Not going to disagree with your assessment and the fact that he lacks the quality of the two you mentioned, but for sheer will determination and leadership they don't come much better. He can drag a team thru **** other players couldn't do.
While I agree he's a player we should be looking o improve on I can't accept the bit I bolded. He's not the reason we struggle. Manager merry go round and starting without a settled team has been to blame. He's a player we keep to put on the bench and have in reserve if he's needed.
I cant argue with that either, its the beauty of the game, I thought Defoe could not handle the lone striker role, but with the quick wide men we now have and Jan freeing the wing backs to go forward we look a real threat on the counter, Big Sam has true to his word built a team around him and we are all thankfull that he could see this.
The point i am making is not that Lee is alone in just not being good enough, their are many more in this squad, for me we must improve all three departments, not by wholesale replacement, but to shrewdly recruit alternatives across the board. In my opinion Cattermole is a liability, he simply cant play football and is an obvious candidate to be replaced, as is Jos who is far too slow, if we had not had Kone and Younis to step in we would now be relagated imo.
I wonder what it would look like if someone could be bothered to compile some statistics regarding our performances compared to other teams since the January signings (so, probably since the beginning of february) with Catts and said players in the same team . . . . and more recently since we've become more settled (during the time that our starting line-up has been unchanged) !
My guess is that they would look pretty damn good
Well done, Catts
Are you talking about our central defensive midfielder? Clueless aren't you really
Agree totally. Can't understand clockstanders "liability" tag! He plays far more advanced now and, as he isn't giving the ball away near the back 4 it's not a liability. His yellow card count is also massively reduced. Wonder how many seasons in his career he's gone without a ban? Reckon this s the first.
I like this post and agree with every word, I trust in Big Sam to make the additions to the squad that will take us to safer levels without harming the team spirit, this is what we all want after all, its just how do you do it that is the fascination of football.
He's inspirational for the team & it's energy - great leader when his heads right - it seems to be now
No problem at all fella - all about opinions and I have been trying to convince people on here for years that he is a better player than he gets credit for. But he certainly isn't a liability this season - has been a massive asset for us.If you think this then I am happy to disagree, he losses the ball or creates problems for the whole team with his lack of control, it matters not what area of the field he operates in, we will never agree on this so lets agree to dis-agree and leave it there.
