Says who? Max has made 13 appearances out of Bournemouth's 14 matches played (12, EPL, 2 EFLC), starting 11 of them, and including starting at RB in the last game, the 2:0 win over Newcastle. Doesn't strike me as being the record of a player "having a mare".
The defensive midfield role that Skipp played made it a simplistic 5 in defence and 5 in attack, that’s pretty balanced. I’d say you can have a balanced structure but not achieve balance if players don’t execute their roles or aren’t good enough to perform their role.
3rd worst defense -
Losing games is one thing, throwing away 2 goal advantages is another.
According to wikipedia, under Wagner NCFC have: Played 37, won 14, drawn 7, lost 16. 49 points in 37 games, or extrapolating to a full 46 game season, a 61 point campaign which would have been good enough for 13th last season (where we finished).
I think it's priced in at this point, manager salaries are essentially double their weekly pay, as paying them off early is assumed. Still doesn't make it smart, and you'd hope there's some kind of performance clauses in the contract to make life easier for the board.
I'm guessing like Farke after promotion, his stock was high & other clubs wanted his services so he negotiated a long contract with us rather than leave .
