Exactly Clampy. You cannot just keep wall papering and hoping it will rectify the structural defect in the supporting wall of a home. Sometimes you need to take a hammer to it and start again.I keep reading that "we have lost the spine", when the reality is we have lost three decent players, quite easily replaced and one world class centre forward who has carried everybody else for three years.
Quote from: Ads on July 30, 2015, 07:37:40 AMExactly Clampy. You cannot just keep wall papering and hoping it will rectify the structural defect in the supporting wall of a home. Sometimes you need to take a hammer to it and start again.I keep reading that "we have lost the spine", when the reality is we have lost three decent players, quite easily replaced and one world class centre forward who has carried everybody else for three years.Which is quite ironic when you consider that any number of displays over the last 3 years could be described as spineless.
Quote from: Clampy on July 30, 2015, 07:30:37 AMQuote from: Matt Collins on July 30, 2015, 07:20:50 AMIt's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong We'll need the players who are staying to play a crucial role - Westwood and Clark for example This is the team that nearly got us relegated three times on the bounce. We needed to freshen things up.Towards the end of Lambert's days, the stench of defeat and acceptance of shiteness that was emanating from the squad and the club was overwhelming. Quite apart from some players not being good enough, I think Sherwood has almost been forced to get rid of a good chunk of the squad, just to blend in some players who aren't conditioned into thinking getting shafted every weekend is how it is.
Quote from: Matt Collins on July 30, 2015, 07:20:50 AMIt's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong We'll need the players who are staying to play a crucial role - Westwood and Clark for example This is the team that nearly got us relegated three times on the bounce. We needed to freshen things up.
It's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong We'll need the players who are staying to play a crucial role - Westwood and Clark for example
It's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong
Quote from: Matt Collins on July 30, 2015, 07:20:50 AMIt's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong Sherwood is completely dismantling a team that, by nearly everyone's account, would have been relegated without Delph and Benteke anyway. Nothing to lose, go for it.
As sad as I am to see him go (regardless of where to), we could actually as a team be better off for it.A comparatively large proportion of the squad who are not used to having an easy out of hoof it in his direction, abdicating responsibility for trying to build play, coupled with him not being there to hoof it towards forces us to change.Of course the presence of Kozak and potentially Adebeyor could reintroduce the temptation, which would be a shame. Hopefully Sherwood will be clamping down on it when it's needless, there will always be times when it's the right thing to do - that's where having some footballing intelligence in the squad will hopefully help.
Quote from: Dave Winpercentage on July 30, 2015, 12:43:29 PMQuote from: Matt Collins on July 30, 2015, 07:20:50 AMIt's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong Sherwood is completely dismantling a team that, by nearly everyone's account, would have been relegated without Delph and Benteke anyway. Nothing to lose, go for it.Great point - so yeah lets go for it with attacking players playing attacking football Whatever next - no relegation battle?
Quote from: Hookeysmith on July 30, 2015, 12:46:19 PMQuote from: Dave Winpercentage on July 30, 2015, 12:43:29 PMQuote from: Matt Collins on July 30, 2015, 07:20:50 AMIt's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong Sherwood is completely dismantling a team that, by nearly everyone's account, would have been relegated without Delph and Benteke anyway. Nothing to lose, go for it.Great point - so yeah lets go for it with attacking players playing attacking football Whatever next - no relegation battle?what I want to know is when will we break the magical 12 league goal mark this season?
Quote from: Villa in Denmark on July 30, 2015, 07:42:37 AMQuote from: Clampy on July 30, 2015, 07:30:37 AMQuote from: Matt Collins on July 30, 2015, 07:20:50 AMIt's a very well completely dismantling the team but that can very easily go badly wrong We'll need the players who are staying to play a crucial role - Westwood and Clark for example This is the team that nearly got us relegated three times on the bounce. We needed to freshen things up.Towards the end of Lambert's days, the stench of defeat and acceptance of shiteness that was emanating from the squad and the club was overwhelming. Quite apart from some players not being good enough, I think Sherwood has almost been forced to get rid of a good chunk of the squad, just to blend in some players who aren't conditioned into thinking getting shafted every weekend is how it is.This reminds me of the summer BFR took over. He inherited a team that just avoided relegation and lost his most valuable player/main goalscorer in Platt. He also chose to ship out a fair few other established players and rebuilt the whole team.
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