Big shame we didn't go in for Tierney IMO. Could've let Rose go and used Davies to support Tierney, who is quality now and will only get better, he's still so young.
I cant see that team getting top four to be honest and I cant see half of those players walking into any other top 4 starting 11 either.
That 11 compared to a few seasons ago is piss weak.
Kidding yourself I think.
Enter Sandman Berge. We did bang on about him for agesThere clearly wasn't done enough over the summer. You can't go 18 months and really only add 2 senior players (Lo Celso & Ndombele). A RB was an obvious need and so was defensive midfield.
Big shame we didn't go in for Tierney IMO. Could've let Rose go and used Davies to support Tierney, who is quality now and will only get better, he's still so young.
Berge and Atal would have made a world of difference and cost maybe 50 mil combined. Would have been a better way to spend that sort of cash than Dybala, IMO.Enter Sandman Berge. We did bang on about him for ages
There were definitely better. We just wouldn’t pay for them.I think we fell big time into trap of believing there wasn’t anyone out there better than what we already had.
Should have been subtly bringing in players.
I think we fell big time into trap of believing there wasn’t anyone out there better than what we already had.
Should have been subtly bringing in players.
Or they were deemed not good enough ...There were definitely better. We just wouldn’t pay for them.
We are an absolute laughing stock. The players we have are talented. You don't become shit overnight, or even in 6 months. Give it to Mourinho with a massive bonus if he makes the CL and the promise to spend big next summer
The bit in bold.For me the back 4 needs replacing, in terms of age, being reliable etc. All except Aurier have being their worth for us, but they are aging.
We then need or even need to replace first is Wanyama. Dier whilst still having time on his hands, is recovering from numerous injuries, we need someone like Ndidi who sole purpose is to shield the back 4 and give those around him the opportunity to attack. We have missed this for such along time. Having someone to play along Ndomeble and Winks would be the key. We need to identify that person first in my opinion.
Then we have Erisken.... Its not his fault but a combination of these problems that is the issue at the moment.
For me if i was Levy i would be looking to get in Leciester's scouts in. They have done what we used to do, identify young promising players.
We have been is worse positions, but because its been such a long time since we last hurt like this, fans have forgot. Getting a new manager in is going to solve this, failing to do anything last season is the reason in terms of refreshing it.
All team need to be refreshed.
I think the MOTD graphic/comment re players going stale is probably right.
The more I think about it, the more I think Poch has got to be given time and faith to rebuild the team rather than shipping him out.
COYS
Big shame we didn't go in for Tierney IMO. Could've let Rose go and used Davies to support Tierney, who is quality now and will only get better, he's still so young.