The whole 'bulking up' thing is getting old, and there are too many not so muscular great players to mention. Even then, every one of our players is going to be missing something, and sticking Dom Thomas on the weights for a year isn't going to suddenly make him a better player. Good players know their own strengths and how to use them, and good coaches at every level make the most of the strengths of their players.
Last season we had Sutton, Erwin, skippy, Moore, McHugh, with only Sutton available for the whole year. Now we have clarkson, Moore, moult, and fletcher, so I think we need one more for cover.
I'm not too happy with the options, but I'd be surprised if we added another right back with us having just re-signed law and extended watt. I expect that the minimum of 3 will include a goalie, center half, center mid.
A good start to get us out of the relegation picture early, and a good run in one of the cups assuming a favorable draw.
With our league it is a toss up who finishes 3-10, as it comes down to form and injuries, with the quality being pretty much the same. Hamilton and Patrick for bottom 2.
Great piece of business regarding marvin, and it is interesting to see us looking at paying another fee for someone.
One thing about this and the last few transfer windows is that football fans on Twitter are cringeworthy. Just ran a search for 'motherwell' and there are fans from wrexham and mfc tweeting that moult fellow. Also, if you post stuff on here there are a few well fans that will tweet the club/flow asking about it.
From his point of view, after a couple of big injuries I wouldn't risk waiting on a more lucrative move. Also, he went from being a fringe player to looking like a world beater against rangers, so his stock isn't going to get much higher. I thought he could do better than Leeds, but they're a feeder club in their own right so hopefully he finds his way to a Cardiff or west brom.
After Erwin's involvement in the post match shenanigans I think the timing of this move will work out for him. Not sure it is the best move, but hopefully he doesn't disappear.
As for Marvin, if any club wants to come in and settle the loan from les a few years early then they are very welcome.
In January we were looking for short term fixes to keep us up, so hopefully we are now looking for additions who can help us to a better league finish than last season.
As for ainsworth, his poor performance and attitude for 2/3 of the season was a contributing factor to our league place, I'm guessing that a second contract extension will probably cost us a few quid and we're not going to get any money for him down the line, so I don't think he's the best use of our money. I would hope that Dom Thomas could come in as the second winger and actually develop into an asset.