It's completely apparent that this team is going absolutely nowhere fast, and it's due to the fact that they are so overwhelmingly average, it's almost not believable that they play for a team that's the size of Manchester United.
I've been saying this for a while now, but I would seriously have almost every single squad of players that is above us in the table right now, other than Crystal Palace, and even then I feel like I'm wearing red tinted glasses. The only player(s) that I'd keep (and this is being generous) is Bruno and Ugarte. The rest are completely sub standard, and there is nothing you can say to me that would prove me wrong. The stats have even been sent in this thread exposing them all.
Bruno stays purely because he clearly is a talented player, with a good football brain, work ethic, playstyle, skill etc. He is gifted, that much is clear. However much he likes to try Hollywood passes 24/7. Ugarte also stays because of the same traits I mentioned for Bruno. It's clear that he has ability, can read the game etc, and in my opinion, has taken to the Premier League VERY well since he joined, which is difficult to do. So for me, it's only those two that stay. Possibly an argument to be made for MdL & Mazra too.
We are in a situation where we have absolutely ZERO attacking threat, along with non existent attacking cohesion, sprinkled with incredibly low football IQ wingers with a dash of completely inept strikers. The club has never, ever been in this situation before, and it's been quite clear for some time that something needed to change but yet here we are, still waiting and hoping that something will miraculously click and all of a sudden we're a threat to come up against..
The truth is, the click is not all of a sudden going to happen with the squad that we have currently, and our results our evidence of this. Ruben has changed his matchday squad for EVERY game he's been with us, and still, there is no click. People would potentially want to argue that's why the click hasn't happened, because the team isn't getting a chance to play together for a long period of time, but that's just not true. He's changing the squad so frequently because he still doesn't know what players can actually do certain things. They're that bad and that unpredictable, they're different players from game to game. I've again, never experienced something like this with any other team in the Premier League, it's absolute madness.
While we are finally seeing some changes begin to happen at the club with certain individuals leaving and/or being removed, which has been long overdue, the is just the start of the process. We are realistically looking at a 1-2.5yr year period before we even get close to being the team we should be, and in that period I'd guess that 70% of the names on that team sheet yesterday, will not be on it. That is what we NEED do to progress as a football club, so you either stick with Ruben's (and INEOS) plan and ride out this horrendous rough patch or you continue to be in the perpetual cycle of Manchester United being Player FC and blindly backing players because of one good season or the fact they're from the academy.
Enough is enough. The culture needs to change, and that's directed at all of us fans as well.
I've been saying this for a while now, but I would seriously have almost every single squad of players that is above us in the table right now, other than Crystal Palace, and even then I feel like I'm wearing red tinted glasses. The only player(s) that I'd keep (and this is being generous) is Bruno and Ugarte. The rest are completely sub standard, and there is nothing you can say to me that would prove me wrong. The stats have even been sent in this thread exposing them all.
Bruno stays purely because he clearly is a talented player, with a good football brain, work ethic, playstyle, skill etc. He is gifted, that much is clear. However much he likes to try Hollywood passes 24/7. Ugarte also stays because of the same traits I mentioned for Bruno. It's clear that he has ability, can read the game etc, and in my opinion, has taken to the Premier League VERY well since he joined, which is difficult to do. So for me, it's only those two that stay. Possibly an argument to be made for MdL & Mazra too.
We are in a situation where we have absolutely ZERO attacking threat, along with non existent attacking cohesion, sprinkled with incredibly low football IQ wingers with a dash of completely inept strikers. The club has never, ever been in this situation before, and it's been quite clear for some time that something needed to change but yet here we are, still waiting and hoping that something will miraculously click and all of a sudden we're a threat to come up against..
The truth is, the click is not all of a sudden going to happen with the squad that we have currently, and our results our evidence of this. Ruben has changed his matchday squad for EVERY game he's been with us, and still, there is no click. People would potentially want to argue that's why the click hasn't happened, because the team isn't getting a chance to play together for a long period of time, but that's just not true. He's changing the squad so frequently because he still doesn't know what players can actually do certain things. They're that bad and that unpredictable, they're different players from game to game. I've again, never experienced something like this with any other team in the Premier League, it's absolute madness.
While we are finally seeing some changes begin to happen at the club with certain individuals leaving and/or being removed, which has been long overdue, the is just the start of the process. We are realistically looking at a 1-2.5yr year period before we even get close to being the team we should be, and in that period I'd guess that 70% of the names on that team sheet yesterday, will not be on it. That is what we NEED do to progress as a football club, so you either stick with Ruben's (and INEOS) plan and ride out this horrendous rough patch or you continue to be in the perpetual cycle of Manchester United being Player FC and blindly backing players because of one good season or the fact they're from the academy.
Enough is enough. The culture needs to change, and that's directed at all of us fans as well.
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