DS will have a voice on who we signed but his wouldn’t have been the only one, the game has changed, signings are made by committee now.
Committee or not Smith would have known the budget and agreed to let all those players leave in full knowledge what the turnover to budget ratio would be. 2/3 could have been kept to allow for more quality if that’s a real concern. If he really wanted Benrhama or Maupay then you asses their cost and cut your cloth with a few less departures. I dare say his voice got the casting vote on all decisions (at least it should have). But we rushed and let players go within a week of promotion.Cahill is another who seemed like a no brainer which we lacked the brains to follow up.
Tammy aside, who left whom would have made any kind of difference do you think?
Quote from: PeterWithe on July 12, 2020, 10:39:04 AMTammy aside, who left whom would have made any kind of difference do you think?Axel
The argument for retaining Smith is purely pragmatic, we need to get this group of players (or something close to them) back up immediately. He did it 12 months ago.
Quote from: PeterWithe on July 12, 2020, 10:39:04 AMTammy aside, who left whom would have made any kind of difference do you think?I can’t see Whelan doing any worse than Nakamba, I can’t see Elphick doing much worse than Engels, I can’t see Adomah being much worse than Trez. There’s about £35million there. None of them are world beaters but did we really get that much if an upgrade on what are essentially squad fillers.
I can imagine the meltdown on here had we gone into this season with Adomah, Whelan and Elphick in the side.