Gerrard was either told or asked when he was recruited to get the best out of the Bailey and Buendia signings in how we play and he’s just refusing to utilise them adequately. Or the club were happy with him saying ‘i can’t guarantee that, i’m doing it my way.’ Either way, the root cause of the problem is Purslow because he’s either allowing Gerrard to continue to depreciate 2 expensive assets or he recruited him on the basis of no guarantee of implementing approx £70m worth of talent, which is a criminal waste.
You don't have to look far to see the model working well. Wolves had a system, recruited for it, had a manager that had done ok but was a bit defensive minded and they've switched to a manager who's tweaked the system a bit but not massively and made them a little more attacking and they've been pretty consistent and making gradual progress. It's not good still being behind them in terms of where we are at the moment. We've got ambitions of top 6 yet the teams in 6th to 10th position seem to be doing a better job of progressing.
Quote from: OCD on August 30, 2022, 12:45:49 PMYou don't have to look far to see the model working well. Wolves had a system, recruited for it, had a manager that had done ok but was a bit defensive minded and they've switched to a manager who's tweaked the system a bit but not massively and made them a little more attacking and they've been pretty consistent and making gradual progress. It's not good still being behind them in terms of where we are at the moment. We've got ambitions of top 6 yet the teams in 6th to 10th position seem to be doing a better job of progressing. Wolves are second from bottom...
Quote from: Risso on August 30, 2022, 01:03:13 PMQuote from: OCD on August 30, 2022, 12:45:49 PMYou don't have to look far to see the model working well. Wolves had a system, recruited for it, had a manager that had done ok but was a bit defensive minded and they've switched to a manager who's tweaked the system a bit but not massively and made them a little more attacking and they've been pretty consistent and making gradual progress. It's not good still being behind them in terms of where we are at the moment. We've got ambitions of top 6 yet the teams in 6th to 10th position seem to be doing a better job of progressing. Wolves are second from bottom...They made a similar start last season too and did alright.