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Just looking at the dates for next season. The opening game is on 30th July (earlier start to accommodate the world cup) and the transfer window closes 1st September.
I'm sure the club will try to get their business done early, but it's always busier at the end of the window, especially for loans, as clubs make decisions on who to send out once they've filled their own squads.
I reckon this year we'll also see players holding out for higher wages until they realise they're not going to get them, then signing for whatever they can get late on in the window.
Could be an issue for all clubs, but especially so for one that needs an almost complete rebuild. It might be that we don't have a full sized squad until a month into the season.
As it stands we can just about scrape together a team.
Phillips
Ng Nelson McGuiness Bagan
Wintle King
Colwill Davies
Watters Collins
Harris
Denham
Bowen
on the bench + some of the loaned out players returning.
What were our numbers when Malky took over, weren’t we thin on the ground then?
We had quite a lot of players leave at the same time as DJ, but we still had a really strong spine for this level, It wasn't anywhere near as big a rebuild IMO.
we had
Marshall, Heaton
Hudson, Gyepes, Gerrard, Blake, Quinn, Naylor, McNaughton
Whittingham, McPhail,
Defence was more or less there, and 2 absolute quality midfielders at this level already here. We did need strikers and more midfielders.
Looking at the squad Malky inherited.
Marshall Hudson McNaughton Whittingam were key players. Other surplus to requirements/time to move on.
Malkys rebuild was incredible in 2 years.