Crap recruitment in the summer. The only signings who have looked decent are Dawson and Robertson. Snodgrass would have been, our success rate from free kicks would definitely have gone up, it couldnt go lower could it. Diame was excellent but injured. Ramirez good when fit.
2. Huddlestone and Livermore in Midfield - 1 goal between them - no fight or pace. Cant argue with that. I've been on their back all season.
3. Points thrown away in injury time - numerous times. Disappointing defending. Is Dawson as good as the Davies of last season? No
4. Poor tactics from Bruce When he plays 3 at the back it should be 4, when he plays 4 we should play 3. We're always right on here.
5. Six points lost against Burnley. Yep cost us our PL status more than likely. Shocking attitude displayed in both games. See point 2.
6. Devoid of any cutting edge or creativity. No, Jelavic is excellent but has been injured. It was a mistake not to bring in another forward. Aluko is not a forward. When Costa was injured/banned Mourinho didnt push Hazard up top on his own why did we??
7. Shane Long being sold and replaced by Hernandez Long wanted to go, we couldnt stop him. We should have brought Troy ****ing Deeney. Cameron Jerome was available for 1.5 million. Not prolific but leads the line well. Sorry roo. We paid more than that for a CB we didnt need or use FFS
8. Loan players - Ben Arfa and Ramirez - big wages - little effort. We signed too many similar players. These two plus Ince and Aluko. Worst mistake Bruce made. Ramirez was good in patches but injured too often. Did i mention Troy Deeney
It would be good blame the foreign mercenaries but unfortunately it is our British contingent that has let us down, McGregor, Davies, Huddlestone, Livermore. Thats the spine of the team. No one even mentions Davies anymore. He was a superb CB and leader last season.