- Jul 29, 2004
- 19,610
- 331,377
After reading the last couple of pages I think I'll just clear a couple of things up. I posted a while back Spence was not Conte's pick, I also posted that there were players Conte had changed his mind about over the back end of the season. Players he initially thought were not up to it and had earmarked to go had changed his mind with their attitude and performances under pressure.
He wasn't overly bothered about bringing in a RWB at all, and I know that will go against the opinion of 90% of the board but he felt with a pre season and coaching he was happy with what we had, and he targeted other area's for improvement over this position. Don't get me wrong, neither Doc or Royal are untouchable by any stretch and if a good offer came in I'm sure we wouldn't be adverse to moving one on and bringing in an upgrade. Fact is though as I keep saying the budget is finite and there are a lot of area's he wanted to improve us, he just didn't see RWB as as important as other positions.
That doesn't mean He's not happy to have him here or didn't want him etc, but as I said it was a compromise from him to get the HG quota in check with very little downside.
He wasn't overly bothered about bringing in a RWB at all, and I know that will go against the opinion of 90% of the board but he felt with a pre season and coaching he was happy with what we had, and he targeted other area's for improvement over this position. Don't get me wrong, neither Doc or Royal are untouchable by any stretch and if a good offer came in I'm sure we wouldn't be adverse to moving one on and bringing in an upgrade. Fact is though as I keep saying the budget is finite and there are a lot of area's he wanted to improve us, he just didn't see RWB as as important as other positions.
That doesn't mean He's not happy to have him here or didn't want him etc, but as I said it was a compromise from him to get the HG quota in check with very little downside.