It could have been expected for you to have put your opinion to those facts, mainly due to the fact you used them to counter someone who was suggesting no one was doing any business yet. Yes, you just listed the clubs that have, but in the context it wasn't unreasonable to infer you were...
Stoke – a couple of full backs and an U23
Huddersfield – a defender sent out on loan from Monaco, and Pritchard
Leicester – probably the only genuine one you could say 'I wonder if we could have got him'...
Everton – Walcott, never in our market
Burnley – Spurs loanee
Other than Fousseni...
There is a difference between 'what you can afford' and 'doing it on the cheap'.
Doing it on the cheap, while a throw away statement to you, suggests you have the resources to do otherwise, but in order to save costs we're actively going for a cheaper deal.
What you can afford is simply that...
I would too, and would have done for the last few years!
I never said we had the quality or numbers, I said that we are not alone in finding it difficult to find strikers, and our record is probably comparable to most, and we know this because we had 2 seasons at the top of the Championship. We...
Isn't that the same for most clubs? When you do find a great striker, they move on, they're in demand. Why are they in demand? Because so many clubs want to sign a great striker. Why so many clubs? Because everyone is in the same boat searching for a great striker. Always is, and always will be...
But clearly we know how to recruit players. So your post of how to conclude deals is something we're already following. So what needs to change for a striker, specifically?
My point isn't to say no one is to blame, my point was we don't know who is to blame. We don't know that CH isn't being steadfast in refusing to accept plan B or C because he wants to wait to see if Plan A materialises. We don't know if Plan A is there ready to be signed, but TB isn't...
I just don't get why people think it is Barber and/or the recruitment team?
Quite honestly over the passed 3 seasons they've done amazingly well really, especially compared to some of the recruitment in the preceding years.
I don't think our problem IS Barber or the recruitment team.
I think...