Any sign or hint of a rumour of a signing. Another day is slipping by, half done and just us speculating, arguing and wondering. Meanwhile an old boy, Marlon Brandon is on Wycombe's and Lincoln's radar. Strange.
One thing I have wondered is what our scouting set up looks like? And how does it compare to L1/ championship clubs?
Now that overseas players are that much more difficult to acquire given Brexit do you need an overseas presence?
Was the scouting set up slashed and burnt by RD/ESI- I assume so.
Surely no coincidence we did well under Powell whom was PFA player liaison man I think so extremely well connected and liked. Bowyer was different but was well connected.
Are Adkins connections as strong? Was he out of the game long enough some of that has gone? What connections does Roddy have in the market we are shopping?
In recent years we managed to pick Pope, Lookman and Aribo out of non league - who do we have looking for these gems? You could argue the first two went some way to keeping the club afloat and if Pope was to sell for £20m or so then with Popes sell on; Lookman and him will have bought more to this club than the academy kids like Gomez, Konsa, Grant etc.
I guess the point I am making is, Is this beyond Roddy/Gallen and simply a factor of years of decay and cost cutting of scouting teams?
What about Asia / Africa / South America / Oceania?
Yes quite. I wonder if other L1/Championship clubs have international scouting set ups? Do/did we? Is it worth it as how do footy players qualify for visas anyway. Not just in Europe but further afield as.you say.
I remember during the premier league days we had a kind of European scouting network. Curbs went on holiday to Perugia and secured the signing of Jay Bothroyd
Yes, a kind of network. It was called Jeff Vetere.
Wasn’t he involved with jiminez? Whatever happened there…
Not being competitive in League One is an all time low for this club. There's still time to correct it, here's hoping we do.
There are 9 days left. They couldn't do it in 9 weeks when the shelves were stocked , even with freebies (no transfer fee) . Now we are in reject and dodgy Premiership kindergarten loan area.
And why would any Premier club loan decent players to a club in the League 1 relegation zone with an owner who looks and sounds like David Brent and a manager who sounds like Forrest Gump.
Not being competitive in League One is an all time low for this club. There's still time to correct it, here's hoping we do.
There are 9 days left. They couldn't do it in 9 weeks when the shelves were stocked , even with freebies (no transfer fee) . Now we are in reject and dodgy Premiership kindergarten loan area.
And why would any Premier club loan decent players to a club in the League 1 relegation zone with an owner who looks and sounds like David Brent and a manager who sounds like Forrest Gump.
Because it's still a better option than a loan to Oxford to play for a manager who looks like James Corden.
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Tbh I don't know much about it, I know that curbs thought highly enough to take him to west ham with him.
And the answer is no... because of Brexit.