Denver Royal URZZZZ 1) If Gomes can't see Blackett walk back after being caught out of position, then I don't know what to say. Either he can't see it or Blackett is blatantly ignoring instructions. It's not necessarily about the quality of the players, it's the quality of the coaching.
2) As for his comments on Kelly, they're truly pathetic, he's judging someone for 18 minutes of football against 3rd in the league, when Martinez passed straight to their player yet others in the team are untouchable
3) Loader wouldn't look out of place in an u13 game. Barrow needs to drop to non-league football along with Swift, both truly abject footballers.
4) Yiadom 5 - few decent runs forward, unfortunately his end product is so bad that it doesn't matter anyway.
5) But a GOOD manager would coach it out of them. Take Leeds. They've had failed manager after failed manager the last few seasons. Bielsa comes in, with the exact same squad as last year and now look at them.
6) I can't warm to Gomes fully yet when the players are doing such stupid basic errors.
1)How do you know Gomes hasn't seen Blackett when he's 5 yards away on sideline? It's more likely the opposite of what you've said, Blackett has been told, but lacks the quality to execute it.
If Blackett lacks the quality to sprint back after being caught out of position, then he shouldn't be a professional footballer. I did originally say Gomes could have seen it but Blackett is just ignoring instructions. I like Blackett but the amount of times he's out of position is staggering, and then he just jogs back after it
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2)How do you know he's judging Kelly solely on that alone? More likely, Gomes has been judging him from the time he set foot in here in Dec, or even before. (Are you saying Martinez should be dropped?)
He said "I didn't like what happened at Sheffield United". He surely can't be basing if off his other games, considering he outplayed United's midfield and was OK against Blackburn
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3)Lolz, 'truly abject' comments.
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(Btw, Swift bashers are fine, (if monotonous), and could see how he isn't everyone's cup of tea. However, could you now constructively start identifying any players out there that are better that we could realistically bring in to replace him in that role? I'm all for upgrading the team. Thanks.)
Swift in the last four games has ran the game in two halves and then been atrocious in the other six halves. I'd rather see 6 out of 10 performances rather than some 8's and then some 3's and 4's (in hindsight, giving a 2 out of 10 was harsh but that's why I shouldn't post straight after a game). I criticized the signing of Aluko but as a CAM, he showed how to play there against QPR for 90 minutes (or however long he was playing)
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4) Agree, he simply can't find a teammate with a cross. It's quite remarkable.
Yeah, his composure is shocking, shame because he gets into good positions
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5) Yep, some managers are better than others. I hailed Bielsa and Leeds in pre-season (and was promptly told by a few they'd rather have Clement).
He's done a remarkable job and I don't like admitting it. Not going to start the Clement argument again but given the calibre of clubs Bielsa managed, I'm not surprised with what they're doing
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6)It's more likely that the players are making mistakes because the players aren't good enough. We knew this last Summer when we knew the squad needed a serious upgrade and we had to have a good window. We didn't.
But he bought 5 of his own players in and IMO, the performances aren't really getting that much better. I hail his committment to the cause, his passion after the Wigan game certainly gained some brownie points, but even so, it's worrying how sloppy some of our passing and defending is, it wouldn't look out of place in a league two squad