Transfer rumours...

Quote: ChrisH "Why?
apparently players sign because a coach persuades them that his vision for the future of the club is best? That's what all the players say once they've signed for a club. "I talked to Rich ( Justin/Nobby/Steve whoever ) and he convinced me I should sign". It's not about the money is it? If it was then Longy , Fitz et al would all have gone elsewhere apparently.
Players are professionals and quite rightly they will make a decision that is best for them financially first and foremost with ambition , silverware somewhere in the mix. Once they've signed they'll say it's because of the club/chairman/coach etc. hell they'd be idiots to do anything else.
Whether your recruitment process is good or bad , and it isn't just the individual player but the balance and mix of the group , is seen in the results and the pursuit of success. There's some luck involved and we've not had much but I think that you make your own and the successful clubs tend to be luckier all the time - Lucky Leeds is an example. Our recruitment hasn't worked out. The length of contracts given , the lack of balance between backs and forwards , the lack of planning 2 or 3 years ahead, the lack of thinking players and players playing out of position/with injuries etc have been wrong for some time. The people involved with this poor recruitment are by and large the ones doing it now and I've not heard any of them really say we got it wrong in the past but we're doing it different now. In fact generally they say we're going OK and infer that they'll carry on doing the same thing. I suppose I'll just have to wait and see whether anything changes and we start to see some success on the back of a sound recruitment strategy. Personally I've still not seen much evidence yet of that being likely.'"

Fielden stayed out with the minor premiers, no shock there and LMS choose one of the best teams in SL so again no shock there.

We have recruited poorly in past seasons but got it right last season and as a resutl we improved. I don't think chopping and changin coaches helps either which is why the board have maybe given Agar the two year deal and are backing him in the market. I can see muhc more structure to our player dealings now and we are aiming high rather than just signing a body.