I suppose we’re just lurching from outrage to outrage now.
I’ve got no issue with it. Probably the best/biggest team we’ll play all season and the chance of a very memorable result.
I think fundamentally our problems this season have been progressing the ball quick enough to be able to open teams up, and maintaining control of possession in general. I don't think swapping a midfielder out for a striker will solve that.
If he can't play the roles we need how did he play over 50% of our minutes before leaving?
No one is saying that, in a vacuum it's a good deal for us. But given how light we are in midfield we needed a body in just to play some minutes.
We have 5 senior central midfielders. That's incredibly thin.
On any given matchday you're going to want 4 in the squad at a minimum. One injury (Sheaf..) and we're immediately at that limit. There's very little opportunity to rest players or take out underperforming players. And it's only...
Well exactly, no one, because we fucked it in the actual transfer window.
I wouldn’t be opposed to it now but it’s pretty much an admission of failure by the recruitment team.