Hungry Joe
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As painful as it was to witness, the more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that it was exactly what we needed. I was a fan of Oscar, but in hindsight, if I'm being completely honest, this was as much a reaction towards the strong negative feelings I had towards Gus' departure than anything else. In the end their styles of football weren't significantly different, and our weaknesses in terms of pace, strength and being one-dimensional were cruelly exposed by teams who were big, strong, quick and direct when they needed to be.
I have a feeling that Derby will do QPR in the final (hope they do anyway), and if prudent will establish themselves in the Premier League. They reminded me a lot of Southampton when they were promoted, and look how they've got on. Even, dare I say it, Palace have shown what can be done with those basic qualities once they got a manager who wasn't out of his depth. If we had the finances to get the type of players who could play like Barca B at this level then it may be worth continuing the beautiful game experiment, but reality is we don't, so we'll be stuck being the almost men unless we face up to what it takes to get promoted from The Championship. I just hope TB has finally realised this too, and that the next managerial appointment won't be a Gus or Oscar MkII.
I have a feeling that Derby will do QPR in the final (hope they do anyway), and if prudent will establish themselves in the Premier League. They reminded me a lot of Southampton when they were promoted, and look how they've got on. Even, dare I say it, Palace have shown what can be done with those basic qualities once they got a manager who wasn't out of his depth. If we had the finances to get the type of players who could play like Barca B at this level then it may be worth continuing the beautiful game experiment, but reality is we don't, so we'll be stuck being the almost men unless we face up to what it takes to get promoted from The Championship. I just hope TB has finally realised this too, and that the next managerial appointment won't be a Gus or Oscar MkII.