAAAY better ratio than the previous several owners'.

So overall I'm not concerned about the long term, although promotion this season is looking somewhat far-fetched at this stage. Which is disappointing because it was looking within reach not so long ago.

Logical and well considered insights. I don't mind if we don't go up. I don't think we are ready to. The rebuilding required for L1 would be astronomical.