I’m guessing the manager and coaching staff did; hence why he’s now playing for Sunderland on loan
Pretty easy conclusion to make
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Pretty easy conclusion to make
hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
Now it's a new accounting year, any chance we can re-sign Richarlison?
ah11984
Player Valuation: £25m
Is there a more tedious term than this?
We should have got relegated last season & we’ve sold our top scorer without replacing him.
nonstripdzebra
Player Valuation: £1m
Looks an intriguing player! Maybe would want a starting role oppose to the bench in a world cup year?
Kidding aside hard to think Richy couldn't have found himself a champions league squad in Europe to start at.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Signing a failed full back in Cornet or another in Dennis who is famed for having a bad attitude would be absolute madness.
In their entire careers theyve had 2.5 - 3months last season when they scored goals and looked good as centre forwards.
Yes weve lost 2 tight games
Yes we need one or two centre forwards
But that doesnt mean we need to panic buy dross or else we'll be stuck with poor players yet again.
Theres 3 more league games until the end of the window...id rather Thelwell and Lampard brought in the right player(s).
17th this season is fine with me as long as the squad is rebuilt properly and sensibly.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
Agreed I wouldnt touch some of these strikers we have been linked with, with a barge pole.
irishgoose
Player Valuation: £15m
Well said. Some clowns here already in full panic mode.
Stability should be only goal at the moment.
Plan. Comfortable survival.
Stability should be only goal at the moment.
Plan. Comfortable survival.
jonnyboy316
Player Valuation: £35m
My ticker can’t take another season like last
only_sleeping
Player Valuation: £750k
Wouldn't "the signs of a good manager" be winning some points? It's early days, and though we look better defensively, going forward we look as clueless as we did last season.
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
Using my admittedly dodgy crystal ball I reckon Guirassy ( or Ajorque) , Dieng and (hopefully) Gana will be signed this week.
I don’t think any manager would walk into a club that were as poor as we were last season, and within 6 months turn a very poor team into some form of total footballing unit. Especially after losing your only goal scoring threat from the previous season.
So, I’d rather ensure a strong unit first and build on that
nonstripdzebra
Player Valuation: £1m
Well said. The squad clearly needs a striker, but I also would be wary of pressuring these results in forcing a deal that could be like Rondon in a years time. Or hyper specific to the managers liking as he too is doubtful longterm. It falls on Thelwell to have a larger scope in mind. In my opinion thats acknowledging likely moving DCL a year from now, and planning at least abstractly that the cover you bring in has potential of being a starter come next year (let alone being an appreciating asset for future funds). Id argue Guirassy and Ajorque don't fit that mold.
all we need is goals! 
It's not as simple as that.
If we had already signed the strikers but not upgraded the defence or midfield then we'd be conceding three or four goals per game and complaining that we never get any shooting opportunities for our expensively-assembled forward line.
Yes we need strikers. Yes, ideally we wanted them in last week. But we simply cannot panic-buy or overpay again, so we need to be patient in order to get the right people in. I have zero doubt that we will get another striker in to compete with DCL for the starting spot.
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