A lot of negative spins on this and our conduct with puma to date.

An alternate view. Perhaps this is one of those less favourable deals we have been lumped with post Power, and this is positive commercially for the club?

I know I am flogging a dead horse, and have gone all Ghost of Reg, but did they, really?

Drinan scored 4 in 10+7
Glatzel scored 7 in 18+1

I think the latter is a good enough player to have competing for the first team if you want promotion, but Drinan is no more than a back-up.  Between them, that's an OK return, but worse than what they essentially replaced, so not better.

Ofoborh played 6 games, it's not really enough to judge him.  He looked like he had something, but he also comes with a monumental health warning.  you'd be very wary about spending first team player wages on such a risk.  It may come off, but it's just another example of our haphazard approach to building a football squad.

McGurk was a bit part player - he managed 7 starts (and don't think any of those were for 90 mins were they?) in half a season.  Hardly made us better - our results continued as they had been, if not worse.  Does he have something about him?  Of course.  Should he be a first team pick, probably not.  he's another gamble with lots of upside, but a gamble.

Of all four, only Glatzel showed consistent promise at the right level.  He survived half a season, so we hope that one is paying off.

We lost Kemp, Young, Kinsella (from the positions these four came into) - one of those was as meh as they come, but as a squad, did it really get better?  We had more forward options, that is for sure, but we still did not improve as a squad, as a whole.

Bored of Puma’s recycled tacky shite, one of the many things that needed to go albeit a lot less important.

I would also add Bycroft to that category… assume he’s Kennedy’s number 1 this season.

I agree with that. Flynn had no idea and GG was a car crash ultimately. MC Gurk,Glatzel,Ofobohr and Drinan all improved us to a certain extent and with a pre season under their belt can surely only improve further

It makes it even more impressive how Glatzel did considering he had a proper manager for about 3 days of his STFC career…

I'm not saying those two were not good enough - I'm saying they are not additions to a squad that failed miserably, despite their individual talents.  In both cases, they were available to us for a reason - both should NOT be relied upon as first team players, not yet.  Both have considerable risks associated with them.  They are both good to have though - in both cases, if the risks never materialise, and they go on to show the flashes are what they can deliver, then they both end up being good players for the club.

Red shirt white stripes on the sleeves. Sorted.

Probably something from their basics range.

But what does this mean for the shop sign