02 Sep 2015 00:07:12
I think a lot of people are missing one major point in all the talk about our new players and team in general. Bottom line is this. Can we realistically compete for trophies against Barack Bayern Madrid City and Chelsea.? Honestly I do not think we are very close to these teams. After spending a fortune we are still not close enough to really worry these teams. That's not being defeatist but honest and it bloody well hurts
02 Sep 2015 00:34:50
Obama?
02 Sep 2015 00:37:16
Listen Gabi the team is fine. It's not perfect but there is ability within the ranks to get results. The buck now stops with the manager to show he is not inept and that the players he has invested in were for a reason.
02 Sep 2015 06:40:59
We surely have quality players especially after this transfer window. Imagine a team with Mata, SchMidfields, Depay, Luke Shaw, Darmian, Smalling and Young, plus Martial, you were to say "it's good".
Though after 4 bpl games we've played, we were really not that good. But you know the results were not due to poor quality of any single player(maybe 1 or 2, yes). The team couldn't produce synergy of total quality because the restrains to players from some mysterious "philosophy", I still can't exactly get it, which has been argued for a while.
I'm afraid, if we keep on maintain that "philosophy" or if the "process" for it to produce takes too long, that Martial new talent will be also drown in this system with all other quality players.
02 Sep 2015 08:19:26
Spot on john, 1 or 2 players are letting us down, Rooney most notably but then we've very good players who haven't just become bad. I think someone above said, buck stops with LVG now, it's his squad entirely.
02 Sep 2015 08:40:36
Jed
Good post and i agree. Our build up play is so slow and tailor-made for frustration and gives every team with average players a decent chance as most are quite organised and can defend in numbers. Depay and Martial will be nullified if we play this way as both need space to make runs.