So Ryan was only competent keeper with Duffy in front of him but not Webster AND Burn? Not to mention two other centre halfs - White and Veltman? Makes no sense. He stopped making saves altogether.
Murray doesn't go from being good enough to past it in a single summer holiday. GPot froze him...
Duffy was player of the season in the Premier League, turned into a fringe player and laughing stock in Scotland. Murray was a scorer of double digits, totally frozen out. Ryan was one of our best assets who lost the ability to make a save. For a manager credited with the ability of improving...
The flip side of this argument - he's ruined Ryan, Duffy, Stephens, Propper and Murray and we've not done especially well financially out of any of them, the core of the Hughton side.
As for youngsters, well the big one was Connolly who hasn't developed at all so far, Alzate has gone backwards...
How many top strikers have Villa got? Leeds? West Ham?
Or other teams currently just above us, Wolves, Burnley? Is Callum Wilson really a 'top' striker at Newcastle?
Pretty sure Maupay managed a lot more Championship goals than Bamford, but Bielsa has still got him scoring for Leeds.
I think...
Our owner who sacked a manager after taking us to promotion and keeping us in the division twice? Who has since set a clear target of becoming an established top 10 side (not just a top 10 side, but an established one, and the first thing you need to do that is finish there once)?
While I don't...