Enjoyed that - probably helped by winning. I thought Rudoni was excellent. Kitching and Dovin showed why they should always have started. And has Allen made a case for himself long term?
It’s not hard to believe we have no money. We operate on huge losses. We’ve spent a % of what we generated in transfers. King isn’t a mega wealthy owner. But we do have the Gyokeres issue bubbling away and if we move a couple on for cash we’d get a % of that. I guess most clubs are similar. It’s...
I’m afraid that’s a popular myth. At the time Asante signed we had Simms as our only genuine cf. In midfield we had Allen, Sheaf, Torp, Eccles, Rudoni, Andrews and Lati at a push.
Agree with most of the above. Would prefer to see Lati and Binks off. Definitely wouldn’t loan him. I’m perhaps naively assuming that if we do get rid of a couple of CH’s we’ve got others lined up. Don’t want to end up with Sakamoto and Allen playing there.
The question that needs to be answered is by Simms and that is why he hasn’t made it impossible for Lampard to play him ahead of a 20 year old rookie. At the moment Simms is the better, more proven player. But he doesn’t carry the demeanour of someone who is desperate to be playing
Fair enough. It’s all about opinions. I’m not driven by picking fault, far from it. But in the closing stages against Norwich a proper centre half doesn’t fall over blatantly looking for a free kick. They just defend.
It is a model of operating but let’s be honest if you’re not a certain 6-10 clubs you’re always a selling club. As has been said at least we hold some cards in terms of contract length. The absolute key to this working is to be constantly able to identify the next gem.
Don’t have any badges at all. Nor did some of the best managers there have ever been. I watch the guy every week. You don’t need to be the love child of Bill Shankly and Pep to see he’s not a good CH.
How is that even near being correct. Bang average at Swansea and an integral part in making our back four an amateurish sieve like entity that coughs up shit goals for fun.
Don’t care what successive managers think Lati is not a good centre half. Not imposing, i shake like a shitting dog when he’s on the ball, frequently out of position and never offers a goal threat. The only alarming thing is he’s one of our better ch’s. If cash is on the table I’d take it very...