This is what I've been thinking lately.
I'm glad some of those players turned down out contract offer, and hope a couple more do as well.
Too long have we fallen back on the excuse "too hard to replace all of them" and kept on players who are...
If Isaak and Wilson are still at Newcastle he won’t be going there.
I don’t think we will get him but also I’m not too bothered because I don’t think he’s the be all and end all. I think the lad Ferguson has a higher ceiling ability wise but...
It needed culling.
People say it’s a huge challenge but we need a squad of how many players realistically? 23, 24?
That’s 10 players perhaps, 2 of which will be backup goalkeepers that we’ll have no problem replacing.
So we’re looking for 8...
Agreed, but we’ve all seen these types of players do it v lower teams at home in the sun when the season is ending. Arteta Pienaar Osman often did the same. Where’s the mazy runs and composed finishes at Anfield or Old Trafford? That’s what we...
We need to move away from McNeil. If Moyes could convert him to a left back or maybe a deep lying inside midfielder then maybe but as a winger he’s just far too slow.
He’s good at what we bought him for, a solid player who will work defensively...
Pace, counter attacking threat, killers upfront.
Palace have shown that you can win one off big games and therefore trophies when you have that threat in your team. Bournemouth the same. Even Brentford.
Everton continue to fail at top grounds...
Has a good return of goals this season despite being injured for a period. Needs to do what he didn’t Spurs Southampton etc. in the big games that matter. Bang one of them in in a derby or key cup knockout game.
Genuinely has no clue where he is on the pitch or what he should be doing. See ball, hoof ball. If an attacker gets in the way and it’s a pen well then there’s always another 70k at the end of the week.
You know what, if he was fit, on an ok wage, and playing every week in his best position, he’d be an asset no doubt as I think he’d be motivated to get back in the England team.
I just can’t see us shelling out for his wages or him wanting to...
Garner needs to become the ‘he’s fine to have in the squad’ type player because we’ve gone out and bought better. If we’re buying midfield players worse than Garner then there’s no hope for us.
Mangala was absolutely average and the fact that was better than some of the other players we’ve had in there shows how poor the squad has been.
Gueye, Garner, Mangala, Davies, Allan, Siggurdson, Barry, Schneiderlin, Delph, Klaasen, Rooney. -...
…tidy in possession but woefully slow, can’t help think of him trying to run after Joelinton in the game at Goodison. Embarrassing.
Clearly we’ve been used to mediocracy for too long.
Deals should be equivalent to the value they’re offering. How often they’ve played, fitness, output, age etc. If we’ve actually started taking an analytical approach to it it would be a step in the right direction. ‘Here’s what the club have...
Sounds as though the club wanting them to stay was conditional on lower wages or less playing time. The club is getting quite good at offering contracts people don’t want.