I'm not convinced. Firstly, we were still looking at four players (with a view to signing two of them), offered £1m for clayton. Not sure we would have been looking at spending such a sum if it was needed for the training ground.
If that is true, I'd be a little concerned about what it means...
We had Orlandi in December (initially returned v Bournemouth in November, but aggravated an injury, returned again December 26 v Charlton (unused sub).
We don't currently have CMS or Hoskins any more than we had them in December. Yeah, they've started training, but CMS only played 25 minutes...
Players who were with us last season AND this season:
Ankergren
Barker
Brezovan
Bruno
Buckley
Calderon
Crofts
David Lopez
Dickenson
Dunk
Forster-Caskey
Greer
Hoskins
Ince
Kuszczak
Lualua
Mackail-Smith
March
Orlandi
Ulloa
Upson
Players who were with us at any point last season, but are not...
IMO
Goalkeepers, same
Full Backs, same
Centre Backs, weaker. Lost the experience and seniority of el abd, dunk has lost form from his early days and according to aspinall dunk is someone who will switch off at least once a game (that's not something I've noticed, but shortly after saying...