There is always a risk in playing top class opposition in pre season … results like this can easily happen.
the upside is that no one at the club will be under any false illusion that we don’t need to strengthen this window.
Robin’s isn’t great with young players. Added to that a poor start to the season and the combination meant that Mark was always likely to
favour proven players to potential.
We had no choice but to sell him and we will never know whether we miss out on targets to replace him or not.
It’s also clear from Robins comments that Hamer played the edges. The club clearly thought they had a chance to keep him but he jumped at the first opportunity that came along.
I’m sure he will have the final say but the new model across football is that the managers choose from a shortlist provided by the scouting team and approved by the owner.
We know under Robins this was also the case but he occasionally signed players that he strongly liked too such as BTA and...
We still don’t know what type of player Lampard wants or rates.
Grimes and KKH were long term targets for the club by his own admission , and I very much doubt Brau is anything other than a calculated risk from the scouting team.
hooefully we will know more over the next few weeks
Don’t be a pedant … he got 19 goals the season before last and I have no doubt would have got 20 had he stayed fit all last season. The point @Cally Fedora makes is a fair one.