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We’re the same as every other club out there, all searching for a 20+ goal merchant up front, even Arsenal are in the same boat.
A club like us simply cannot afford anyone who’s shown the slightest ability to rattle a few home, we would simply be outgunned at the till.
We have to either, land lucky in the loan market and pick up someone on the bench or a young lad i.e. Goodwin Taylor
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Bring one of our own through the ranks. The way we’re shaping up right now loan striker is pretty much our only option for the foreseeable future.
Long gone are the days of splashing the cash infact it’s the exact opposite rightly or wrongly as there’s a case for both sides
My only gripe is, for us to build and move forward we have to reinvest money from the sale of any players. We have 2 more big money outgoings players left to sell then that’s it, the conveyor belt stops and there’s no more on the horizon.
Again I end up harking on about the youth set up, scouting, and the yes bringing them through the ranks gradually.
Hughes Aasgaard & Tickle S.Smith weren’t overnight sensations there was alot of time, money and hardwork put in from both the youth staff and the lads themselves which then enabled the lads to quickly integrate into the first team and this has to happen again with the like of Payne.
I’m afraid that’s the club we have to become sharpish and bring in less kids in on loan from other clubs who simply let us improve them and hopefully their value so they can sell for decent dollar.
We need to find lads, bring them to the club offer top coaching and facilities and churn them out by the dozen and the very best ? fast track them.
It wasn’t that long ago we had a cracking youth policy and setup and we also had similar in the early 80’s. We need to rekindle those days and regain our youth mojo policy
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What the hell are we meant to do ?, if we’re to survive on pennies we have to make our own we have no other option.
If we do not invest money in the youth set up and the owner doesn’t invest then we’re does the money come from?