12-29-2020, 08:35 PM
(12-29-2020, 08:33 PM)CA Baggie Wrote:(12-29-2020, 08:28 PM)steviedm Wrote:(12-29-2020, 08:16 PM)Ossian Wrote: Sawyers is a case in point: as a footballer he probably has more ability than either Claudio Yacob or Youssuf Mulumbu, and maybe that's what gives him the misplaced confidence to think he can play at walking pace. As a consequence he'll never be anywhere near the player that Yacob or Mulumbu were at this level.
He may have 'talent', he has no footballing brain though. Yacob and Mulumbu had that in spades. i always remember the moment I realised we had what it took in the Premier League. It was after the 2010 promotion and whoever we were playing were defending a corner at the Smethwick end. I was sat in the Brummie and we'd all got used to seeing the ball in the back of our own net 20 seconds after taking a corner at the other end. On this occasion, the corner was cleared, the team broke at pace and Mulumbu confidently came across to the right, saw the danger and snuffed it out to win back possession and set us on the front foot. This was what we had previously never had and I knew in that instance that we'd be able to compete. Oh for a Mulumbu or Yacob now...
Slav chose Kroc instead.
There’s been a general consensus on this bored that we needed a midfield snotter for this season. We can all see it and get Slav and Dowling couldn’t. I blame Slav in the main, we’ve seen how he reacts to players he didn’t specifically ask for.
Dowling did see it. That wass what he wanted over Krov, but Bilic made it clear he wanted Krov over anything else.