Coffee
1:47 Sun Dec 4
Re: Where and why has it gone wrong this season?
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This is it, if you're interested. A good read, imo.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37954971
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Coffee
1:46 Sun Dec 4
Re: Where and why has it gone wrong this season?
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Leroys, did you read that BBC article about Southampton's 'Black Box'?
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LeroysBoots
1:43 Sun Dec 4
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Too many players bought....the quantity over quality was done with Europa league in mind....yeah that worked
We took it for granted that we would pick up where we left off last year and everything would be great
Truth is last year we fell away badly
We desperately need to totally overhaul the role of Sullivan...we need a director of football....we need a model similar to thatbof Southampton.
We need to identify players as replacements for all of our current squad
Christ I could go on forever
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Sven Roeder
1:40 Sun Dec 4
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You get the impression that players like Nordviedt & Feghouli were signed because they were free not because they were the right player.
It was obvious watching Zaza play for Italy against ROI in the Euros that he was totally unsuitable for British football.
Ayew was bought for no discernible role in our squad. I can't see where he plays in our system.
After yesterday we could maybe deploy him as a bouncy castle next to the squiggly sculpture as a pregame entertainment for kids.
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LeroysBoots
1:32 Sun Dec 4
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Too many johnny foreigners that aren't really that good and when the chips are down they crumble
Thats one of many
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theaxeman
1:25 Sun Dec 4
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None coffee. Shockingly poor business done on the cheap
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Coffee
1:19 Sun Dec 4
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The purpose of new signings is to improve the team.
An important, but often overlooked, effect is to give a lift to existing players. The knowledge that a club has brought in someone of genuine quality sends a message to the others that the status quo is not enough. It encourages all players to raise their game, aware that their place is not guaranteed.
This summer's signings added fat to the squad, not quality to the first team. What incentive did it give existing players to raise their game?
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East Ham Bull
1:16 Sun Dec 4
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Easier to ask, what has gone right this season
Answer - nothing. Not the move, player recruitment, pre season, the UEFA campaign, the way we play, the attitude of the players, the manager, the board......all of it has failed, under performed and failed to deliver as promised.
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theaxeman
1:12 Sun Dec 4
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Our squad is weaker than last season, Song, Tomkins, Moses and even Emineke are better players than have come in, Nordshite, arbeloa, ayew and zaza. When they do play they aren't good enough and because of that those playing have no pressure on the shirt hence the lack of "intensity"
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dicksie3
1:08 Sun Dec 4
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Do we have to go through this all again?!
a) Cheapskate wanker owners failing to back the manager properly in the summer transfer window
b) Our new signings being massive let-downs - but some of them were free transfers and desperate loan signings so what do you expect?
c) Bilic getting tactics/formations, starting-XIs, substitutions and pretty much everything all wrong this season
d) Woeful injury problems - but this is nothing new. Are our medical team competent enough? You do wonder why these issues keep happening
e) Our new stadium - of course this has also had a big impact. Surely though this excuse should have weared thin by now as we're almost halfway into the season now? I don't buy it any longer now anyway
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Sven Roeder
1:08 Sun Dec 4
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Signed some of the most abysmal excuses for footballers that I have had the misfortune to see
Didn't address our weaknesses due to incompetence and penny pinching
Made a complete bollocks of the stadium move by entrusting it to a useless Tory tv personality who doesn't know the first thing about football and football fans
Had two directors who are interested in having the most seats in London and are football no-marks
Have a bunch of players who think having a decent season means you have made it and can coast along as though you have actually achieved something.
Have a manager who allows training not to be intense enough without caving a few skulls in with a baseball bat
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David L
1:04 Sun Dec 4
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Not sure really
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gank
1:00 Sun Dec 4
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So far we haven't won many matches.
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