06-09-2018, 23:33
As disappointed as I was to see GMac and Yacob leave, I understood the desire to reduce the squad age and start rebuilding. Neither did I expect any stellar signings, after all we’ve just been relegated so keeping Dawson and Rodriguez seemed a good outcome. My concern is the apparent desire to replace old players with equally old players. So, cheerio Gareth and Claudio, hello Tyrone, Wes and Russell. It’s not as though we needed sone older heads in the squad to balance a team of youthful tyros- we’ve already got Brunt, Morrison, Barry, Dawson etc. Let’s be honest, with the exception of the Carabao Cup, he’s not playing the exciting youngsters we have. My expectation was not not big money signings, it was a more youthful first XI. I was clearly wrong on that score