I agree, we should have only signed players who were starting 11 relegating who we had to the bench. Previous seasons we’ve had an abundance of wide attacking options, with Okafor and Gnonto injured, James coming back from injury, Farke should have ditched the 4-3-3, he could have used Piroe and DCL alongside each other
Brentford have heaped more pressure on our players as many of our fans will now see WHU at home as being a shoe-in result, we are crap on paper even when everyone says on paper this is a W Summerville back from injury is one of their better players and he had a fallout with Farke so expect him to turn up as well as Bowen who likes scoring against us
Yeah I’d agree, looked stronger than I expected them this season. To be honest it probably is a game we need to be winning because if not West Ham at home who are below us, who else are we picking up wins against? We’ve shown it’s hard for teams to come to Elland Road so we can make it hard for them and kick them while they’re down. 2 less days to prepare as well. No reason why we shouldn’t be beating them. All things and teams considered I think the relegation threatened teams are Wolves, West Ham, Burnley & us. I was previously saying Brentford & Sunderland but both looking stronger than expected (I’ve not actually watched Sunderland so possible they get dragged in). But those 4 are the worst teams in the league from who I’ve watched.
No doubt that any game against a lower half side at home we need to be targetting a win from. The spammers have been better, results and performance wise, away than at home they were really good in the game i watched at forest, they were also well worth their point at Everton a few weeks ago... so they do have the ability - and they have guys who can hurt you on the break. But they're out of form, looked completely disjointed last night out muscled and out played. Annoyingly that might see a reaction... and we are historically the side you want to be playing to end a rut!
No I’m not blaming that on Farke, I’m just questioning whether you can consider that we’ve strengthened given they can’t oust the championship players. I concede that some might be able to play at a higher level (though they didn’t last time we were in the prem). So if they’re no better then how have we strengthened the squad if them playing weakens the first team? On evidence so far you can argue Sunderland have had an upgrade considering how many points they finished below us.
I was meh about our summer recruitment. But squads are important - players get suspended and injured - if your back ups are weak and your subs are a drop off in standard it can have a major impact. So i think the squad is improved, first 11, not so much.
