I've been so surprised and disappointed at how poor Dempsey has been since signing.
When we got him at the last minute, I thought result, although he's nowhere near as technically brilliant as Rafa, I felt we've found a player who plays in a similar role and gets just as many goals.
I was so wrong.
He's looked so far out of his depth it's scary. Over the years we've had a few players where they've been the best at their respected clubs, yet joined us and looked woeful - Bentley & Pienaar have been two of the recent ones that come to mind and now Dempsey is slowly becomming part of that unwanted clique.
Whether I want him sold in Jan is a different matter, the last thing we need at the moment is to deplete our squad when we've got the injuries we have. What I would do though is definitely bench Dempsey from now on. I've made no secret I want a proper 4-4-2 like how we played in against Maribor and with that formaiton, Defoe and Ade are my preferred choice anyway. Though if we're to stick with 4-5-1, then Sigurdsson needs to be given more game time, even though he too has not impressed, Dempsey has had much more time on the pitch and done near enough f*ck all, Sigurdsson at least deserves a couple more games before we can really judge him as to whether he'll also join Dempsey in the "Good at one club, sh*t at another" posse or not.
When we got him at the last minute, I thought result, although he's nowhere near as technically brilliant as Rafa, I felt we've found a player who plays in a similar role and gets just as many goals.
I was so wrong.
He's looked so far out of his depth it's scary. Over the years we've had a few players where they've been the best at their respected clubs, yet joined us and looked woeful - Bentley & Pienaar have been two of the recent ones that come to mind and now Dempsey is slowly becomming part of that unwanted clique.
Whether I want him sold in Jan is a different matter, the last thing we need at the moment is to deplete our squad when we've got the injuries we have. What I would do though is definitely bench Dempsey from now on. I've made no secret I want a proper 4-4-2 like how we played in against Maribor and with that formaiton, Defoe and Ade are my preferred choice anyway. Though if we're to stick with 4-5-1, then Sigurdsson needs to be given more game time, even though he too has not impressed, Dempsey has had much more time on the pitch and done near enough f*ck all, Sigurdsson at least deserves a couple more games before we can really judge him as to whether he'll also join Dempsey in the "Good at one club, sh*t at another" posse or not.
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