worthingseagull
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Equally as uninspiring to me, neither seem to inspire the players either. Both brought one quality player to the squad though.
I prefered what Hyypia was trying to do than Hughton.
Our squad is terrible. No strikers and just one creative midfielder = no chance of scoring goals. Be thankful the squad still have the Oscar + Poyet defensive qualities lingering around. Average at the back with absolutely nothing going forward was never going to end well.
The club gambled with recruitment, that's obvious to see. Tex, Gardner, Hughes, Halford, Bennett, Holla and Colunga were all cheap options. We then spent money on Baldock (unlucky with an injury), O'Grady (never settled) and Stockdale. The intent for a play off push was there IMO. On paper, Holla, Colunga, Bennett, Tex (who was the brightest spark) and Gardner could have been quality signings. Colunga was plucked from abroad just like Ulloa, and he had great pedigree before coming here. Unfortunately, most of those players turned out to be complete gash. Gardner has to be the most ineffective midfielder I've seen. Has Holla really played at the top Duch level? - his performances for us wouldn't suggest he has. Signing players on lone like Best, Ledsema and Carayol during a season just shows how desperate we've become. Relying on a 33 Calderon to paly in attactive midfield is just pathetic for a team with our infrastructure.
Relying on a 33 Calderon to play in attactive midfield is just pathetic for a team with our infrastructure.
In Feb/March we were all confident of staying up because ' one team always drop like a lead balloon' nobody thought that team would be us. What has gone wrong? Whose fault? Lack of goals is the answer but again why!
Because none of our strikers are very good.Lack of goals is the answer but again why!