From what Robins’ has said recently, the primary focus this window is the loan market, presumably because we spent a fair bit in the summer. He did say he wanted to ‘wheel and deal’, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens there.
The Portsmouth example is a good one, and as I mentioned in another thread, they lost twenty games last season. If we analyse this season, if we take our chances results would be very different; there’s Pompey, Sunderland, Fleetwood, P’boro, Walsall (and probably a few more) where missing chances cost us several points. It’s a young side, so they will frustrate us with a bit of inconsistency in form. I honestly don’t think the gap between us and the playoffs isn’t that large, but we’ll probably come short this season.
For me, stick with young squad all day long. We’ve got them tied down to long term contracts and because they’re young they ought to develop and get better. However, going forward we need to get players with experience in the squad. In the summer we’ll need a right back, two wingers and a central midfielder at the very least.
