Wednesday Complete Teale Signing

Good signing for us, well done Mr Irvine

Mellor and Mawene are the last 2 i've heard. Much better squad than last season, i would join you in that bet retford but the odds are too short

Ok none of the summer signings have blown me away but in the short term it is possible that the sum of the whole will outway the sum of the parts. If we are to win the title it will depend on our strikers firing consistently well throughout the whole season. My breath is held ..............

with the exception of otsemobar all the signings have come from clubs who last season played at a higher level than we are currently at so all in all i'm quite happy. a decent centreforward wouldn't go amiss tho. mellor would be class if he can last a whole season

Just read on Wednesday site we've signed Mellor on a season long loan,i hope n pray he stays fit.Welldun to Mr Irvine.

Mellor probably scored more goals at Hillsborough last season than some Wednesday players did!!

Hirsty, I mentioned the short term because these signings are a gamble on gaining instant promotion (nothing wrong with that), a large proportion are the wrong side of thirty and will retain no re-sale value but as they probably aren't on big wages will not be a millstone around our neck (only Purse is in that category since Jeffers has finally gone). The long term view that I believe in involves the acquisition and development of talented young players who command small salaries but represent potential high sell on fees and so we could (in theory) trade our way out of debt. This relies on producing/developing more Brunts, Whelans, Woods and Bougheras and being willing to sell them on. It is a plan that has definite drawbacks though, the principle being we clearly cannot trust the board and their financial experts as even the previous chairman apparantly wasn't informed as to the actual financial situation at the club. That's just my view. I don't expect us to sign Joe Cole or his ilk but would like us to be on the look out for players with real potential. It is, as I said, a long term view but Mr Irvine, to his credit, is making a real stab at promotion in one season. If it happens he will be proven correct and I hope that proves to be the case. C'mon Wednesday!

As I said, Irvine has gambled on instant promotion and, by and large, the squad he's assembled should be good enough to challenge. My one doubt remains over Purse, he was simply at fault too many times last season (can't fault his commitment, just his ability/age).