| Comparing now with the team of 2018/19 07:12 - Jun 18 with 3862 views | PioneerBlue |
…. now we can see where it all went wrong!
This was our Aug opening game squad versus BR at home.
In fairness, there was a sprinkling of talent in there, but it was a shocker, a mashup squad. This group managed 5 wins all season ffs. It infuriates to reflect back.
I don’t know whether there is a team as bad as this in the current Champ?
We now have a team, squad that’s actually focused, with leaders in the board room, on the coaching staff, a captain and others through the pitch. Compare captains then and now, the proverbial good guy with loads of time for people off the pitch versus warrior leader of men with delivery on the pitch!
I’m counting only Bart as an equal versus today starting XI. Whilst Chalobah and Downes have obviously gone on to greatness, they were still raw talents back then compared with the players we have now in those positions.
The Formidable bench is a place where we can improve but it compares favourably now to then, this summer is important to improve our starting XI and will mean players the likes of Donacien, Leigh, Ball, Ladapo, Harness and potentially some of last seasons starting XI players can come off the bench or back up for injuries compared with Roberts, Kenlock and Morris.
The spineless relegation squad
Bart
Spence
Donacien
Chambers
Knudsen
Skuse
Chalobah
Downes
Edwards
Harrison
Sears
The Formidable Bench
Gerken
Roberts
Dozzell
Edun
Kenlock
Wolf
Morris
[Post edited 18 Jun 2023 14:40]
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| Comparing now with the team of 2018/19 on 22:35 - Jun 18 with 474 views | kiwiblue |
| Comparing now with the team of 2018/19 on 10:22 - Jun 18 by redrickstuhaart |
Knudsen was very limited and not proven anywhere.
Being a Danish international, given the level of the Danish team, is not a great indicator. |
Surely the difference really is the coaching of the squad into a system that works , ie the manager and his team. Uncomparable |  | | |
| Comparing now with the team of 2018/19 on 22:56 - Jun 18 with 452 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Comparing now with the team of 2018/19 on 22:35 - Jun 18 by kiwiblue |
Surely the difference really is the coaching of the squad into a system that works , ie the manager and his team. Uncomparable |
It may be. No way of knowing for sure whether a player who plays a percentage hoof 95% of the time is doign it through lack of ability or through team instructions. | | | |
| Comparing now with the team of 2018/19 on 23:08 - Jun 18 with 445 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Bart had a bad season that year.
But I still have him way ahead of Walton. The amount of games he saved us for 3 seasons straight was a joke. Wasn't perfect in every department but his shot stopping was genuinely unbelievable and he was far far busier than Walton was who in an awful lot of games hasn't had a single to save to make, and first half of this season he was playing fairly poorly, superb since January though. Bart and Tom Lawrence pretty much kept us up on their own one season. [Post edited 18 Jun 2023 23:10]
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