Recent references to Wilson's transfer dealings as "fantastic" are preposterous. In the three seasons up to Summer 2025 County signed circa 75 different players - probably a candidate for the Guinness Book of Records. Where are most of these players now? - certainly not at County and it does not take a mathematical genius to realize that the vast majority of these signings were abject failures. This scattergun approach to player acquisition seems to work on the premise that " if we sign 10 players one of them might just be of use to us. "

To quote just a couple of examples(out of many) the near-£1M Mothersille has been catastrophic and the less said about the Second Coming of Oloafe the better - I've seen faster elephants.

Really Wilson's player recruitment has been shambolic and hugely wasteful financially. What this has produced is a team generally consisting, with a few exceptions, of journeymen lower league players and it is to the eternal credit of Challinor that his considerable management and coaching skills have made them a competitive side - although even he could not prevent 13 league defeats.