though i agree re not signing enough players (despite the fact it cannot possibly be perennial!), the idea he could walk after tomorrow is nonsensical.
i’m not sure his statements about being happy with the squad size/personnel are entirely truthful, but at end of the day the buck stops with...
we need to buy defenders, not another forward! we already have a welbeck replacement and he’s doing very well for rangers (including in europe, before anyone mentions the quality of that league)
really is 100% dependant on who scores first. if it’s us we could run away with it. if it’s them and they take some of that ‘sacked coach’ momentum it’ll be a really tough ask
try not to let it get to me too much. the last few years have been a new adjustment as i’ve had to get used to us losing whilst playing really well, when in previous decades we’ve usually just been a bit shit.
but those games where the opposition has three shots on target and scores three...
i’m not as relaxed as most appear to be about this. if you concede goals at the rate we are, you will eventually lose lots of games. scoring in a game could just mean you’ve got a consolation in a 6-1 loss. a clean sheet means you’ve taken at least a point. it’s easy to just blame it on the...
also it wasn’t due to a lack of available players, saints fundamentally stopped recruiting well, buying shite like hoedt, elyounoussi, onuachu, djenepo and carrillo.
suffered a further injury setback.
https://www.westbromnews.co.uk/2023/10/20/jeremey-sarmiento-injury-absence-extended-as-west-brom-dealt-blow/
along with tariq, seems like another one who can never string an consisten run of games together, or in sarmiento’s case, even a full 90 mins
salisbury on var :oops:
(the genius from spurs away last season, for anyone wondering, and also responsible for that clusterf*ck of a penalty decision at old trafford in their game against wolves)