chiswick blue
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- 3 Jun 2009
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We are because we’ve bought average and should not be surprised we have become average. Doku is prime example, started off this season where he left off last season still making all the wrong decisions.
Stop the stupid mistakes being made by recently by Walker, Lewis, Ederson and Gvardiol so we stop losing matches. Stones/ Ake and Akanji with Dias coming into the defence goes a long way to making things much better. Confidence will greatly improve when we stop shipping stupid goalsProblems are…Not replacing an £80 striker. Not replacing Rodri with a young understudy (Kova was only a squad buffer hence the £25m fee). Pep only wanting to coach 20 senior pro’s. Leaving KDB in a state of flux. His contract should have been sorted either way last summer. Walker as captain. Not making Dias captain. Having 3 injury prone CBs at the age of 29/30, needed transitioning to at least x2 younger CBs.
However, start of the season you’s have all taken the squad we had…me included.
Rodri and the other injuries aren’t just injuries - they have sapped the confidence. 8/9 of those players today played in the champions league final. This isn’t about who we sign in Jan (although important to finish top 4) this is a moment Pep has to address. His job is bringing cohesion and confidence together. Today’s capitulation was the same as Brighton. Had we hung on to both games in winning positions we’d be 3rd, 3 points behind Liverpool.
We do need to strengthen…but we ain’t as fucking bad as every **** thinks we are.