Rofesleg
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I would agree with most of that but it is a bit harsh to say that the "Scott players with the exception of Forss" didn't convince.Signings I think that Wilder wanted:
Lenihan, Smith, Clarke, Steffen, Giles, Mowatt
I think Muniz was last in the line when all the strikers Wilder wanted fell through. We had tried to buy him before Scott turned up.
Roberts was a simple case of plugging the gaps.
Signings I think Scott pushed for as players to increase in value: Forss, Hoppe, Conteh. I had forgotten that Boyd Munce arrived in the previous January. Until Carrick took over, Wilder was playing Forss under protest and had zero interest in the academy or Hoppe. Admittedly, Carrick and pretty much every other one of this managers has felt the same about Hoppe.
That only leaves Hoppe. So one did well and one didn't.
I wouldn't count Conteh as he wasn't signed as a first team player and pretty much went straight out on loan.
The reason we almost got promoted was due to the unexpected form of Chuba, the rise of Hackney, plus excellent January loans to keep the momentum.
And of course Carrick's coaching and tactics. I'm not sure that is all accidental.
We also had almost no changes to the starting line-up for weeks and weeks until the wheels fell off at the end of the season.