Not arguing he wasn’t I love Gooch but Hume had a breakthrough season and a follow up season where he was benched wasn’t the way forward. That’s the conundrum. We definitely missed leadership but players want to play experienced or not.
Pritchard yes but Gooch? - Only with our current injuries. Not a chance when most are fit. His experience has been a miss mind, absolutely no doubt about that.
It would only have been worth keeping Pritchard if we were going to rest Jobe, when they both played one had to play out of position, the same reason we haven't seen the best of Adil, most his minutes he's had, have been out of position.
When was the last time we had most fit? Let’s face it, we’ve had an injury prone squad for 2 seasons now.
We have moved on massively in the last few years However we are still way behind in our 5 year Plan Our building has been hampered by injuries but the happens to most club we need to Deal with all eventualities
He did refuse to play/withdraw himself from selection or whatever it was reported as. Hard to keep him after that.
With Seelt out for so long and Triantis doing so well as a CDM, I think we need an extra centre half (two if Ballard goes)
Yeah mate However was he not forced into corner Nevertheless I don’t agree with refusing to play blotted his copy book And I liked pritchard
Not judging him. Don't know the ins and outs. Heard a lot of rumours. But he forced the move. The club can't be blamed for selling him when they did. They had to.
I didn’t appreciate he’s been moved into that position. Interesting to see how that progresses and what it means for the squad/requirements.
I was thinking exactly that mate. Hopefully Ballard doesn’t go. We need ready made replacements, cooper or cresswell could come straight in and play.
Problem is we'll never know exactly what went on. I know some on here think they know the full facts, but they weren't in on the discussions and it's all heresay. I've said it before if Pritchard gave a totally honest view of what happened and Speakman did the same they would still be 2 totally different versions. All we do know is Pritchard was told his contract wouldn't be renewed, then the club had a change of heart and offered him an extension. None of us knows what happened next other than Pritchard ruled himself out of contention for the next game. If the club wanted to sell him why offer him a new contract
Dont want to get folks hopes up but sounds like Amad will be going out on loan next season Obviously will depend on how he finishes the season but i was speaking to someone at united, senior in their recruitment team and he was saying very high chance he is going on loan next season
