Originally Posted by
animallittle3
The recruitment side of it too can't escape criticism either SB .
Very rarely across both message boards or anywhere else for that matter where fans talk to each other do you hear Beane's name .
Let's not forget he's at the head of this recruitment team .
Schmidt , Sibbick , Diaby and Wilks ?
Over £3m gone on those four .
The other recruits have had their good moments but have had equally poor spells too .
Only really Chaplin has done anything of note from last summers recruitment .
I'll wager decent money that if the promoted team had been kept together we'd be sat on 48 points tonight .
As out of their depth that group were in the Championship they still managed to take the season to the last 4 minutes before falling short .
You could argue if they hadn't fecked up with McBurnie at the start of the campaign they may have pulled it off .
I don't believe this group is as good as the last lot who dropped in to league one by any means .
The mental side of the game for this group is questionable , when the pressure dial gets turned up they freeze , Stoke last Saturday told you that and last night to a lesser degree .
Well there's pressure next season alright , possibly more than this .
Far from certain they are made of the right stuff personally .
There was some real hurdles and obstacles to overcome last season and the chase for the top two was tight but those lads handled it and kept their nerve .
Worrying .