Agree about the recruitment record - only a quarter of his signings playing is not good

but the question is why has he ended up having to motivate and organise other people's signings?

Looking at the list further down - McGovern, Pinto, Klose, Dorrans and Brady are all first choice, or at least mostly. Then Mulumbu and Jarvis perhaps would be if they were fit? So perhaps 7 of the first XI?

Who does that leave as 'failures' (or 'surplus to requirements', at least at the moment)?

Most obviously Oliveira, Naismith, Canos, Madison, and Pritchard? Am I missing any (other than players who were signed on loan for the prem)?

Guess when you put it like that it doesn't look so bad - although it misses out the players that he *should* have signed but never did (another CB, another striker etc...)

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Nov 1, 15:34:45