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Which would happen against Spurs anyway....
Plenty of attacking players in there aswell
Peltier is the only problem in that lineup for me....
I also think you’ll find that possession would be well under 50% and most of the time well under 40-45% in this league anyway against the majority of the leagues sides.
Tell me, how did we did do with a more possession based game plan under the previous manager?
On the basis that he was near the top of the assists table in the PL for most of his decent season's with us. Yes a bit of longevity too (a rare thing these days), he was club Captain during most of our better years in the PL. He was an important player for us between 2009 - 2015.
There's more to judge a player on than technical ability.
You must be...
I’ve seen some good football in spells....
I’ve seen some long balls.
But we are not a long ball side in the slightest
People seem to look at the Sheff Utd 2nd half and forget the 1st half where we played some decent football.
People blinded by their hatred of Allardyce
It would be hard for any modern day player to get into that list as they don't stay long enough at the club to achieve anything.
Having said that Chris Brunt should be on that list, a modern day legend. Like many on the list he didn't win anything but his contribution to the club shouldn't be overlooked.
Semi is 28 this year. If it’s too soon now i fear it always will be. No doubt he hasn’t been helped by poor full backs, but he is miles off it.
He’s a great example of athleticism going a long way in the championship, as it often can, but you need more in premier league.
What long ball tactics?
Weve played measured football and some longer balls. Im happy with that approach depending on what the game requires in that moment.
Its a complete myth that he is a long ball merchant. Several players have said this that have played under him in podcasts ive listened to recently. He encourages them to go out and play football was the theme under all of them.
The more I think about Dowling the more questions I have . His getting rid of the likes of Harper , Leko ,Field , Edwards could have gone to but for an alternative signing seems very shortsighted given our current circumstances . All of the above would be n asset in the Championship where teams are going to have to look increasingly to their own as it is going to be much harder for those below elite level to go shopping abroad .
You could also say 43m on a squad which lacks quality in defence, midfield and upfront is a waste of opportunity. Dowling should be paid to get the most from the resources we have and it's clear we didn't by the awful team we've assembled which are wholly unprepared for the premier league and more importantly for me have zero character to go down fighting. Dowling has failed and so have Bilic and Allardyce as well as the players
The summer business looks more of a shambles each passing week. Signing Grant after we’d signed Grady & Robinson has left us with 3 left wingers 2 of which have cost the best part of £32m, even if Bilic was pushing for Grant Dowling should have overruled him & if reports are true Bilic didn’t want Grady & thought the money should have been distributed around the team but was overruled by Dowling.
He then sacks Bilic for Allardyce which is becoming clearer with each week this team isn’t suited to play Allardyce’s football & has now blown what very little remaining budget we had on loans to get Allardyce’s players for 6 months when we are dead & buried which is now going to impact the summer budget. It’s all short term plugs there’s zero long term planning, we lurch from one style to another we need a defined style of playing and to recruit & hire managers that fit that style, that’s all down to Dowling we’ve gone from big Dave, the Jimmy Shan fiasco, Bilic to Allardyce massive swings in style.
I guarantee if Dowling is here in the summer the next manager will be John Terry I’ll put my house on it.
totally agree, we have thrown yet another load of cash down the drain this recent window (wages agents etc) and it will be a reason for lack of investment / rebuild next season. Club chasing Chairmans unreal expectations, laughable if not so bloody predictable.
Roy had much better defenders to work with at the time. It would be interesting to see if he could do anything with these players but we will never know