How is playing with 2 (crap) wingers and a non scoring rookie centre forward going to keep us up?
The five sub rule is a killer for the lower sides. None of us has the depth to compete with the top sides.
Dean Smith keeps going on about other teams having better players, not just yesterday, which makes me think that he is having a dig at others who bought the players without his input. As "head coach" he presumably has less influence than he would as "team manager". The people bringing in the players do not have sufficient knowledge about football. This seems to me to have gone on for a number of years and that may be why a lot of money has been wasted.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on July 05, 2020, 10:42:14 PMThe five sub rule is a killer for the lower sides. None of us has the depth to compete with the top sides.It did exactly what it was designed to do, it artificially influenced a result to increase the probability that the top team wins. Literally what 4 months after Watford produced the result of the season out of the blue they’ve done everything possible to eliminate chances of it happening again - no crowds (was inevitable), they’ve split the game into quarters (that will eventually be adopted as the norm as a commercial break), introduced coaching breaks masquerading as drinks breaks & this ridiculous 5 subs nonsense. The PL et al should never be allowed to refer to sporting integrity again - in their rush to preserve the broadcast millions they’ve served up a crap spectacle with a completely different rule book, integrity my arse!
Don't think our players deserved that result tonight. I liked our shape defensively and in a game of previous few chances I thought we looked the most likely before Manes opener. Thought Reina's dive to stop the second was snowman esque.
Quote from: Villatillidie1982 on July 06, 2020, 12:30:04 AMDean Smith keeps going on about other teams having better players, not just yesterday, which makes me think that he is having a dig at others who bought the players without his input. As "head coach" he presumably has less influence than he would as "team manager". The people bringing in the players do not have sufficient knowledge about football. This seems to me to have gone on for a number of years and that may be why a lot of money has been wasted.He has been hammering that angle for months. Unfortunately for Dean he also claimed that last summer that he had final say on any new signings. Plus, he certainly can't plead ignorance to the likes of Konsa, Engels, Targett and Jota. Tim Sherwood tried the same angle towards the end of his tenure. With similar results for coach and club.
Legion, just wish I had your enthusiasm but, sadly, our team this season has knocked the stuffing out of me. Each game, I think, today is the day we start turning our fortunes around but, when the match has finished, I’m drained yet again. Still hope that you’re right and I’m wrong though.
As calamitous as he was at Leicester, hearing him bellowing endlessly yesterday gave me reassurance too. I know he was at fault for the goal, but I felt Taylor played well. Doesn't offer much going forwards, but I was impressed with his noise and play.