We sure do. Think Poch is well out of his depth. We are a total basket case Club, but we do have some really good players. poch can't get any combination of set up to work as a team. When Mudryk has a big improve playing centrally, Poch drops him puts in Sterling. When we have Liverpool on the rack, he goes defensive instead of attacking. He's just got no flair or imagination. He's reduced Enzo to nothingness, has made Caicedo wonder what he's doing, ruined Maatsen, abandoned Madueke who shows genuine promise, played Palmer out of position. Jackson has improved, Disasi has improved Gusto is really on the up, Broja is still sitting on a bench and lost all his sale value, what is the man doing?? Can't wait until he's a faded memory but with our owners why would any decent manager or player come to us?? They are on a hiding to nothing. I can't see a way out next season with so many Boehly backdoors men calling shots on sales and buys and our Academy players looking to get the hell out. What a bloody mess.
My fear next season is that they sell Maatsen and Gallagher, who will count as pure profit. They have kind of backed themselves into a corner where they need to do that, because of FFP and the silly amounts of money they have spent on Mudryk, Caicedo etc.
I will be devastated if we have to sell Gallagher for that reason, but it might end up that way, especially if he ends up at Spurs.
Unlike Mount, whom I never really got attached to, and never really saw improve to the level I initially hoped he would, i can see Gallagher getting better, when he is used properly in a stable team.
Palmer is class, and Jackson I am happy with to be honest. He needs to be more ruthless in front of goal, but he is 22, we paid only £30m for him, and I can see we have a player with potential who could end up, in a couple years, being a 15-20 league goals per season striker. I like Gusto, I like Disasi, I like Badiashile. I see great potential in all those players.
Nkunku and Lavia seem to be sicknotes, which is not good at all.
Ironically it is our "BIG" players, with big names or big pricetags which seem to be dragging us down. Mudryk, well you all know what I think of him, Caicedo is all over the place, Sterling has one good game, then is anonymous for the next 10 games, Silva is past it, as good as he was, and James and Chilwell are perenially injured.
I would clear all of them out in the summer, as much as I love James, when he plays, if he isnt going to be playing, then he is no good for us....plus he is no captain.
Maybe give Caicedo another season to prove he is worth what we paid.
I would give Nkunku and Lavia another season to assess their health and see if they can put a run of games together, and I would get a new manager....
To be honest, if we sold Mudryk, Sterling, James, Chilwell and Cucurella, we wouldnt even need to replace them.
Stick Maatsen at left back, Colwill can cover if needed but play him primarily at CB with either Disasi or Badiashile. Madueke can replace Sterling on the wing, then we could promote some academy players as back up, or sign a cheap back up winger if needed.
Then all we need is a striker and a leader. We could nail two birds with one stone by signing Ivan Toney.
