2018: This Year Was A Strange One …
I was generally satisfied at the end of this one, believe it or not. We had specific areas we needed to address, most notably central defence, and we went out and bought in Hendry and Compper. We brought in young Scott Bain on loan too, and we agreed a summer deal for Lewis Morgan.
We also brought in the marquee footballer, Charley Musonda. He was going to be the star of the show that season and this one.
It was not perfect but I have to admit that I did come out of it with a degree of optimism … which may have been misplaced.
Because Hendry has not been the player we hoped for and Compper has been an unmitigated disaster. We have yet to see the best of Morgan and Scott Bain has been in and out of the team and has never let us down.
The worst of it, perhaps, was the way the Musonda deal went pear-shaped. The reasons why aren’t clear but there was clearly an attitude problem and that affected his game time.
For all that, the double-treble was secured so all in all it wasn’t half bad.