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Originally Posted by andyd
Do you put that down to bad recruitment or lack of money or unprepared to pay wage demands. and fees for strikers even young under 23,s high up in the pryamid are on ridiculous salaries.
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Those are not simple alternatives.
The two latter reasons (lack of money and the ludicrous costs trickling down from the money laundering excesses of the Premier League Inc) can inevitably result in what, in hindsight, can be termed as ‘bad’ recruitment.
But that’s like blaming someone for the ‘bad’ decision to live in a cold, draughty house because they can’t afford anything better.
I don’t think you can accuse many small clubs of ‘bad recruitment’. They have to cut their cloth. I think Stanley have had and, generally, have ‘good recruitment’ given their financial position.
‘Bad recruitment’ should be reserved for the global businesses that were once English football clubs which splash untold millions on players only for those ‘assets’ to spend their lives on the bench or in the tattoo parlour.
An issue for Stanley’s management to consider now is whether any of those surplus midfielders can become reliable goal scorers. They tried it with Pell and Baghelou. (sp!) up front with little success. Tommy Leigh looks to be trying hard, and Hamilton needs to be given more chances to use that left foot. But, as things stand, there doesn’t seem to be any alternative to end the goal drought.