A squad that would smash Chelsea 5-2 ?
A squad that would achieve automatic promotion 1 year in to a 2 year target?
But this won’t fit the narrative
It is far to simple to say when it’s wrong it’s DOWLING and all the positives are fat Sam or players actually doing their jobs .
Well given Sam wanted AMN and Dowling won't shop in Europe ( Diange / Okay ) that pretty much rules out those three.
What we do know was buying Zohore and Grosiki when Bilic didn't want them really and rarely played them . Austin was Dowling lead and while yes we got up it was very short sighted as his legs had almost gone , he didn't really fit our style and was never going to hack the top flight . You can add big wages and a pay rise for getting up on that too .
Theres a long list of poor short term thinking / deals while he's been here , no argueing that .
Signing 3 players in Robinson , Grady and Grant all in the same window and all pretty much in the same position is beyond belief let alone how much was spent .
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him .
This topic is Pereira , a Bilic signing so again lets not let that shine any glory on Dowling other than getting the deal done .