The great thing that's happened with this transfer window is that it means we're
not getting the same drivel in the newspapers about who we're going to sign. For
a few months anyway. It will probably start up at the beginning of December
again, because the transfer window will open again in January. But nonetheless,
it's nice to get a bit of peace and quiet.
We'd like to have added maybe one or two more players during the summer. We
tried very hard to get the boy from Rennes, Escude, and we tried hard to get the
boy Burdisso from Boca Juniors but they weren't to be. We may revisit those in
time. But that clearly stated how much we wanted to add to the squad. In the
striker department, we did make a move for somebody else but it didn't
materialise. As long as I can keep Scholes and Giggs fit, I've got alternatives
to playing strikers up there in different types of games.
The money isn't there in football at the moment, and academies may be the only
avenue that some clubs have got left. Once you close doors for bringing players
in during the season, the only course is to look at your own set-up.
At the moment we've got Luke Chadwick, John O'Shea and Michael Stewart all doing
very, very well. And we get income from the ones who break into the first team
squad, get restless and then want to move on. Players like Jonathan Greening and
Mark Wilson, although Mark was never a first team squad player, he was a reserve
player here who Steve McClaren thought there was some potential in. But Jonathan
Greening was part of the squad for a couple of years. Players like him move on
and it keeps the whole thing moving along.
Danny Pugh has also done very well. He's getting to that level now where Luke
Chadwick was maybe a couple of years back. He's only 19 and he's got a good
understanding of the game. Paul Tierney is a decent young left full-back, he's
now in with Ireland's Under-21s. Lee Roche has been in our squad and we've got
one or two other good young players just waiting there.
not getting the same drivel in the newspapers about who we're going to sign. For
a few months anyway. It will probably start up at the beginning of December
again, because the transfer window will open again in January. But nonetheless,
it's nice to get a bit of peace and quiet.
We'd like to have added maybe one or two more players during the summer. We
tried very hard to get the boy from Rennes, Escude, and we tried hard to get the
boy Burdisso from Boca Juniors but they weren't to be. We may revisit those in
time. But that clearly stated how much we wanted to add to the squad. In the
striker department, we did make a move for somebody else but it didn't
materialise. As long as I can keep Scholes and Giggs fit, I've got alternatives
to playing strikers up there in different types of games.
The money isn't there in football at the moment, and academies may be the only
avenue that some clubs have got left. Once you close doors for bringing players
in during the season, the only course is to look at your own set-up.
At the moment we've got Luke Chadwick, John O'Shea and Michael Stewart all doing
very, very well. And we get income from the ones who break into the first team
squad, get restless and then want to move on. Players like Jonathan Greening and
Mark Wilson, although Mark was never a first team squad player, he was a reserve
player here who Steve McClaren thought there was some potential in. But Jonathan
Greening was part of the squad for a couple of years. Players like him move on
and it keeps the whole thing moving along.
Danny Pugh has also done very well. He's getting to that level now where Luke
Chadwick was maybe a couple of years back. He's only 19 and he's got a good
understanding of the game. Paul Tierney is a decent young left full-back, he's
now in with Ireland's Under-21s. Lee Roche has been in our squad and we've got
one or two other good young players just waiting there.
