Well that was awful, thankfully the fates were with us.
I view 3rd choice players as ones who can come on for 20-30 min when we're comfortably winning, or play 90min when the rest of the side are 1st or 2nd string choices. But in that bracket yesterday I counted 5 players - Carvalho, Yates, Semedo, Chema (at LB), Ameobi. All players who have things to contribute and are useful in the squad, but having that many all in the same side together leaves us woefully lacking as a team overall.
Not Lamouchi's fault, he has to rest players & his game-plan worked - win it from the bench. But it's shocking that we've opted to loan Bostock + Semedo instead of bring in the likes of Colback for what wouldn't be a massive amount more. Recruitment may have contacts & scored a few decent deals, but it's totally failed to grasp the overall squad picture by some way.
We need quality signings in, and we need them in by Jan 11th so they're bedded for the 3 games in 7 days starting Jan 19th. Expecting a lot? Yes, but we've had 18 months to add the likes of a winger, DM & forward that been blindly obvious we've needed. That expectancy has been created by our own previous failings.
This league is weak, the opportunity is there, and we've faffed about with garbage loans & make-do freebies like Ameobi & Adomah to get us up. I wouldn't sack whoever's responsible this morning, I'd just punch him square in the face and tell him to sort it out sharpish.
I view 3rd choice players as ones who can come on for 20-30 min when we're comfortably winning, or play 90min when the rest of the side are 1st or 2nd string choices. But in that bracket yesterday I counted 5 players - Carvalho, Yates, Semedo, Chema (at LB), Ameobi. All players who have things to contribute and are useful in the squad, but having that many all in the same side together leaves us woefully lacking as a team overall.
Not Lamouchi's fault, he has to rest players & his game-plan worked - win it from the bench. But it's shocking that we've opted to loan Bostock + Semedo instead of bring in the likes of Colback for what wouldn't be a massive amount more. Recruitment may have contacts & scored a few decent deals, but it's totally failed to grasp the overall squad picture by some way.
We need quality signings in, and we need them in by Jan 11th so they're bedded for the 3 games in 7 days starting Jan 19th. Expecting a lot? Yes, but we've had 18 months to add the likes of a winger, DM & forward that been blindly obvious we've needed. That expectancy has been created by our own previous failings.
This league is weak, the opportunity is there, and we've faffed about with garbage loans & make-do freebies like Ameobi & Adomah to get us up. I wouldn't sack whoever's responsible this morning, I'd just punch him square in the face and tell him to sort it out sharpish.