No not really… players either want to come or they don’t, they either want to stay or they don‘t. We need to stop pissing about and letting teams mug us off by tapping players up and convincing them to sit it out for a free transfer to save them money dealing with us.
We are now one of the big fish and need to stop worrying how other clubs, fans and media outlets perceive us. Screw them, they can hate us all they like but as long as we do our business right and on our terms (and within the rules) then I couldn’t care less what anyone else thought.
On a side note, we need to be banning certain media outlets and or individuals from coming anywhere near the ground on match days.