The point I suppose is that we signed players whose prospect of gainful employment elsewhere was limited.
If the story is to be believed we have a budget that would place us in the bottom half of the national league which means trying to bring in quality, unless you’re going to try and run with a squad of 14 or 15, is virtually impossible.
The fact Hill knows the players in question in some respects is almost irrelevant.
I’m sure he knows hundreds of players, but we can’t afford most of them.
You only have to look at the game time and recent scoring records (or lack thereof) of the players who he’s brought in to realise why we were able to afford them and why we didn’t have to beat off an army of other clubs to get them. Basically we were left scavenging for left overs and scraps on deadline day.
Being kind, defensively I don’t actually think we’re that bad, and as a side I don’t see a lack of effort – but the lack of quality in the middle of the park and further up the field is absolutely frightening.
It’s significantly worse than I can ever remember and I go back nearly 50 years – and have seen lots of dross, particularly back in the 70’s (when crowds were significantly lower than now might I add).
That comes down to wages, pure and simple. We can’t compete with the rest of the division in terms of players who are sought after to any extent.
Assuming we go down, then under Swann sadly we’ll face exactly the same issue in the National League next season.
It doesn’t matter to an extent who he puts in charge either.
If you’ve got a crappy 3 wheel van that’s 40 years old you can put Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel and he’s still not getting a ton out of it down the motorway.
