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Blue tinted optimist⭐🦐
Our luck is appalling... Walkers injury sums everything up. Laurent, Revell, Freedman... all out for a while and Barnard only half fit at the best of times.
This actually now forces Rons hand. In my opinion this is by far the biggest positive.
The loan rules are complicated but if I understand them correctly then we have 3 long term (i.e. 3 month plus) loans left this season for players over 24. Tilly has said we now need experience... this to me indicates that he hasn't been looking at experienced players before. The players he has been trying to bring in have all been under 24 and would definitely have improved the squad. However, would young, ambitious players whose careers are "on the up" see a move to Southend as a positive step? Probably not - which may well be the reason we've been so unsuccesful in signing anyone.
So, if we change our targets to players of, say 29/30, who have the grit and determination we need then we may have much more success.
I know the transfer window closes on Monday but the loan window is open for a while after that... I would expect at least 1 permanent signing this week with possibly 2 loans before the loan window closes.
This actually now forces Rons hand. In my opinion this is by far the biggest positive.
The loan rules are complicated but if I understand them correctly then we have 3 long term (i.e. 3 month plus) loans left this season for players over 24. Tilly has said we now need experience... this to me indicates that he hasn't been looking at experienced players before. The players he has been trying to bring in have all been under 24 and would definitely have improved the squad. However, would young, ambitious players whose careers are "on the up" see a move to Southend as a positive step? Probably not - which may well be the reason we've been so unsuccesful in signing anyone.
So, if we change our targets to players of, say 29/30, who have the grit and determination we need then we may have much more success.
I know the transfer window closes on Monday but the loan window is open for a while after that... I would expect at least 1 permanent signing this week with possibly 2 loans before the loan window closes.
