How could anyone have known the Barlow deal would not work out, everyone was happy when he signed.
If he had not put pen to paper with us he would have most likely gone to Fev.
What would we have said if we had let him go and he played to his full potential, we would all have said why did we let him go.
You can't win, it's all wisdom after the event.
Penky was a one off and the likes of which will probably be not seen again at this level but he was getting to the back end of his carrear and part of his moving on was to play for his own town club before he hung his boots up.
We made an offer to Andy Ellis which would have made him one of the highest earners at the club but he chose to go to Rovers, it wasn't like we did not try to get the better players.
Blacky on a good day was one of the best in the division but he took plenty of stick when he had a bad day at the office so again you can't win.
As for six or seven options in the halves and at hooker that KH spoke about it doesn't neccessarily mean 6 or 7 players but players who can play in more than one slot and do a job or options to offer something different.
Murrell could play 6 or 13, Mennell could play 9 or 7, Kaye could play 6,7, or 9 if required etc and we will need cover for if anyone gets injured.
As for other signings the club has said they are doing all they can to get some good lads onboard, lets give the new guys a chance.