Again, no idea what’s gone on since Birmingham but 80%?of the squad now look like complete wastes of space.
Goalkeepers - both about the same level, unlikely to win you any points. Iversen was supposed to be good, yes?
Full backs - one good one, who now looks like he might be a better bet at centre back because the centre halves we have are terrible. Thompson tried there and then flogged there and now not playing at all anywhere
Centre backs - what the actual fuck have we wound up with here?
Central midfielders - doesn’t look too bad on paper, but we still never seem to dominate in there. Pearson, Baker, Johnson and Cundle have all been poor. Can Laurent do something on his return? Burger the clear POTY but he can’t do it on his own
Advanced midfielders/wide players - Bae is good to watch and still adjusting but not quite got that cutting edge just yet. Haksabanovic, Vidigal, Leris, and whoever else has played out there has been largely crap and extremely lightweight
Strikers - how many goals between them, seven? Mmaee on the naughty step, Ennis off the mark but decidedly rusty, Wesley on the shit step, Campbell can’t be fucked, Lowe usually a forlorn trier but understandable given his age.
An horrendous culmination of players assembled and another manager whose confidence is through the floor, wondering what the fuck he’s done coming here. And we’re wondering what the fuck he’s doing with some of these tactics and formations.
Mmaee apparently being an arsehole, apparent evidence of other poor behaviours (Pearson and Campbell pissing off down the tunnel), an evident chasm between what the manager wants and the approach to actually achieving it. He managed it for the first few games and then has decided to hit the self destruct button.
So, a squad that simply will not keep clean sheets and not score enough goals. Do you go defensive and try to pinch low scoring encounters? Do you go direct to a lump like Wesley? Or even stick someone like Leris up there who can win headers at least? Whatever we do, we can’t carry on playing like this.
Players - the majority of you are spineless, gutless arseholes
Manager - you are fast running out of credit, whether the players are making it more difficult for you or not. A loss on Wednesday and I can see it being curtains. Even then, I can’t see what anyone else picks to get us home safely this season.
Unfortunately there are 25 players and only 1 manager, and there’s only one way this ends if it carries on. If the board hold their nerve and let the manager see this through come what may then fair enough, but I just don’t see them taking that risk.