Interesting comparison to the squad Steve Bruce inherited (plus a couple of his own signings). I know our league position has implroved year by year but I think the squad has as well 2009 Squad 2011 Squad Goalkeepers Gordon Gordon Carson Mingolet Fulop Westwood Defenders Bardsley Bardsley McCartney Brown Ferdinand Ferdinand Nosworthy Bramble Collins OâShea Anderson Turner McShane Laing Richardson Richardson Da Silva Adams Midfield Tanio Cattermole Leadbitter Colback Edwards Elmohamady Cana Gardner Malbranque Larsson Reid Vaughan Henderson Meyler Murphy Sessegnon Strikers Campbell Campbell Jones Gyan Bent Whickham Healy Ji I have tried to keep them âlike for likeâ for a comparison and have not included the likes of Jordan Cook, Lynch, Noble or new signing to be McClean. What do you think?
No comparison IMO. The only one I'd have back from the 2009 squad for football reasons alone is Judas.
Sure i do, but iv'e already stated my views on the Brown signing. Here's one. Steed v Larsson.............
again imo these are better mig ,brown, bramble oshea, turner, colback, sess gyan against the players you have although like com says there are some unproven in a red and white shirt
But that's what i'm getting at, when we bought him he could score scores, same as all the other players, we buy them cos they are supposed to be good. So we can't compare Larsson to Steed yet. Don't forget Steeds record at Fulham, he was exceptional.
But Steed was playing for us not Fulham. Just for the record, he scored 32 in 172 apprearances for Fulham, 6 in 62 appreances for Tottenham, and ONE in 102 appearances for us. Hardly outstanding. Admittedly he could play five-a-side in a telephone box, but having a midfielder who cannot score goals is useless, a bit like Henderson. Larsson like Gardner scores the ocasional goal, Larsson scored against us last season. Did Steed score at all last season? No. I was there when he scored at Hull but that was a long time ago. After losing Judas it is imperative that we start scoring goals from all over the park, pre-season has told us that.
I think the point comm was making is that, in the same way that Steed could score at his other clubs but couldn't score here, Larsson could score/assist at his other clubs, but might not be able to score/assist here. Vaughn could create at Blackpool but for whatever reason might not create here. Brown and O'Shea could defend and keep clean sheets at Utd but might not be able to here. I agree that on paper our squad is much better! Every one change is an improvement (bar Bent- prick) however we need to hope their quality on paper translates to quality in the red and white! But things are looking up
