When I first heard that we had decided to keep hold of Ronnie Moore I was in two minds. As a season ticket holder for a fairly long time, I understand the need to keep continuity and work with the squad we've got however, after reading some posts on this forum, I can certainly agree that mistakes were made last season!
I'm not going to go in to all of them because quite frankly after reading them all I'm bored!
Moving on....
The immanent departure of Calvin Zola is likely in the next few days and the likelihood of Davies re-signing is remote.
Is this really such bad news?
I actually quite like Calvin and time after time have said, he's only young, he's still learning. I'd ask myself one question. "How long does he need?". At this level decisions have to be made for the club and a striker who has scored 16 times in 96 (Wikipedia) is not good enough! I would of course wish him well and think he has contributed over the last few years however, frankly his tenure at Tranmere has been nothing short of frustrating!
Steve Davies is another kettle of fish! I'm thinking Alan Mahon/Sean Thornton rolled in to one. I was really impressed with Steve before his injury and thought his involvement could have been the difference to run up to the playoffs. Obviously that wasn’t meant to be. He has been with Tranmere since he was a kid and now seems intent on leaving us for a nominal tribunal fee (if the clubs can't reach an agreement of course) Is this the behaviour of a footballer we want at our club? If Steve wanted to do good by Tranmere, he would have signed a 12 month contract and then asked for a transfer in the summer. I understand it's his career but It would have been nice seeing a young professional do the right thing!
I'm pleased to see that we've made our first signing today and hope that can be a platform for several more. I think Adnan Ahmed may get more of a role next season, he has done pretty well whilst playing for the reserves and his country!
I think it is imperative that we have attacking midfielders who are able to score goals next season. Them and a striker who can contribute 15+ per season would be a welcome addition to the squad. It would also be nice seeing a mixture of youth and experience in the team next season.
Lets bring back some of the attacking football I long to see every season at Prenton Park. :-({|=