- Angst about never being able to replace Shane Smeltz
- Angst about Joel Porter slipping through our fingers
- Wild speculation involving improbably big names (Dwight Yorke!) and has-beens (Claudio Canniggia!)
- Less wild speculation involving names like Putter, Potty, Krishna and Astroklaus
- Riki stating that he was confident of signing a high caliber striker
- Angst that he was running out of time to make any signings at all.
And despite all our angst, we started the season with some pretty damn good additions to the squad.