- Mar 18, 2005
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I certainly agree that we took our eye off the ball with transfers for the last 3 seasons.Because we didn’t sell when we should or bought when should of these last two windows have been almost emergency windows to rebuild an aging team.
I think the good news is that with Lo Celso, Ndombele, Sessegnon, Bergwjin, Gedson and hopefully Paitek and Perhaps an outside shot of a DM plus the emergence of Tanganga we are well on our way to rebuilding.
It was sad and perhaps inevitable that Poch’s reign would come to an end with a stale squad and he has probably every right to feel some annoyance that after delivering so much cash to the club through CL qualification he didn’t get a chance to rebuild.
Without the stadium we probably would have spent more on the squad and had a stronger squad, we may have even won the title the year Chelsea won it or won the CL last year, Poch may have been able to gradually rebuild and everything that came to ahead never happened.
But the stadium will keep us financially competitive over a long period, in the short term though it was always going to hurt us. My only regret from the club is that they should have been more honest, you don’t go many windows on zero bet spend and two windows buying no one unless something is up.
Poch did constantly talk about slow integration and development. So if we weren't spending but were focusing on development then we could compete. Unfortunately the youth players weren't developing and many of the young signings weren't showing high levels of development either.
The stadium is completed now and turnover is up. The only way to increase our turnover is to increase our success.
What I find strange is the fans who are not in favour of Levy and ENIC don't seem to be encouraged at all by the signings in the summer and this month. Whatever your feelings on the last 4 season's transfers surely there is room for encouragement at the last two windows.
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