30-09-2020, 06:48 PM
(30-09-2020, 04:27 PM)Uwantlee Wrote:(30-09-2020, 04:03 PM)wassy04 Wrote: I think you could find a myriad of posts in this forum, criticising the amount of foreign signings, a lack of backing in the market, a lack of squad depth, a lack of quality and a willingness to sack managers too soon.
Literally have done the opposite to all of those things in this window and have been criticised for all of them. You just can't win can you?
Time and place tho.... this is the first time in years we had a squad challenging for promotion....the response over the summer... to sign a whole new team.
We all wanted stability with karanka and o'Neil... could definitely see the improvement under karanka... the response is to back a manager under a terrible terrible run of form who had given us out worst start in half a century.
Just feels a little backwards and maybe done because it's what fans have wanted in the past.
I appreciate we have got some good championship players in this summer. I still say and will stand by the fact we didnt need 12 plus signings. On top of that we have some 30plus year olds on big contracts and are looking at a 32 year old winger. Our midfield is aging now and our strikers are already isolated.
I appreciate sabri got us to 7th... he should have been sacked after stoke but we were all willing to see if he had learnt and changed his approach.
God this club is frustrating sometimes.
You cannot draw any conclusions about the squad this season on the back of 3 games. Not 19. Who was the first manager in years in getting us challenging for promotion. A manager who came in at the last minute and inherited an unbalanced squad put together by other managers. Karanka did not pull up any trees. He had more financial backing than any manager we have ever had. We went on a record run without scoring a goal and never even looked like a top 6 side. MON fell out with the players and results got worse under him. I don't think we should have sacked Warburton but I was in the minority. Sabri has shown more promise than any manager since Billy. Lockdown did effect some teams more than others. Millwall were poor without a very partisan home crowd behind them. We lost to Barnsley late on but so did Brentford. We were in competition with Fullham Brentford WBA Swansea and Cardiff. They had more quality in depth in their squads which made a difference when teams were playing every few days. How can you judge this stronger squad Sabri has put together after just 3 league games.