Makes sense John, the problem is the scattergun approach that irks me. Someone like Twentymen had the belief in his abilities to recruit one or two players who would be bedded in playing for the reserves and gradually introduced into the first team. Our recruitment policy is to bring in a dozen players a year give them ridiculously limited opportunities and then jib then when they don't turn into worldies overnight.
It smacks of a lack of judgement, lack of belief and above all a lack of courage on the clubs part.
The fans get slated for being kneejerk but they have nothing on the Club.
Funny though Al, I'm always being told it is different these days. I've no doubt that the club bring some players in then decide to send them out on loan, get the wages back and a bit of a loan fee then move them on. Chelsea do it all the time. If you are going to recruit where we are, you will do well to get a 30 - 40% success rate and if you can get something back on the ones that don't make it, you are doing well. I think that we are going to get more of this not less, the model is well established, whether you think it is right or not is another matter.
Problem is that nobody knows who is doing what with transfers, understand that Rodgers is now having a bigger say and it maybe that he is happy to move on committee signings that are not in their plans, FSG are certainly happy to balance the books. I don't know if Rodgers is right or wrong, but I'm happier for the manager to have a bigger say than a faceless committee, he'll live or die by it.
Biggest problem at the club is not Markovic or Ilori going out the door.
