recent recruitment issues

I note that:
1. Liverpool signed Arthur Melo on deadline day in Sept, on-loan for the season. A £4,000,000 fee plus his "six-figure" wages, so a minimum of £8.2m
He has played THIRTEEN minutes, in a struggling side, due to a combination of injury & lack of form

2. 'Dirty' paid £25m+ for the 20-yr old Georginio Rutter. He has "completed 234 mins in the PL & started once... no goals, no assists, no shots on target & 3 in total" And Rutter was the focus of an The Athletic piece entitled "Leeds' strategy of buying for the future won't work in unforgiving PL"

Here you have two very Norwich-like-mistakes being made by other clubs. Clubs that, in recent years, have been lauded for their approach & execution of footballing principles.

So, maybe, just maybe, Webber's missteps are no different from the rest of the football world. Everyone can recruit a dud, and all smaller clubs are looking for that edge (stats / young recruitment / overseas), an edge that can misfire.

Anyway, suck on that haterz

Posted By: Henclrikus on April 28th 2023 at 09:46:00

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recent recruitment issues (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 28, 09:46:00
- Jean-Kevin Augustin - £40m for 48mins of play (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Apr 28, 10:21:44
- That's just one player from those clubs though (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 28, 09:51:59
  - Well that's not true, is it? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 28, 10:01:19
    - And that is just 3 players, who could all be argued as having been duds to a greater or (NCFC) - megson, Apr 28, 14:13:19
      - I was refuting the assertion that (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 28, 15:40:42
    - “In PL terms” (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 28, 10:28:57
    - None of which contributed to staying in the Prem (n/m) (NCFC) - inutero, Apr 28, 10:11:40
    - which of those players contributed anything to our objective of (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 28, 10:05:15
      - It is obvious that no player contributed towards staying in the PL (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 28, 10:22:55
        
        They were recruited to get us there though (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 28, 10:30:25
        
        Finally, some balance. (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 28, 10:41:13
        
        Understandable though, it was a golden couple of transfer windows (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 28, 10:46:05
        
        It was above average (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Apr 28, 10:56:18
  - permanent signings in the Championship haven't been great either since 2018 (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 28, 10:01:10
    - had some duds back then too didn't we? (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 28, 10:44:13
- I don't care what other teams do (n/m) (NCFC) - inutero, Apr 28, 09:51:53
- Those teams presumably have a lot more people to help as well… (NCFC) - loz, Apr 28, 09:48:00
- Even Brighton have signed some duds (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Apr 28, 09:47:55

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