by Ian Royal »
22 Jan 2009 12:38
cmonurz Different situation on the forwards, Coppell was rebuilding the side. Mooney was only ever signed as a reserve.
Tabb and Surman are both 'first-teamers', and I would personally be surprised if Coppell bought both of them.
Anyway, does it really matter?
Not really, I'd be inclined to agree Coppell won't get both, certainly unless we lose someone. But saying it isn't his style is just plain wrong. I can think of several other examples now of signing more than 1 player for the same position.
I don't think your argument that the forwards don;t count washes. Coppell is still rebuilding the side. There is plenty of pruning that is still left.
I for one would like to ditch Long, Gunnarsson, Convey, Lita and one of Duberry & Ivar at least from the first team squad by the end of the summer at the latest. And probably a whole bunch of the "for the future" lot that haven't gotten anywhere.