I can imagine It was hard work keeping Abel when we went down? I dont think he'd want to drop back into the champ again?
I wouldn't say 5 in 24 at Villa was particularly strong. Playing him means you need to go route one and he makes Olmondroyd and Bamber look like greyhounds. I just don't rate him and out of about a couple of thousand strikers to pick from why choose him?
I thought Abel had a slight hernia strain, I haven't seen him in Waitrose shopping for quite a while now.
If we continue to pump aimless crosses into the box as we did throughout the Bruce reign then Gestede is probably the best striker we could reasonably get. Obviously with a new manager the style of play may change but I said throughout Bruce's time here that Gestede would have suited our style of play perfectly and probably would have scored a ridiculous amount of headers for us.
Haven't gone back through recent posts but the HDM and BBC reports that we have Coleman, Bradley, and Zola on our short list to replace Bruce seems a step in the right direction. Coleman is young and did a brilliant job with Wales and would probably bring in RK (although I'm not convinced he's the man to play off Abel. Bradley obviously has strong connections to the MLS and knows many of the good young players over there who could help us, plus the Egyptian league. And Zola is a players manager who could bring attacking ideas lacking under Bruce. Reportedly a decision will be made by Tuesday and we could then begin to see a pick up in transfer activity.
Stop thread-jacking - go back to the New Manager thread! People gave been suspended for being annoying.
Hernia strain, a cross between a hernia and a groin strain. Don't worry the Doctor ( he without stethoscope ) has prescribed a couple of days rest all will be fine.