[madsteve]

At the moment I don't see anything wrong with what we are doing either on the field or behind the scenes!!  So far we have signed Fletcher, Abdi, Pudil, Buckley, Jones and Sasso, albeit a couple were ex-loanees.  That is not a bad haul and with the exception of Jones are all match squad players and in general are better than what they are replacing.  We are still short  of one or two pieces and we may have to wait until January to get them but the squad we have now is better than it was 12 months ago.

On the Sasso deal, about time and a good move!  One year deal is ok with me because it gives us more options than tying him up on a longer one.  If we get promoted, he would be replaced anyway, if we don't then we can offer him a deal and if he plays brilliantly during the season we have shown a number of times we are not shy of renewing contracts before the existing one ends.

Think we are doing brilliantly in recruitment behind the scenes. We are pretty much getting all our targets. The problem with CB is that we had / have a player lined up for a season long loan but he won't become available for two more weeks, which has forced our hand with Sasso due to injuries to Lees, Loovens & Semedo.

Our squad is so much stronger than a year ago & we are following the Middlesbrough blue print of last season by making minor adjustments to a Playoff Final side. Let's hope the result is the same.