A very subjective look into AWFC

Ah! That weird time when we all want new signings and desperately wait for news yet nothing is happening. I honestly have been doing this to myself as far back as I can remember and I just never learn.

My expectations are so high and even though I know the announcements won’t come for who knows how long, part of me just wishes so so so bad that the second the window opens, things will happen. It’s very silly and I need to be better about this and manage my expectations and assumptions.

I don’t have that good of a memory to tell you what the club has done historically or if there are any patterns that might illuminate which path we will go towards. I really have no idea and I find that talking about uncertain things so much feels like a fun thing and also a frustrating thing. All I know is that we cannot afford to NOT be active in the window.

This isn’t me implying that we don’t have great players or that lots of people have to leave, etc. I think that transfer windows are also a way for clubs to send a message and establish a loud and clear strategy that says: “we’re serious”

And let’s be honest, the summer signings were a very big deal with Russo and Amanda especially being massive signings, so are we being to greedy for wanting more players or big name signings during this window?

I guess the caveat to all this is the health of the current squad but with the amount of matches being played, the deeper the squad the better. Of course there is a limit to the amount of players but I truly hope this is something that can be revisited.

As much of a bigger selection headache that can be for the manager, I would rather have more players to choose from than having injuries and/or mental exhaustion truly affect the players and their well being.

This is a long conversation that I haven’t really thought too much about but I might write more about it in the upcoming days.

Thoughts???!!