I dunno, about 2 months ago I floated wanting 3 first 11 quality signings and a couple of people felt it exceptionally unlikely that we'd be signing that many.
The shifting sands that can be football now means that common consensus is that's the minimum we need. Reading this thread recently, it appears some will view 3 signings as insufficient.
I suspect that Nuno, and others within the management team wanted the break until 1 sept for the reasons quoted - we know Nuno has missed his family, and it is likely others within his team could be in a similar situation.
It would be reasonable, and sensible by the club to give the management and playing staff a considerable amount of time with their families. I would suggest it will have a long term benefit. It will also be in line with the ethos the club have been developing.
In like with Aikiwolfs post yesterday, the daz hale quote is also probably in line with most fans views. We know the squad size is unlikely to be increased. Therefore, there are 3 players (Bennett, MGW, Cutrone) We need to upgrade on for definite. We were also potentially light in the WB role, as we had 3 players for 2 positions. Injury and a transfer have reduced that to 1, so more activity needed. So he doesn't really bring anything new or significant to the party.
I'd also realistically be expecting the club is looking at upgrading Saiss (but keeping him as a squad player). I still feel Boly works better on the left of the 3.
I think it very unlikely Nuno would have made the comments after the Sevilla game had he not been contemplating those issues for a while. He will possibly have been reviewing options since march. Lockdown and suspension of football may have even allowed him and his team more time to think about what they want to do next. Pure supposition on my part, but the way fosun and Nuno work tends to have a lot of planning behind it. I guess that's why I am not really concerned at this time.
) is that we have a great opportunity on paper to get a serious haul of points out of the first seven games. So going in undercooked or understrength is not ideal, we could win most of those fixtures BUT we need to be on our game.
