We are operating on a shoestring, everyone knows that.
Do they? I am still struggling to understand why, or even if, we are operating on a shoestring budget?
Where have the club ever said they are in a bad position financially, and are having to be unbelievably prudent when it comes to signing players? I guess you may argue that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and that the lack of activity spells it out, but if this is the case, why are we offering £100,000 for players then?
It can't be both ways - either we have no money, or there is money to spend. Is the lack of transfer activity down to a debilitating lack of funds, or is it down to us yet again taken an age to identify, and then sign, the 'right type of player'?
There are plenty of clubs in this league who are not cash rich - I suspect most of them have a full quota of players that can at least fill each position on the pitch. We, however, have one centre half, and a very youthful left back who I imagine Tilly would not want to rely on this season.
This squad over achieved last season, and that was down to the contributions of Sawyer, Devitte and Robinson - OK, we have Sawyer for six months, but we have lost both of them, and also our most prized posession in Peter Clarke.
Tilly is going to yet again have to pull rabbits out of hats to get this team anywhere near where we finished last season, but more worrying to me, is what kind of message is being sent to the other players in this squad when we are so bereft of transfer activity, and personnel in key positions?
I'm not on here to start pointing the finger of blame at people, but it seems that most have come to the conclusion we are a cash strapped club without the club saying so themselves. I am totally confused by the signals the club are sending out and surely I can't be the only one?