by Westwood52 »
08 Feb 2019 16:04
So a Wednesday Fan , felt none of our starting line up would get into their team ?
Last season I suggested we had five top class Championship players (although nobody good enough for the Prem).
Yet we still finished in the danger zone , because those five never really hit anything like full throttle.
Moore: Once Wet Sham came calling, his form , caused no doubt by disappointment at not going; fell apart-prior to this he would probably have been close to Prem class.
Bacuna : Very inconsistent and always likely to hit brain fade.
Swift: At his best very very good; but could literally fall apart within a game, never mind game to game & too slow to ever be top class.
Alukho : Apart from one goal, an absolute disaster ;with his Fulham form right out of the window.
Barrow: Got close & probably his goals instrumental in keeping us up.
Belatedly McLeary came back as quality player number six , after hardly seeing him for a year.
At the start of this season, those six should have placed us Mid Table by now-but here we are still amongst the dead men.
Of the six only Bacuna has gone (Probably due to FFP, and quite what Cardiff thought they were getting @ Prem Level, totally escapes me-perhaps Colin thought he saw something).
Moore has continued much in the same vein; Swift has upped his game slightly-but comparisons with the " all court" game of say Colbeck,Bannon or Whelan is not flattering to Swift.
Alukho has at long last started to look interested (after Clement had given up on him); McLeary is hugely inconsistent and Barrow seems to have completely lost his edge & no longer looks dangerous.
THis season other quality players have materialised and showed that they are more than good enough for this level. Rino-thus far our POS-plus some excellent loan signings: Martinez/Miazga/Oliveira(the Summer signings were just short of disastrous).
Yet here we are still amongst the dead men ; despite an impressive team sheet; which half the Division must be envious of.
TBF only one team, West Brom has thrashed us. Yet we seem unable to turn those one goal differences into wins and draws.