Yes it has, what's even more bemusing is earlier in the season there was the suggestion of Tinkering . . .and now we have a settled satarting line up who can't buy a result but GP won't drop players who are failing badly.
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[Albion] Anyone still in denial?
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Yes it has, what's even more bemusing is earlier in the season there was the suggestion of Tinkering . . .and now we have a settled satarting line up who can't buy a result but GP won't drop players who are failing badly.
This is what annoyed me most on Saturday. Earlier in the season Potter was making substitutions that were not needed and changed the balance / shape of the game. On Saturday we were on a downward spiral in the second half and what changes he did make were baffling
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Ah, nobody has been sad enough to use that embarrassing phrase until now, congratulations on being that person
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Not wanting to get into another big GP, is he any good debate.
But I have observed the substitutions very rarely have an impact on the game. I'm actually struggling to think of one who has changed a game this season. Feel free to help me out.
I generally think he gets the starting XI right most weeks.
Maybe it's the ability to think on his feet that's the issue. We clearly have a strong bench
But I have observed the substitutions very rarely have an impact on the game. I'm actually struggling to think of one who has changed a game this season. Feel free to help me out.
I generally think he gets the starting XI right most weeks.
Maybe it's the ability to think on his feet that's the issue. We clearly have a strong bench
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Because Burn isn’t anywhere near as good as March at LWB or Webster at CB.
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For all the talk about how good the manager is, he needs to get results. Fulham are the team in decent form, rarely losing games at the moment. We're getting easily beaten by the odd goal because we're so toothless going forward. Any suggestion we haven't spent enough money is just plain wrong. The investment isn't the problem and the players are good enough to be doing much better than we are right now. The team is underperforming based on its potential and that is the manager's fault. It's not his fault that players miss penalties and randomly stand offside the one time they're actually able to take a chance - but ultimately it's up to the manager to get more out of these players.
There's no value in making a change now, just like with Hughton in that second PL season. Potter will see out the season but if things don't dramatically improve I suspect he won't see a third season.
There's no value in making a change now, just like with Hughton in that second PL season. Potter will see out the season but if things don't dramatically improve I suspect he won't see a third season.
Do you honestly think the investment in strikers that Potter has had since he has joined is good enough? It'd be interesting to know since the start of last season how every other PL club has spent on strikers.
Maupay (we've got our moneys worth)
Zequiri (future)
Welbeck (panic signing for numbers)
Connolly (unproven youth player with very little pro experience)
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Ah, nobody has been sad enough to use that embarrassing phrase until now, congratulations on being that person
it can never be over used in my opinion ;-)
Graham Potter said he was happy with the squad and said his job was to make them better. So he must be satisfied with the strikers.
He said that to the press, yes.
He's not going to publicly say 'I wish Tony had invested another £30M in a next level striker for me' is he ?
Badger Boy
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Yes. He chose to marginalise and then release Glenn Murray, who would not be missing the chances Maupay and Connolly have missed all season. Zeqiri (no U in there) is raw and for the future. Welbeck was a free transfer but probably quite expensive wages. That was Potter's decision to sign him unless we're explicitly told otherwise, and he has scored a couple of goals for us. Maupay was the big investment but he's just CMS in a less enjoyable package.
Ultimately, I think you have to look at the midfielders too. Where there are almost no goals being scored from at all. Trossard is well off the pace at the moment, but is a guaranteed starter. Jahanbakhsh gets a few minutes here and there, rather than a proper run of games. Mac Allister doesn't seem to know what his role in this team is. Gross is usually reliable with his penalties but even there he's faltered lately.
Personally, I don't really like the set up of the team at the moment. I don't really like Gross alongside Bissouma, although it did work against Spurs and Liverpool in rare victories. I feel sorry for players like Alzate who did nothing wrong but finds himself marginalised and coming on to play left wing back, if he's lucky. But he'd best be brilliant because otherwise we won't see him again. Davy Propper can't get a look in and Percy Tau's reward for being positive and direct in his few appearances is to disappear entirely.
My opinion is that Potter has the tools, but he isn't using them very well. It's easy to say he needs better players but the reality is that he has these. A good manager can get something out of any group of players, and a supposedly top manager really ought to be doing much better than Potter is doing here.
Communism was just a red herring.
Where to start with this. Fulham will likely lose vs City next week, by which point we'll have 2 games in hand, still be above them and be playing an average Southamapton team without their best player the next day. We're not in freefall, we've had 3 poor defeats with decisions and fortune against us (minus the usual poor finishing). Before that we were on our best ever unbeaten run in the top flight, including wins at Anfield against the defending champions and Mourinho's Spurs. Dan Burn also had an excellent game vs 2nd place Leicester, FYI. Did you even watch the game?
It's truly incredible how pessimistic and short sighted our fans can be. I think we'll stay up, and even if we don't, Potter should stay and continue his measured and balanced work with the team.
Why not? If he said that maybe the strikers we do have would want to prove him wrong.
If he wasnt happy with the strikers then saying he is in public looks bad on him.
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Rational ? So everyone that thinks differently to you are wrong ?
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Which of Murrays goals (in a lower division) this season have been your favourite?
If we go down then NSC folks get to reconcile... compare and contrast...style without enough substance taking us down, or no style under CH keeping us up.
If we stay up, and finish no higher than before, we also have to ackowledge whether it was worth it and I suspect most realists will say yes because whilst it was closer to the drop than we'd all like, at least we stayed up showing signs that the team can play more exciting and interesting football than we have before and that (though not in everyones eyes) is progress. So we should remember and acknowledge that if we survive.
If we stay up, and finish no higher than before, we also have to ackowledge whether it was worth it and I suspect most realists will say yes because whilst it was closer to the drop than we'd all like, at least we stayed up showing signs that the team can play more exciting and interesting football than we have before and that (though not in everyones eyes) is progress. So we should remember and acknowledge that if we survive.
Spot on.
we are the bottom 6 of the whole football league for win percentage this season. poor management.