by Gone_Shrimping » Sat Jul 27, 2024 2:14 pm
My first look at the full squad having only seen them at Longridge so far in pre-season.
I think the King has done an incredible job putting the squad together after arriving when there were only 4 senior professionals on the books. 20 players in total played , only Paul Lewis was missing presumably injured , and it looks a very competent squad. No passengers like we had at times last season and from Derek's interview where he mentioned "players signed so far" it would appear maybe one or even two more to come in. One needs to be a goal scorer.
Ray looks to be , dare I say it , an upgrade on Rawson , being just as dominant in the air and more mobile on the ground. Callum Jones looks way better than I remember from his first loan here and Jordan Slew continued where he left off last season and the Blackburn defenders couldn't handle him and were pulling his shirt off most of the time.
Certainly it gave me confidence that we can have a decent season.