I know we don’t normally sell key players in January (I don’t consider Fonte was still a key player last year after his dummy spits), but quite honestly, there are very few players that I would be bothered about if they left. Probably Lemina, Romeu are the key two. Other than that, if the price is right (and if we re-invest most ofthe cash) I really don’t care. I’d probably be slightly more upset if we got rid of some of the younger lads but all the mercenaries can just fuck off as far as I am concerned. I’m normally in the “glass overflowing” camp, but this feels like a relegation season to me. No-one is prepared to stand up and admit there are any real problems and until they do I can’t see anything changing.
I have no idea who we should bring in - a goalkeeper who can command his area, a midfielder who can create chances and a goalscorer (to be fair, I think both Gabbi and Austin could score goals if they were given decent chances) - and then for them not to have their creativity and flair knocked out of them by the coaching staff in short order.
I’ve no idea who the hell those players are (or whether we would pay the going rate for them, both in terms of transfer fees and salaries).
As much as anything it would be possible to point a finger of blame at him for not being as awesome as he was last year.
As someone else said somewhere, he seems to b e dragging a wheelie bin around with him at the moment. Just seems either much slower OR not thinking as fast as he did.
Or maybe he caught leadfoot from FF?
Anyway we need a target man. Crouchie wants more first team starts…
Keep Virgil until the summer. Try and sell Gardos. Buy that elusive 20 goals a season striker. Have a remodel in the summer when prices arent inflated so much and there is more choice.