Biggest difference for me is that in the last year of his tenure Robins became a bit obsessed with the “be brave on the ball stuff”. This regime is prioritising “don’t concede”.
Still unsure. Some quality delivery and can certainly pick a pass and a cross. But they are flashes and moments rather than a performance. Still looks leaden footed in normal play. But he does have quality in delivery.
It starts at the back. Lampards biggest single positive contribution to date is to get pragmatic. Don’t piss about. Clear your lines and go again. No coincidence that the clean sheets come. We’re not giving the ball away 30 times a game just outside our own area. Add Kitching and Dovin who...
So far then today we should have spaffed £5m on an average forward and top wages on a slightly better than average forward. Why don’t we just go in for everyone that’s available or even rumoured to be.
Why? We’re trying to offload excess forwards to reinvest in our defence and midfield. We don’t have £5m and if we did an average striker no better than what we have would not be a smart move
The build up to “a signing” is ridiculous and will just lead to a sense of being underwhelmed. Why are we panicking. We beat a decent team two days ago and still have 2-3 of our best players to come back