No matter who we signed that summer, we were doomed with a clown coach, woeful board and a toxic core of experienced players. Some clearly talented players were signed but we couldn't provide them with the structure to succeed. Seems like we dodged some serious bullets with some of Sherwoods targets, Cleverley, Lennon, Adebayor et al....
Quote from: brontebilly on March 30, 2020, 07:05:08 PMNo matter who we signed that summer, we were doomed with a clown coach, woeful board and a toxic core of experienced players. Some clearly talented players were signed but we couldn't provide them with the structure to succeed. Seems like we dodged some serious bullets with some of Sherwoods targets, Cleverley, Lennon, Adebayor et al....Very interesting article. The core of the team had been lost (Benteke, Delph, Vlaar) and replaced utterly inadequately. Did anybody really believe Rudy Gestede could follow in CB's footsteps? I remember during that time thinking that Amavi, Ayew, Gueye and Vertout all had real potential. However, Sherwood's (apparent) signings were abysmal flops and provided no leadership or cohesion. Once things began to unravel the blame game started and divisions within the camp became toxic.
Quote from: Luffbralion on March 30, 2020, 08:08:33 PMQuote from: brontebilly on March 30, 2020, 07:05:08 PMNo matter who we signed that summer, we were doomed with a clown coach, woeful board and a toxic core of experienced players. Some clearly talented players were signed but we couldn't provide them with the structure to succeed. Seems like we dodged some serious bullets with some of Sherwoods targets, Cleverley, Lennon, Adebayor et al....Very interesting article. The core of the team had been lost (Benteke, Delph, Vlaar) and replaced utterly inadequately. Did anybody really believe Rudy Gestede could follow in CB's footsteps? I remember during that time thinking that Amavi, Ayew, Gueye and Vertout all had real potential. However, Sherwood's (apparent) signings were abysmal flops and provided no leadership or cohesion. Once things began to unravel the blame game started and divisions within the camp became toxic.Did Sherwood really want them? Were they signed above his head? Didn't he want Adebayor, Townsend and others?Like Smith wanted Behrama & Philips?I'm just not sure the Director of Football approach works when it seems managers don't have a say