25-02-2020, 07:03 PM
(25-02-2020, 09:39 AM)Alf Wrote:(25-02-2020, 08:13 AM)Sabricadabra Wrote: How can Diakhaby, Da Costa and Bong be misses when they’ve played less than half a dozen games between them?
It’s ridiculous how quickly some of our fans write players off.
Because, like the rest of the misses, they've not achieved what they were bought here to do - namely make us a stronger squad immediately at a key time.
Building for the future with academy players? Yes, it's cheap & there's profit in it. Building for the future with 29 year olds at 2m, and 32 year oldds on 2.5 year deals? No. they need to hit the ground running.
It's all right saying "don't write these players off too early", but folk were saying that about Mir & Muric too. Now is the chance to get promoted, not next season, not in 2-3 years, not even in a few months.
If recruitment are signing players for the future when we've the chance to force our way into the autos, they're naive to what is needed and their strategy is all wrong.
To breakdown my evaluation of the players:
Silva - OK - 1 league goal all season from AM - wouldn't get in any other top 6 side first 11
Ameobi - OK - Has done brilliant for his quality. But he doesn't have enough quality, and usually can't see out 90 min either. Again, wouldn't get in any other top 6 first 11.
Chema - OK - Looked solid enough, nothing spectacular.
Mir - Miss - Totally useless. Folk also need to remember we loaned OUT Walker for him. Criminal decision by the recruitment team. If Mir was so good, why didn't we keep him?
Bostock - Miss - Totally useless. Off the pace, far leggier than Watson, a few decent forward passes is all he offers, the rest crap.
Semedo - Miss - We needed a genuine 2nd option to Sow, Semedo's not even as good as Yates. He's a liability defensively and nowhere near up to top 6 standard,
Muric - Miss - As green as they come. Laughable we even considered entrusting a promotion push to a kid like this. Awful signing, and if Samba gets injured he's the one stepping in.
Diakhabi - Miss - Has pace, will win corners, that's it. Can't cross, can't shoot, lacks arrogance/confidence. We needed a wide man like Robinson to come here and hit the ground running. This kid is at the stage where he might put in a decent performance in the last 2-3 games when there's nothing to play for.
Da Costa - Miss - Couldn't get in the team when fit, now injured. Pointless us signing a striker who can't back Grabban up at this very moment in time. Esp when he's 29 and has 1 goal in 14.
Jenks - Miss - Looks awful even after 6 months being "given time" as so many ask for
Adomah - Miss - Brill in a cup game against a load of kids, that's it. Again, if he was so good, why didn't we keep him?
Benalou - Miss - Don't like him playing at all tbh. A red card waiting to happen.
Bong - Miss - Awful. Blowing after 30min, looks like he needs a full pre-season and then some games to be ready to play. Will prob be fully match fit by the time he's 33
Pele - Miss - So good he's helping Reading fly up to 16th. Yet again, if he was so good, why didn't we keep him?
Bonatini - Miss - Ye gads. Poor Wolves.
Milosovic - Miss - "Face doesn't fit"? Bad attitude, couldn't work under several managers, recruitment should have been aware of this before they signed him.
Folk VASTLY underestimate how much Lamouchi is getting from these players with this system. A system which doesn't work at home because that's when we need quality players to break down teams. Quality we don't have because of who we've recruited (or failed to recruit)
I'd buy into the "we're growing a club" ethos more if every year we didn't sell off players like we have Osborn & Appiah this year. But to me it appears as if all we're actually doing is selling off talent, to bring in loads of sub-standard players who get moved on the following season.
Let's see how many of these "awesome signings" are still here in a year or two, once they've been given the time folk crave. My money's on very few. Recruitment themselves admit they're failings by moving players out they bought in the window before lol.
All we're doing is cycling crap players at the expense of our own quality sales. I wasn't too bothered before because we'd not clubs sniffing round the likes of Cash & Worrall, but selling them in the Summer frightens me when I look at what's deemed good enough to replace them.
If you want a look into our future, look at Jenks and he's the man deemed good enough to challenge Cash for a first team place. Now we'll likely be getting another one like that if Cash goes in the Summer.
Mir in to replace Walker
Jenks in to be first choice RB when Darikwa got injured, and who we'd be relying on if Lamouchi hadn't worked miracles with Cash
Semedo in to cover Sow, but he's not even better than Yates
Bong in to replace Chema as backup to Yuri
Muric in to replace Pantillimon
etc. etc.
It's scary where things could go if they're given another window & we sell key players.
I don’t agree with this type of demand for instant and perfect success. Players take time to settle in, always have done, always will. Real football as played on grass pitches doesn’t work in the way you demand.
So much complaining because we’re ONLY 5th in the league. :)
Me I’m happy with the way things are going.