Where will he play? Bruces player preferences are so bad... He's crap beyond anything I've ever seen. He can't even see when things get better.
I know people slating certain players in our cm but two of them who played last night for 90 minutes also played 120 minutes against arsenal. Personally will not blame or call any player **** again whilst being managed by Bruce
I think our side is alright apart from we are missing a attack minded CM of quality and I'm worried if Wilson is unavailable up front but otherwise it's not bad. But I agree currently it's being managed so badly and that's the main problem
Henrick,lacelles, Hayden, Longstaff, Dummet, Yedlin and Fraser are all absolutely useless players.. Nowhere near good enough.... Then you can add Carroll ritchie Murphy to that. This isn't all Bruce's fault, but I don't care what anyone says Manquillo is better than Yedlin, matty is better than sean almiron is better than Fraser, Joelinton is better than Jeff hendrick and schar is better than lacelles and Fernandez So is Lejeune Atsu is better than Fraser ffs
Disagree completely. Was Hendrick useless under Dyche? Was Lobby/Hayden etc useless under Rafa? No m It's the MANAGER!
It’s not the players is it. It’s the manager and his tactics and game plan. A competent manager would have a different more balanced starting 11 starting yesterday. You can’t start 9 defensive minded players in a team against SU. That’s just crazy. You can against a Man City or Liverpool. I don’t rate some of the players but they are not as bad as they are currently performing.
Hendrick is crap. Joe is crap. Longstaff (S) is crap. The rest are average in a better side would do better. I actually rate Fernandez as our best defender. Where is Atsu btw?
I didn’t rate hendrick at Burnley. So I’m saying yes. Lobby (is that his nickname btw) was ok for Rafa for a handfull of games but has been dreadful since. We can’t have Hayden him and Hendrick in midfield. In the championship maybe yes. But I’m the PL nope!
Didn't you? He was their grafter. He was workmanlike. He was solid. Here he is a right winger. He has ****. He can't pass. He can't run. Difference is the manager. This is where Lascelles needs to show his leadership qualities.
But what lascelles is actually doing is toeing the line and doing what he is told. Is he really going to act for the players and risk being alienated by SB and MA? Your right though a good captain would say his mind. But I think he’s become a yes man. I also don’t buy into ASM and why he has been away for so long. There has to be something more in it.
Lascelles has done so before. Doubt he would suddenly turn. ASM - who knows what's going on. On the one hand i don't believe he's gone on strike due to Bruce but on the other hand I don't believe he had long covid.
Lascelles did it against the players in the past. Not the management. Even Ritchie has backed the management. But it’s because both have been piss poor and are getting paid to fall in line. Players like Shearer, Barton, Nolan et all wouldn’t sit back. There are no leaders in that team and there is no leadership outside of it either. On a side note and although it could be like pressing the nuclear button but Barton short term to the end of the season would ruffle some feathers and I honestly think he would get 12 points.
I see it’s Darlow this week who has come out and said it wasn’t good enough. That they didn’t do what they where asked to do. Yada yada..... This line has been told countless times this season by different players. But not one of them has called out the tactics or the management.
