Views from the Sieve

Lcbdagger wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 6:52 pm The new Messiah or the new Gianluca Gracco?

Shroud_of_hope wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 10:00 pm Search for him on YouTube, free kick specialist by the looks of it. Loves to bend the ball!

lupins wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 5:58 pm So by May 20 we resign our Captain, our player of the year, an apparently very promising keeper plus someone who would seem to have a bit of promise and that's not a good enough start for you
Get a grip

daggerChris wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 12:58 pm As I've said before, I believe Wilko, Balanta, Gordon, Justham and Clark are all good enough to be playing in a side that can get into the playoffs. Possibly add Robinson as well now, so that still leaves us 2 defenders, 3 midfielders short. But were not in June yet and that's not to say McQueen wont drastically improve or that Luque wont be the next player like Fejiri to go up the leagues after joining us.

I think whilst its brilliant to have the American backing, we also need to be a realistic. I don't think we will be chucking money like Salford were last year and we are not a huge club like the Orients or Notts County's in this division. We have been a club that lived within its means until a few years ago and look where that nearly got us when we changed. I think the Americans are trying to bring in an infrastructure that will benefit the club long term and not just boom and bust like Hornchurch, Weymouth, Grays or Rushden and Diamonds.

The last two times we went out and brought in players who excelled at our level it financially killed us on both occasions, think of Garry Hill's last season and John Still's. Big budget spends and poor performances.

In terms of the new signings I don't know either player, Strizovic has been brought in as a young goalkeeper to learn from Justham, I would rather have a young keeper on a lower wage that 2 experienced keepers where one does not play and puts a hole in the budget. Hopefully Luque will be another player we bring from a lower level and moves up a level think Fejiri, Benno, Kandol, Moore. But for everyone of those there is a Chris Assombalonga who will not progress and is simply not up to the level. Credit where its due with Taylor when he has had finances his signings have been good, Wilko, Balanta, Clark. I believe he needs this window to show what sort of team he is putting together and people need to be willing to give him a chance and a bit of time to get the right players in.

I like the owners statement about how he wants to move the club forward, but it seems that his statement has put ideas out there that we are going to do a Salford and attempt to buy the league by buying big name player on huge wages.

Daggerman wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 6:11 pm Another nobody who is a mighty success at feck all

rebeldagger wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 7:30 am

Daggerman wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 6:11 pm Another nobody who is a mighty success at feck all

Will you give the lad a chance?

Daggerman wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 8:43 am Sorry I didn’t make myself clear, I certainly wasn’t taking about our new signing Joan