Hard disagree with that about Jack. He's a £100m signing who's our third highest earner. He was very good for four months in the treble season but since then has barely kicked a ball. That's entirely down to him and his lack of professionalism.
I think the biggest failure of the club has been the failure of the hierarchy to challenge Pep regarding the rebuild. The whole idea of having a strong board is to challenge and push the club forwards.
I can't fathom for the life of me how they sat comfortably in meetings with the manager and said that this squad was fine for the season. It featured four midfielders over thirty and a DM who's cried out for support and said he can't play that many games again.
To not replenish and refresh is madness. The squad been eroded in quality and quantity for years. Those problems become even more exacerbated when you have injuries and players approaching the latter end of their careers.
The fact that we've spent £180m in January on players who've barely played is a worryingly concern. We shouldn't be in a race for top five having spent that money in January.
I don't like Bernardo's comments because he's been one of our worst players this season and we've got two huge games left. It looks like there's no harmony in the squad at all.
You can't honestly have been expecting Khusanov and Reis to play much?
Stones, Walker, Laporte, Dias, Rodri, Mahrez. All around £50-65m. All first team starters from the off. Some of these were a fair few years back and prices go up, yet we signed kids with barely a season in professional football each, who were playing in lower standard leagues. They were never going to be ready from the start.
Marmoush is a bit hit and miss for me. He also has only had one top season in Germany, and is a little frantic at times (everything he does is fast, which obviously stands out a mile in our team).
The bigger disappointment for me is Gonzalez. He's a decent age and came through at Barca, so I had hoped he'd be seen as ready. He's had a couple of decent games but doesn't quite have the awareness I'd hoped for yet. Maybe he gets there, but maybe we sign more midfielders and he's at the back of the queue still.
Saying Bernardo has been one of our worst is harsh too. I'd say the only thing he's guilty of is playing things safe and trying to keep the ball, but our shape is all over the place, and with Pep being so concerned about counters without Rodri, I can at least understand it. He's never given less than everything for us though and it's that I expect he isn't quite seeing from others at times. I'm glad he's calling it out android hope it's also done at the club also. Seems some need to buck their ideas up.
