Transfer strategy

It's about time Norwich sorted out its transfer strategy once and for all. I'm sick to death of us rushing out and buying any old Championship has been that is available for a move, and then offering them a long term deal, when it is obvious to almost all fans that those players are past it, not interested, and are only here for the money.

Norwich should sort out a transfer strategy. That means idenitfying positions in the team which need strengthening at least one season in advance, and looking hard to find players to bring in to replace that position - a year in advance. Not in one week. Not a month before the season starts. But a year.

Secondly, we should only be looking to sign players under 25 years old, from League 1 and 2 teams, or from non-league. We want/need up and coming young, promising and hungry players. We should be scouring these lower divisions for young promising talent, so we spot them before they appear on tv and every manager knows who they are. The only time we move away from such a strategy is to capture a first team player/star from a Premiership side or Championship side. But such players would be our big money signings.

This strategy automatically means we don't: sign any reserve players from Championship sides (they're reserves because they're has beens and never will be's), we don't sign any old cart horses on long deals who are here for the money and only score about 1 goal a season. We must never again sign another player who has failed in the Premiership, or struggled in the Championship. We don't need, and we don't want players like that. Players like Grey, Omerod, Adebola, Lisbie are all players who would add absolutely nothing to our team. They're a complete waste of time and effort. I don't care if they have 'Premiership' experience. How many goals have they collectively scored at that level? Exactly.

Lets sort this mess out, and start planning our transfers. Identify our needs early, find the players we want, and make sure over the course of a season we get them. Young, hungry, promising and talented. That's what we should be aiming for.

Posted By: Poirot, Jan 24, 22:52:06