I think with everything the club do communication is their biggest problem. It should've been made clear at start of window what stage we're at with Anderson, as a now 20 year old, the club could've said "he's coming back to compete for 1st team place", but the fact they didn't & the length of time it took to get someone in, had Anderson been given that opportunity, the optics would've been that we were being tight rather than look like any real plan, meaning we then need to sign someone from another academy who is exactly same age.
I think with everything the club do communication is their biggest problem. It should've been made clear at start of window what stage we're at with Anderson, as a now 20 year old, the club could've said "he's coming back to compete for 1st team place", but the fact they didn't & the length of time it took to get someone in, had Anderson been given that opportunity, the optics would've been that we were being tight rather than look like any real plan, meaning we then need to sign someone from another academy who is exactly same age.