It's not an excuse. If you were handed a group of new first team players days before the season started would you expect to be able to make that situation work straight away?
I will give him some leeway concerning the players, as I said in the Kean thread earlier, players like him will possibly need a bedding in period.
I know this is a thinly veiled attack on Brands, but Kean returned from holiday a week ago, Gbamin was due back tomorrow, Zaha if he signs is only due back tomorrow. We havent "lost" any time.
But with new players we should expect a period before it all clicks, even if we signed all the players in June, we still would have needed that period. The window hasnt closed yet, if it closed today, I would be slightly concerned in the squads ability to compete, but if we get the 3 players I think we need and they are of the quality of the players already brought in by Brands, then I honestly see no excuses why we should be anything other than 7th or above and putting pressure on the teams above us, by Christmas.
Honestly Dave, we will buy players every single summer, managers have been buying players since forever, having new players isnt an excuse to fail.
Or maybe this fella can only do 1 aspect of his job? Maybe all he can do is cry to the media and fail as a manager.
Im hopeful that isnt the case, im hopeful we can hit the ground running and kick on and if we do, he will gain my praise, but hes not hiding behind "The bad man signed me all the International quality players too late in the window", you can swallow that if you want, but im spitting it out.
