Finchley Seagull
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I kind of agree, but would put more emphasis on the gradual decline in the strength of our squad since Gus left. For me, Sami gets the bulk of the blame for our current predicament, but Burke should also be blamed for a significant drop-off in the quality of our squad from top 6 to about mid-table.
Absolutely. I'm not absolving Burke from any blame. As has been said on another thread, signings under Oscar (barring Stephens and Ward) were pretty poor.
In fairness though, we've lost Kuszczak, Upson, Ward/Bridge, Bridcutt, Hammond, Orlandi, Lopez, Vicente, Barnes and Ulloa and they're hard to replace. Whether we've been given a budget that should replace them and Burke has failed or we've not spent the necessary money, who knows?
As I said though, I'm glad the system seems to be changing. You can't judge either the manager or director of football fairly as they rely heavily on each other. However, seeing Ince and Holla dominate the midfield last night, demonstrated exactly how poorly Hyypia used the squad!