Cookiefloyd__streete Perhaps Coppell might bother to watch our next potential record signing in person next time.
I agree with the sentiment here. Coppell spent a lot of time in Ireland watching Doyle Long and Bennett.
But I would have expected our scouts to do a better job. Fae was scouted for nearly two years. How was that time spent? Did anyone explain the way the English game works, did he bother to listen? Brian McDermot presumably had a french interpreter with him??
To be fair, you can't expect an experienced player to change their game to fit in ith your style of play; surely you should sign the players whose style matches your needs. Fine, I know it happens, sometimes very successfully; Wenger converting Henry from a winger ot a striker springs to mind, but I think that was more about seeing that the player was actually not playing in his best position. And fine, you can ask a player to add certain things to their game. But, essentially, surely it's up to the club to identify that a player's natural style is what they need?