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I know, signing virtually an entire squad before the first friendly, including more experience and quality that we have seen in yearsā¦ Terrible recruitment 
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With so many signings coming thick and fast, Iām losing track now. 
Iām not going to bother too much about what exact position they will actually be played in, but by my reckoning I think that with those retained/re-signed/given pro-contracts plus the newbies and loans (and going off the OSās classification of them) we now have:
2 GKs
9 defenders
9 midfielders
3 forwards
So that would be 23 players (SO FAR) competing for the 18 places available in the match day squad. We started last season with 26 but obviously added (is that the right word???) to this with other loans later.
I also agree that Sadler is probably not likely to play many games (if any) unless we have a bit of a crisis, and at least 3 of the kids will likely only be expected to be bit parts getting just the odd chance to warm the bench and maybe an EFL Trophy game (if not sent out on loan) - but then again, exactly the same would have true last year too.
So realistically, how many more do we need to bring in, and are we talking loans or permanent deals?
Nope was talking about this in particular. Recruitment on the whole has been ok, as Iāve said after every decent signing 
Exactly we could have paid a fee and been stuck with him if he wasnāt upto it. Now if he isnāt up to it we just cut him loose
Good business
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Have you seen our recruitment over the past 4 years!
Doesnāt matter what the deal is if heās rubbish. If you get a ******* horrible T-shirt for half price (because we are still probably paying wages) thatās not a good deal.
Iāll wait and see how he plays before deciding if itās good business.
Is he not good enough for Mansfield then?
I guess clough doesnāt fancy him.
But letās not forget, thatās the same Clough who couldnāt wait to get rid of Andy Butler at Sheff United. So perhaps he doesnāt know a decent centre half when he sees one? 
I wouldnāt pay much attention to it being a loan, Iād imagine this is a cash flow decision as he is in contract. As previously said at least if it doesnāt work we can give him back! If we had signed him on a perm earlier in the window we would be buzzing about the signing.
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Ye genuine question as Iāve not heard of him.
Forwards always seem to be the last to come in, they know they are most in demand, so can hold out for better deals.
Have faith
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6ft 2" . Another biggy.
I would definitely loan out batesā¦ we are overloaded in midfield and canāt see where he would get in the team if Iām honestā¦ definitely need another striker and winger and left back and think we will be done
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This season could be the making of Alfie Bates went backwards in a poor team that didnāt have a clue and without any leadership . He has definitely got talent and With better players around himTaylor could well re ignite his development .
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Think we already are mate, saddens me that Taylor also seems to think that forwards are not a necessity to do well in the 4th Division.
We shall see, still hopeful, but a marquee striker would have sold many more hundreds of season tickets, now we will have to rely on many more goals coming from midfield. Canāt wait to see Ward in a Walsall shirt though.
Conor Wickham could be coming in. The fullarton link and heās not wanted at place. Alternatively we could could go for akinfenwa. Could do a job for us
I honestly donāt think that he would be getting an extra defender in if he thought it would impact his budget on forward reinforcements.
I think he has something up his sleeve as regards to a good striker.