The fact that it's two weeks from the start of the season is completely irrelevant as Moses would only ever have been for 2024. Whatever "plan B" might be, there are 54 weeks to execute it. So calm down.
Also, we have nothing to confirm the club was "confident" other than gossip on here. You can't turn vague internet innuendo into the official position of the club.
Anyway, so far as I can see we likely had the best offer on the table for several weeks until Parra upped theirs at the last minute. That would be legitimate grounds for "confidence" along the lines of "we are confident he's going to take our offer unless Parra come back with significantly more money". "Confidence" =/= "certainty".
I really don't know what you expect recruitment to do if it's not pursuing the best available players. I don't see any sign that Moses was never a chance of signing for the Tigers - it's entirely possible his view was always that he would sign the best offer or stay at Parra if the offers were more or less equal. Are the Tigers meant to never make a bid on a player in case he thinks about it for a while then says no? How is that being "asleep at the wheel"?
The bottom line is there is a world of difference between "when push comes to shove he'll lean towards Parra if the offers are comparable" and "he was playing us all along". When you assume the latter you're acting like a teenager who has been turned down for a date.
