(25-08-2021, 10:26 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote:(25-08-2021, 08:38 PM)Salvatore Matrecano Wrote:(25-08-2021, 08:01 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote:(25-08-2021, 07:37 PM)Marinakis Red Wrote:(25-08-2021, 07:22 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote: Other stats will show he's the worst backed manager ever.
No permanent outfield signings.
In 1 year.
And as we've seen. Playing the Academy kids either in the 1st team or in the cup isn't enough.
SA.
He had knockaert, garner, krov and Murray last year, players he wanted and we were bloody awful. Result wise and entertainment wise.
All loans. (No PERMANENT outfield(!) signings in his year here. Disgraceful. Shabby treatment.)
No young target man to score the goals only the injured and ageing legs of Grabban and the ill-suited Lyle.
But this isn't news. Sabri didn't get his quality striker either in that January window.
SA.
Except this time last year you were constantly waxing lyrical about how brilliant our transfer business had been last summer and how brilliant the squad was and that Hughton would certainly take us up with it.
I feel sorry for CH this season and genuinely dont think anyone could do better right now but I didnt see enough of an improvement with what he had last year to convince me there are great things to come with him.
Except there are still no permanent signings for Hughton.
SA.
Agree with SA here. You can't build a side around loans, it's bollocks. They've always got one eye on their next move, and are usually the first to give up the ghost when the going gets tough, well aware they won't be there for it to matter to them anyway in a few months.
Hughton isn't the man for us, his tactics and methods deserve criticism, but he has been royally shafted.
Only NFFC could employ a manager who's never finished outside the top 4 in a full Champ season, and not let him sign one permanent outfield player in almost a year :D That totally sums up our incredibly short sighted approach to everything football over the past 20 odd years.