At first, we were kind of driving without lights in the night, not
completely like this, but we did not know what was going to happen in
the first couple of months.
Now, though, I have more knowledge than I did in August in being able to identify the player I want for my system.
Secondly, and perhaps more important than the first point, this club
completely supports me and they are doing the best they can to make me
happy and I have to thank them for this.
And thirdly, the team is in a good position and has proven all around
the nation that we play football, that we have a very real chance to go
up and we are in both cups.
There is a clear future at this club which we show to a player when
they want to join us which makes it sound like we are in the
Championship already.
All these things have made a big difference.
Now, the players call their agent to say they want to go to Swindon and that is good.
In the summer a League Two level player did not want to come. Another
player who is struggling in League One now – he has scored only two
goals - said ‘no I don’t want to play in League Two’.
Now, this man prays to come here but he is not for us anymore. He
didn’t want to join us and help us and now he is struggling, but we
still won’t give him another opportunity with us because even
though his side are League One we feel we are better than them now.
I can choose the player I want now, I can make the decision and the club supports me all the way.
For all these reasons it has become much easier and in the next few
days we will add another one, hopefully two, quality players to this
squad.
Funnily, enough, Oxford's Tottenham supporting No. 9, James Constable, told his agent he didn't want to go to Swindon, even with a reported signing-on fee and increased wages.
In an attempt to save face after being spurned, the morose manager then said
“The chairman called me to say we cannot go through, I asked what happened and he told me that he (Constable) wanted to think about the move. At that moment, I said I don’t want to know anything more and I don’t want him any more. The fact he hesitated, or already decided he did not want to come, it
did not matter to me. I didn’t want him any more. He can stay at
Oxford.”
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