We all thought the same so nothing to be ashamed of.Me too mate. I remember posting on here not long after he signed, that a midfield of Schweinsteiger, Sneiderlin and Herrera was the best in the premier league
At first maybe but to explain his current performances ? He isn't a baby, he should be playing much better than he is.
I don’t disagree that he should be back to normal now but I think it’s unfair to say it’s his attitude.
It has to be in some way. He seems like he is scared or something.
But saying he doesn’t give a shit?
I don't believe it either. They are pros, they care at some level, if it's not about the club then it is definitely about how they're seen on the pitch
Booing a player who's low on confidence isn't the way to get better performances, in fact it's the exact opposite. Coming on for 10 minutes in a game Everton were dominating and up by 3 was the perfect time to build his confidence and get better performances, no chance of that now.
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that basically sums up our scouting and recruitment post Fergie. That’s supposedly a former international player in his prime. He’s obviously very mentally weak and you couldn’t argue that way too many of our signings have lacked the required mentality to excel here.
Just shows how a good coach can get the best out of players.
Yep, but we should all know that anyway considering the amount of player Sir Alex got playing above their level to win countless titles and cups!
Grealish at least has a lot more about him.
Or they could follow the trajectories of players like Carrick or Lampard. Every signing is a gamble, of course, but I wouldn't see anything about that deal that would make me any more nervous about Maddison or Grealish.
They are so ahead of MS it’s laughable really
They are so far ahead of whom? Morgan had several virtuoso performances in his 100 odd appearances prior to joining us. He was no Makelele but we knew what we were getting. He then got found out terribly.
Robertson - Around 50 PL games
I agree that number of games played may not be the definitive criteria for success but it's a risk mitigation criteria for sure. You have given the example of five players who developed drastically due to being in one of the best coaching systems in the world. I hope you do agree that Klopp has extracted so much more from his players than any other manager of late.
Except his last 2 seasons at Southampton he wasn't coached by Pochettino and he was playing better than he did in his last season with Pochettino.
I gave those examples as they were recent ones, there will be plenty of players who played less than 100 league games before moving to PL club.
So.. The french Diego Tristán, I guess
Indeed, but he was already on the up when Poch arrived there. He was impressive (and scored) against us in a cracking game soon after they were promoted.
Last two? Didn't Poch join Spurs in 14/15 and Schneiderlin join us in 15/16?
The one where RvP scored a hattrick? That's all I remember from that game!
That’s the one. Two of the goals right at the end. Soton were still managed by Adkins and were playing some lovely stuff. It wasn’t xenophobia alone that made people up in arms when he was sacked.
I was never sure about Sanchez, but I was positive Schneirderlin was exactly what we needed. In a summer with all those galactico names he was the one I really thought would elevate us..
