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He didn't add so much to the existing squads either time, although Gerrard and (especially) Palmer were excellent signings. I'm more thinking back to when he was trying to build a squad in his longer stint.

You'd hope Kevin Roberts should be able to provide some advice and contacts when it comes to media engagement and marketing.

I think he needs help with recruitment. Doesn't necessarily have to be a 'Director of Football', but if we are really trying to make a new long-term start then we need a new long-term appointment in charge of identifying and signing talent.

Recruitment has never been Shez' strong point, going off his previous stints here and elsewhere. Even so, the only circumstance we should be thinking about replacing him is if we are in the relegation zone with a few weeks to play. We need to try and build a Latics culture and Latics style of play, and that will take time. We need to improve our scouting though under the new management. Just taking whatever a couple of agents send our way wasn't working. Haughton is hardly news to anyone who even casually follows non-league, and he's exactly the type of player we should have been in for.

It'll be interesting to see whether Fondop or Porter can work together, or whether it's one or the other. Either way, they need service from wide. Tollitt should be playing wide instead of Stobbs or Hope.

That just shows we have too many passengers.

Hopefully those who were criticising buying players from non-league and thinking that any player with league experience will succeed are getting a reality check. We aren't going anywhere with non-goal scoring "forwards", passengers who run about without ever challenging for the ball, and players who can't complete a pass or cross.

Was amazed so many fans on here wanted Hope to stay. Luxury is the right word. We need footballers, not people who jog around the pitch and never touch the ball.

And from today https://twitter.com/whatingleshot/status/1552718801996845057

A couple of videos:

Wouldn't have been surprised to see the likes of Jem Karacan and Luke Joyce turning up for us as trialists rather than at Radcliffe. We could do with a player in their mould.

Didn't we nearly sign him last season?

You'd hope Shez would just tell his opposite number to get in his face a bit, doesn't take much physical to make him hide in the centre circle. Would be nice to have a real enforcer in the middle again.

Just seen a picture of him, 99% sure that's Ben Tollitt who was at Fylde and Tranmere. Think he'd be a much better bet for this season than Stobbs wide right.

Please don't say he is taking all our set pieces again as well