Sounds to me that hes saying:
1: We can defend using a deep defence but he wants to play a higher line.
That means we need to sell Keane and Mina and buy a different type of centre back + a right back.
2: Hes saying we'll definitely be better next season and talking about signing players....add that to his previous comments about FFP and i wonder if we'll do something pretty big.
Just feel the manager has compounded issues that aren't of his own doing though.
We should expect better. We should expect basic attacking principles to be in place, basic fitness, basic pressing.
They aren't there. As much as I can say the recruitment has been very poor, which it has in a lot of ways, I don't think it's been as bad to lead to some of the performances this year.
And also, we've just given the bloke responsible for the last three years of it another 3-year deal.
On the fitness / pressing which of those players do you think mentally would be pressing the ball and charging around all game...aside from a handful i dont think alot of them are physically able to show some stamina.
I think Brands has had 3 years now and it should be blatently obvious to anyone about the type of players who are doing well and taken to by the fans and the ones he needs to move on.
I think 3 years means continuity and it will be a good thing if hes finally clicked what we need.
Purely hypothetically lets say that instead of Iwobi and Kean we had Bailey and Diaby this season. Also that Gbamin would have been fit and played consistently 6 or 7 out of 10.
Just those 3 things there which arent a huge stretch of the imagination and we'd possibly not be far off top 4 playing the exact same way but with a DM, width and pace/cutting edge.
As we dont have that, we now not only need those 2 wide players and a DM but also a RB and a CB.
Fine margins.
Brands bought Kean, Iwobi, Mina, Bernard and Gomes...lets see what fees he can get for them.
