Well said that man
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
Hoskins - what's the point?
- Thread starter Crispy Ambulance
- Start date
Well said that man
Another one with rose-tinted specs.
Rose tinted about how Gus has overachieved every season with us? We DESTROYED League One when our budget was about 7th, last season our budget was around 17th and we overachieved big time to even get near the playoffs, this season we're still within reaching distance and look a much, much better football side than last year. How is all this STILL not good enough for some?!
Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
He isn't good enough, he won't be an Albion player next season.
You're ignoring the fact that we're rapidly improving and we tore Hull a new one at their place and came back from 1 down last week against Charlton at theirs to win.
We won't finish in the bottom 6.
GingerBeerMan
3-0
- Dec 29, 2011
- 8,129
He's looked good from the bit parts I've seen him play, like a proper centre forward. If he isn't good enough we could have at least sold him to get some of our money back, 500k isn't cheap for a player who's played about 10 games.
Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
ewe2
Well-known member
Look at it another way ,at top end of the championship,one is going to need a striker in the top 100 available at the very least. Hoskins IMO is not,technically sound,wanting it etc etc !but does not score enough goals.{Gus will i am sure will admit that we have still not got that "goalscorer " Ulloa might be ,we all hope so !!! }
kevtherev
Well-known member
With the players he has bought and the money that has been spent, on transfers and on wages. The league table would suggest Gus is average at best, very average. Or does the table lie after 29games
GingerBeerMan
3-0
- Dec 29, 2011
- 8,129
It doesn't, but he's realised we're lacking a CB that's good in the air a big striker and he's addressed that. If we're still outside the play-offs come season end I'd agree with your view.With the players he has bought and the money that has been spent, on transfers and on wages. The league table would suggest Gus is average at best, very average. Or does the table lie after 29games
kevtherev
Well-known member
I agree, it's the end of the season that matters. But if this was a two thirds school report, it would read. Not paying enough attention to others around and how they treat us, could do better, has the tools to do the job, must do better in the last third. At this moment in time, under achieving....Average, very average.
How many minutes has he got since he scored v Newcastle.
He played well v Bolton all be it miss a few then got the goal in the cup then virtually nothing. Similar to Dobbie when he got 2 in 2 and then frozen out. Strikers more than anyone thrive on confidence. GP can improve with this
He played well v Bolton all be it miss a few then got the goal in the cup then virtually nothing. Similar to Dobbie when he got 2 in 2 and then frozen out. Strikers more than anyone thrive on confidence. GP can improve with this
Miracles, really? Get real. He took over at a time that nearly any manager would have loved. The club was about to progress/expand like no club has ever before. He brought a mentality that progressed the club, perhaps quicker than expected, but still only to a level the investment would suggest was the minimum requirement from the chairman. Many other managers would have achieved similar feats.
We all like his style of football but I for one hate the stubbornness, the refusal to try something different like play two forwards with two wide men. You never know it may mean more shot on goal.
No melodramatic "miracles" or "f*cking good" more like doing a good job but plenty to learn.
Nonsense. We DESTROYED League One on a budget of about 7th, playing stunning football. That is superb. No two ways about it. He's since very quickly made us a very solid Championship team, overachieving again in the first season there. We had no right finishing 10th and flirting with playoffs with a bunch of mostly League One players.
Still hardly a miracle though is it? Did we over achieve last season? Has he progressed this year when undoubtedly he has a far superior squad? Is he still making massive mistakes with the negative narrow line up away from home? 5 wins in 20 suggest he is. We are very lucky that the teams in the middle of the league are all taking points off each other. On paper our squad is far superior to those directly around us but when he insists on having our players with any pace on the bench week after week, it beggars belief.
El Sid
Well-known member
Certainly not a bunch of league one players now. I'm not anti-Poyet by any means but on Saturday I got very annoyed we did not use the pace and width of Lua Lua when it seemed clear that even with 10 players we could have nicked a point against a pretty poor Wednesday team. A lot of folks on here are quite rightly questioning some of the tactics. We have a fantastic squad and it's time to get at opposing teams a bit more. I'm hoping to see Ulloa, CMS AND a winger start against Hull.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Exactly.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
With the players we have at our disposal we should be CEMENTED in the play off spots at the very least.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
In the relegation zone? Ok.
Like when he brought in the likes of Bridge, Bruno, Orlandi, Vicente, Ulloa etc to our club? Get real you clown.