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Re: Marcus McGuane
So, what you're basically saying is you can't look to the future and the present at the same time then Alf?
You're mistaken if you think the recruitment people spent all of last January chasing this lad, because Gary Brazil - who recommended him in the first place, having kept tabs on him since he was at Arsenal - did most of the work, just as he did with a couple of foreign lads who came in to the U-18s/23s. McGuane got more publicity because he was higher profile and came from Barcelona.
Simply put, you can't use this lad as an excuse to bash Modesto and Anigo, again.
Personally I think all our energies in the January window are better spent focused on the players we need for that season there & then.
McGuane could be the next Cash in 5 years, but that won't count for anything if we don't support him with the players he needs that season to make it count, and are focused on chasing the next Cash again then.
Someone's got to spend the time scouting, networking, negotiating etc. for these players. Focus that time elsewhere and we may have landed better players than the likes of Diakhaby & Bong to get us up.
Future signings keep us chasing the future. By all means make them, but nail the core signings we need first.
(would edit the above post, but it won't let me)
Simply put, if McGuane comes good, I'd sooner we signed players who supported that in the season he does so, than sign someone else who'll be good in 5 years, and flog him to fund some of the time involved getting there.
It's part of the cycle of failure which keeps us stuck where we are. At some point you have to look at a strong squad, stop building for the future, and grab your chance.
So, what you're basically saying is you can't look to the future and the present at the same time then Alf?
You're mistaken if you think the recruitment people spent all of last January chasing this lad, because Gary Brazil - who recommended him in the first place, having kept tabs on him since he was at Arsenal - did most of the work, just as he did with a couple of foreign lads who came in to the U-18s/23s. McGuane got more publicity because he was higher profile and came from Barcelona.
Simply put, you can't use this lad as an excuse to bash Modesto and Anigo, again.
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