Why are we recruiting for the positions we already have a lot of players in when we have nothing at right back, even when Smith comes back.
CF - Lath, Forss, Coburn
CAM - Rogers, Gilbert, McGree
CM - Barlaser, Howson, Hackney, Payero
We even have good youth players coming through in those positions.
Our recruitment feels like it's a bit of a mess at the moment.
CF - Lath, Forss, Coburn - Coburn is going out on loan to help his development and is nowhere near ready to start a full season for us. Whether you agree or not (and most fans seem not to) Forss is very much a right wing option for Carrick and Latte is unproven and settling in.
CAM - Rogers, Gilbert, McGree - Gilbert seems to be absolutely nowhere near playing first team so far, Rogers looks like he'll struggle to score 5 goals from what I've seen of his finishing / technique and Carrick has chosen not to use McGree so you can only assume he doesn't seem him as a regular number 10.
CM - Barlaser, Howson, Hackney, Payero - Barlaser is a little slow and lightweight and Mowatt was chosen ahead of him when Howson was out last season. Howson is nearly as old as me and can't last forever, Hackney is a nailed on starter, Payero looks to be on the fringes having never established himself with a run in the side.
Every single one of those options is worse than we had available last season, we have nobody in reserve or a new first team starter as good as Archer, Akpom or Ramsey and nobody off the bench as good as Mowatt.
For a team that has really struggled to score any goals in its last six or seven games looking for another striker and a CAM/No 10 seems to be perfectly sensible to me. The fact we've recruited 'punts' in many of those positions is neither here nor there really.
We are woefully short in attacking quality at the moment, as our goal output, crossing, finishing, set pieces etc clearly attest to.
A couple like Rogers and Silvera might come good, but they should be rotation options for better players for me.