Ironically, we've seen Sam Long, Callum O'Dowda, Josh Ruffells and James Roberts all significant squad players/first team players over the last six months. Throw in Max Crocombe, our International GK, who has done exceptionally well at Nuneaton and a few debuts for the likes of Josh Ashby and Aiden Hawtin (Sam Humphries not quite made the grade yet) and you see that MAAP reverted to those lads, who were here before him, to help him stable things up. Maybe i am over-stretching the point but these "Lenagan Lads" were here long before Appleton rode into town.Kairdiff Exile wrote: Sustainability! My biggest worry with the current board is that they are spending way more than our attendances can justify, so far without any results, and that eventually the whole thing will implode. Lenagan over-spent too, of course, but he was learning from his mistakes (hence the emphasis on youth development, which I fear will now be lost because we're instead spunking money every month on four new loanees instead). Even if Appleton turned things round on the pitch, I doubt we can sustain more than a few years on our current expenditure.
Sustainability has to be the Number 1 priority - without it, we don't have a club. So although the things you list are welcome, we have to remember they come with a hefty price tag. We lost £1.3m(?) in the year up to the takeover - how much do you think we'll have lost in the year since then?
To add some balance, Ashby and Hawtin made their debuts under Appleton but the rest have been bloodied under Wilder, Lewis and Waddock. So with that in mind, what was the point in bringing in over 25 other players (some were good signings mind) when we had a core of players then (see above) and who have hung around since whilst the likes of Balmy and Co got shipped in and then out again?