Not though are they? If you’re unconditionally pessimistic, or unconditionally optimistic, you can’t be a realist 
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Professor Belph 
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All your posts sound angry. I don’t know you so I don’t know if you’re an angry person or not. It’s just the way your posts read to me.
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" A cynic is what an optimist calls a realist." 
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Thanks for the personal analysis.
How much do you charge for an hour assessment?
Hahaha UTS never fails
Being realistic we need at least 5 new players (and really good ones) excluding the goalkeepers to be anywhere near the top of the table. So
If I’m realistic. Will that happen. NO
If I’m pessimistic. The pig flew past the window
If I’m optimist. Course it will. This is a new dawn for us. The budget is now ‘very very’ competitive
Still just the 1 striker so far. Does this mean that Solitaire is the only game in town?
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I would keep patience. So far defence has been strengthened (a bit at least), but now time to add players, who will create one, or better more chances from open play in every game. Season starts at the end of July, first pre-season game will be 9th July, so three weeks for fulfilling all possible holes in the squad. The only way is up (especially when you start at the bottom).
I think it’s based on experience. We are used to us having to wait till near the end of the Transfer Window while other clubs have their pick of players and we pick up what’s left. That’s the perception and, as they say, perception is reality. I’m sure that there are fans from other clubs thinking exactly the same at the moment but it doesn’t make us feel any better!
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So, is an optimist someone that a cynic calls a fantasist?
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Don’t mind this signing dependent on what attacking options are signed alongside. I for one would have liked to see Miller ( or a similar type) work with him I recon he could teach a young striker loads to develop him further possibly giving a resale value
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@Acuman I agree with you about Miller and Williams.
I’ve just googled it and he hasn’t signed for Bradford yet.
After they signed OSS and Chapman, it might not go through anyway.
Now that Dave has left, I’d seriously consider making George Miller a sensible contract offer. What do you think?
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I would be happy tbh. He knows the club and Flynn knows him. I think he would have got more goals as a two rather than a loan striker. I also think if he is not the sole source of goals his conversion rate would be better as he missed chances some as he snatched at which wouldn’t happen with confidence. Also some of the sitters he missed at least he had the instinct to get there. He’s young and I’m sure he will improve.
Whether it is with us or someone else we will have to wait and see I can see some Walsall fans not been happy if it happens but it once again depends on the whole picture.
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Two totally different players, but i’m sure Akinfenwa was released by Wimbledon at 35. Signed for Wycombe and achieved two promotions in his time there. Maybe Williams will be of a similar ilk.
I don’t believe he will start many games, but that experience and know-how will definitely benefit us you would imagine.
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That’s how I see the signing. I’m not that excited but I see the benefits. Same with Clarke
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That’s my thought too.
In another thread a while back I recall someone naming Jon Macken as being one of our, shall we say, worse rather than better players.
He was a little bit younger than Williams when he was with us, but obviously on the downward slope of his career and not as influential as a striker as he had been in his prime. But playing alongside him was a young Will Grigg who appeared to blossom under his tutelage.
Not here as long but I recall seeing Steve Staunton doing the same sort of in-game mentorship with Ant Gerrard.
You sometimes do need a bit of May and December going on to help the younger less experienced players flower more.
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The trouble is, we don’t have a Will Grigg type player for him to mentor
Ronan Maher maybe? @chunkster
I still think that we’ll get a loan striker in from Wolves, Villa or the Albion though…
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