Cant believe Hughton prefered him to Bruno hope we dont have another clown in charge.
Glad you're not in charge.
Cant believe Hughton prefered him to Bruno hope we dont have another clown in charge.
Bruno has the ability to find that killer pass or cross has to start ahead of Calderon in my view.
Has your uncle Steve got a master's degree in sport psychology and is he also a qualified teacher?
Letting those qualifications alone leave our coaching set up would be criminal.
Those qualifications plus bleeding blue & white would be sheer madness.
I agree, and in further defence of Calde, Greer fired the ball at Calderon when he had two players marking him and nowhere to go. It was one of the 20 or 30 times Greer made very, very poor decisions in terms of his distribution.
I said the same thing on Saturday. Greer normally doesn't pass to Calde but when he does it is often in panic mode, often playing Calde into trouble. Personally, I think we looked better when Greer was out and his always blaming others for his mistakes is not what a captain should be doing.
That's not to say that Bruno is bad overall. I think Bruno is good in midfield, played on the right with Calderon as the full back. Letting the two of them overlap seems the best option.
Bruno is a player with La Liga and European experience. He's also helped the Albion to two play-off finishes in two years. He hasn't been the problem this season, neither has Calderon. Both are sufficient enough at this level, but getting a younger replacment ready wouldn't be a terrible idea!
Calderon has a fantastic record for goals + assists, and is an okay defender with great commitment.
Bruno doesn't score or assist as much as Calderon, but is cpable of that something special. Many say he's a liability in defence, but stats suggest otherwise. A defence doesn't gain the most clean sheets over a two year period if a liability as 25% of the back 4.
Personally, I would keep both at the club whilst getting a younger player ready (like Chicksen for LB). Calderon hasn't got a new contract yet, so perhaps the club are thinking of keeping Bruno as first choice, with a new player coming in as cover? I don't think Brighton would have kept Bruno unless hey believe he's still good enough as a regular, otherwise it makes sense to keep Claderon instead as a solid baxk-up choice.
I would like us to sign Brentford no 10 Odabajo who is a right winger or right back if we cannotget Elliott Bennett back to do the same job.
Would that be the same Burke who has supplied the club with at least 3 players to replace Dunk.We have a serious problem looming with the age of our defensive options. I fail to see how we can have a 35 and a 34 year old as options at RB next season. The same can be said of Greer and Hughes. For me I would only keep Greer of all of those next season and even then as a back up. (Bruno has a new contract so I know at least one will be staying)
Calde has been a great servant and I would be happy to see him offered a behind the scenes role, but his age is starting to catch up with him IMO. Whatever we spend this month, we have a total rebuilding job to do in the summer and I feel it would be more of a question of who do we keep rather than who do we let go. Burke's biggest failure for me was not starting that process last season when it was obvious that the squad as it stood had reached the end of the line.
The Championship is a 46 game league with teams of mostly very similar ability and you need stamina and legs in your squad as much as ability to get out of it. I think most of our struggles this season have been around coping with pace and power, plus a Manager who tactically couldn't compensate for the lack of it in our squad.