Not the case at all. We had to play out from the back because the ball was never going to stick up top if we went direct. Rusyn is a quality centre forward but he's not the type to hold it up. He wants balls over the top or into space to chase. Absolutely the right player when we're dominating possession but when we're not, we need a different option. A CF who can hold it up will make a massive difference to the squad because it will give us a Plan B.
Plan for what, recruitment moving the club forward/improving? I'm shocked he was in the job before he knew this, I mean companies bullshit and lie in interviews to get people in so it's possible but as I said it was known there was something not quite right so why didn't he do more to push them on a plan before he took the job? If a plan is what he wanted. The agent stuff fair enough, it was said at the time they had been offered new contracts by BSA but they never happened once he left. One question about this though hasn't it been suggested before that Moyes does similar and like to work with a certain agent who is a family member? ****ing hell the model of head coach is so much better! It's grim thinking managers sign players on how much they can make on the deal, not always what's the best deal for the club! What stops a manager chucking a extra £0.5-1 million at a deal if it makes him £50k? Would be called insider trading on the stock market?
You have just answered my question from a different reply. I said doesn't Moyes do similar and use a agent that is a family member. So he didn't stop using BSA agent pal cause of morals but because he wasn't getting the cut!
He never signed N"Dong, that was already in the pipeline even though Big Sam said he didn't think he was worth anywhere near what they were asking
No, but to be honest we weren't in the summer either. Things didn't really leak until literally the day of the signing. And I remember Seelt (at least) didn't leak AT ALL
Moore isn’t a Premier League quality centre forward. Can you really say with certainty that he could have made long balls stick when up against two big, physical Premier League centre halves?
Don't know mate , not sure who was making the decisions at the club then, very possibly but there's always been instances where clubs have signed players a manager didn't want. All I know is Big Sam liked the look of N"Dong but when he saw the price tag said he was far too expensive because he needed put in the development squad as he was nowhere near premier league standard yet, and we couldn't break the transfer record for someone that wasn't ready for first team football
No, he might have had a torrid time against them. But I wasn't referring to Moore specifically. Any player who can play that type of game would have given us a better chance of playing a more direct game to beat their press. Rusyn, although he tried and won a couple of headers that he had no right to, isn't that type of player.
He isn’t just a big lump to be fair though, he can play. I’m still gutted we lost Stewart to the injury because he was perfect for this side.
I would agree that the whole thing - Moyes, BSA, Short etc is evidence that we are so much better off. People having tantrums about the club not signing players must have forgotten how unbelievably ****e many of our previous signings, processes and methods were and how much money they wasted.
