Did anyone else listen to Parish on FYP speak about the transfer policy and recent signings?

Someone rolled out a stat about the 7 most recent signings basically not playing for the club regularly yet. Jach, Rakip, Sorloth, Meyer, Guaita, Kouyate, Ayew.

First thing he said was we sometimes sign players to make sure we have an 11 on 11 in training.........

I was wondering if I heard that correctly, but he actually said that.

He initially stated he was absolutely thrilled with recent transfer business, that we couldnt have done any better. Old Steve then backed off a bit and said that some mistakes were made.

Most comedic moment was when he was listed all the positives behind each player, and said about Sorloth after a short pause "he had a good game at West Brom". Says it all really. Sorloth should have gone out on loan immediately, he is absolutely nowhere near Premier League level.

How anyone can look at our attacking options and think we did well on that front in recent transfer windows is beyond my comprehension. Kouyate and Meyer were good signings, make no bones about it, but in terms of forwards we are seriously lacking, again.

Never thought I would say this but I think we really could use Bakary Sako right now, he would definitely be starting.

When oh when will we properly manage our squad and ensure the manager has quality and diverse options in all areas of the pitch?

This post has been merged from a topic called 'The reason why we’re doing badly is simple ' by Midlands Eagle

Surely this reason isn’t to do with making subs earlier (although that is f***ing annoying) or the system we play but the fact we have replaced first team starters with squad players.

Line up from last home game of last season and indeed majority of our matches that saw us unbeaten in last six:

Hennessy
Wan bissaka
Sakho
Tomkins
PVA
Mccarthur
Luka
RLC
Cabaye
Zaha
Townsend

Since then our lineup has remained largely the same but swapped RLC for schlupp and cabaye for kouyate. Both of these are clear downgrades.

I also feel we never truly recovered from losing bolasie. That season before we lost him we were desperate for another winger to come in and challenge zaha and bolasie and help cover when injured. When we got Townsend I was delighted. Then we sold bolasie and the whole saga continued but with a downgraded player.

If we wish to sustain, let alone progress we need to replace players with equals and then add squad players in behind to challenge them and keep them on their toes. For me this is where we’ve failed monumentally as a club and fear we may pay the price.

We are always being told by Parish that signing a quality striker is sooooo difficult. Everyone chasing the same player (well if they weren't he'd be crap), selling club always way over value (their prerogative if he's theirs), convincing the player to come (that's Freedman's job to sell the club to incoming players the competition of Swansea, WBA, Brighton and that level should not be too difficult, we are in London FFS)

IMO Parish just doesn't want to spend what it takes to stay up and winging it will see our luck (and yes we have been lucky) run out. If he wont spend 30/40m on a proven top level quality striker then take a chance on a prolific Championship one. Bradley Dack is an example. Not saying he is the answer but I bet I know which most would prefer between him and Ayew.
Or what about a top 5 youth striker that needs games on loan? FFS if we cant find what we're looking for think outside the box and find a bloody solution. The suggestions made are gambles of course they are but they are a damn site smaller gamble than doing nothing, going down and kissing goodbye to 100m a season!

Dack has been played as an out and out striker by Blackburn but granted, when describing him as one that may be a bad example. However I think most people know what I'm getting at. If we cant buy ready made buy potential and work with him ffs. Or have our coaches got no faith in their own ability to improve players?