26 Sep 2015 08:05:37
GN, I can honestly say that I disagree with about 90% of your analysis and am struggling to think how you justify the other 10%. It's summed up with the final comment and the use of the word ' hopefully ' it doesn't matter one jot if we look good going forward if we are playing a system that leaves us totally exposed at the back. Now that is the fault of the manager who chooses the system we play and that is the problem. You are hanging on to your rose tinted glasses in my opinion and if the same system is employed today I predict a comfortable 3 - 0 victory to Man Utd. I (hope) I am wrong but the use of the word ' hope ' is probably better used in this context.


1.) 28 Sep 2015
28 Sep 2015 10:07:20
Can you be more specific about the 90% you disagree with? I see nothing there that is not fact about managers selecting poor players for Congerton to sign, the core of the squad being the same poor quality overpaid players that have been there for 4-5 years that we can't get off our books, the new players being better quality than what we had already and the fact that we are a relegation battling team that is an unattractive option when trying to sign new players.

I also state the same as you that Dick has a formation that leaves us exposed at the back.

So please clarify which 90% points you disagree with?

Thanks


2.) 28 Sep 2015
28 Sep 2015 11:51:22
To be brief, all your positives, your comments on Advocaat and Congerton as one is past it and the other an abject failure, your comments on the quality players we have signed. I for one am waiting to see it on the pitch and your conclusion. That's about 90% I would say.


3.) 28 Sep 2015
28 Sep 2015 16:31:43
I realise that this is all about opinions so we the fans may differ but from my side I'm afraid you are too negative. Last year Dick was our saviour, the same as Gus and PDC the seasons before. Funny how quick our fans turn and he's suddenly passed it as you state! People asking for Big Sam (Football by numbers) is a step in the wrong direction as well IMO.

Congerton to me is hard to judge as you have no idea who he has tried to sign, who has turned us down, who he was told to sign and so on. I therefore find it hard to put so much blame and criticism at his door. He may well be useless but I point the fingers towards scouts, managers past and present, and coaching before I look to him!

I also struggle to see how you can query some of the new players, M'Vila in particular, being better quality than what we had already? We might not be performing on the pitch yet but you can see they have more about them than last years crop.

My concern is Watmore. On fire in the U21's, singled out by England U21's as stand out performer and Dick won't play him. I'd have him straight in instead of Johnson and have him, Lens and Borini terrorising defences. We could then tell our full backs to try defending first! If we don't play him when he is in this type of form why would he sign a new deal to stay with us? This I do despair at!

Like I say, we all have our own views and I disagree with yours 90% the same as you do mine :-)