You can rewrite history all you want but here was ALOT of turgid football under Oscar and Gus. One up front bullshit and LOADS of sideways and backwards passing. Remember the Greer el abd greer al abd greer el abd greer el abd back to casper passing?
Most teams that get relegated play fancy...
Stockdale by his own admission also admitted that at the beginning of last season he was carryig a bit of weight and not great form.
I say again now he has a genuine no 2 chasing him, not a relatively untried kid or casper he is becoming the keeper we knew he could be.
Keep it up he was...
Now I have been Brunos biggest critic over the last couple of seasons and would happily have seen him NEVER pulling on a shirt again ever because:
He was a defender who cant defend
The silly sendings off (eg wolves a last season)
The getting caught out of position
The bottling of challenges...
We havent. With the players we have 442 is the best and besides last year and the year before its the formation that works and gets teams PROMOTED.
What style was that? Gus brilliant L1,the turgid first Amex season? The relatively ok second season but still cautious (Barnsley at home who hadnt...
A truly truly decent and honorable man who waived his right to compensation and did the best he could under limited circumstances. David Burke and his spreadsheet anyone? Selling Ulloa right before the season without a replacement identified? He did get us Tex and he wanted to walk away sooner...
Maybe, nope wage share, ok give you that, maybe that, ballsack we were raped by BC but yes, wage share, wage share.
Bottom line, last year we penny pinched. We did and nearly paid the price.
Not this season tho granted, abeit some high wage earners like Kemi and CMS are off the books. But then...
Give him half e.g 12k/15k that we know COG is on and guarantee to sell him the summer if clubs are still interested. Which if he carries on the way he is then there will be no shortage of suitors and someone better than effing Fulham.
Hmm for me Burke was an unmitigated disaster off the top of my head:
Spanish Rod
Kemi
Clunge (ok there is probably a player there)
Holla (not really pulled up any trees very average)
Obika
Toko
Cog
Jury out on Ballsack but carry on how you are going and may just be worth the investment...