At the next forum, with TB, PB and CH on the stage, someone in the audience needs to raise that precise point. Rather than making the comment to NSC'ers who have no control and merely offer opinions.
I've got a feeling that no one would have the courage.
Can’t win them all.
In each transfer window almost every PL club is looking for that proven top flight quality 15 goals a season striker and also PL quality‘game changers’ in midfield. We’re competing against clubs such as Bmuff, Palace, Wolves, West Ham and Leicester, all willing to pay 2 or...
We’re much with the clubs in the relegation battle at the moment. Look at the glaring deficiencies in the squad in midfield creativity, ball retention and strikers bar Glenn. We haven’t gone down the road of Wolves, West Ham and Bmuff (Lerma) of spending mega money in fees and wages on the...
Good points about football pre-Sky money.
But IMO it was a vicious circle. Selling our very best players prematurely such as Horton and Case (who went on to remain quality in the top flight for many more seasons), and others far too cheaply such as Saunders. Giving us a worse team, more home...
Our home opponents so far have been teams who invested very heavily in ball playing midfielders:
ManU
Spurs
Fulham (no one was laughing at Fulham at that stage)
Wolves
West Ham
This time last season:
ManC
WBA
Newcastle
Everton
Southampton
CH is being pragmatic this term on a match by match basis.
The alleged negativity was done to death last season on NSC. Nostalgia from us staying up and some good results in the last 4 months, giving a false impression now of positive football throughout 2017/18,