The transfer strategy to target relative galacticos was wrong and illconceived.
Those players were never going to be attracted to a northern mid table club on wages alone.
The execution of that strategy was incompetant beyond belief. For example if
@The Esk is correct that we agreed a fee and terms for Witsel and then agreed that he would have a medical and sign after his holiday is ridiculous beyond belief and should be contrasted with Chelsea who did the same with Batshuyi and then arranged for him to leave the Belgium camp ( incidently the same country as Witsel ) to complete the deal.
The number of deals that we let slip through our fingers and the state of negotiations with players and clubs is truly incredible.
WE then showed a significant lack of flexibility and intransigence in not selecting / moving onto other targets when deals like Gabbiadini proved difficult.
The lack of speed with with we failed to progress matters is a disgace.
Contrast that with properly run clubs like United , West Ham and dare I say it Liverpool who got their business done early.
Those responsible must be sacked.
Clearly I am not inside the club but based on empirical evidence this must be Kenwright ( O'Connor yesterday said "he has been working dilgently to get deals done " - despite
@The Esk saying he was marginalised ) ,the Russian guy appointed by Moshiri to be in charge of transfers (CBA looking up his name ) and the CEO Elstone ( ludicrously appointed to the board despite years of underacievement at Goodison ).
Walsh just about gets away with it due to his late appointment.
Moshiri has turned this club into a laughing stock he must now become fully involved , take decisive action and explain his vision for the club to the fans as a first step.
