Greavesie » Sat Jul 20, 2013 4:22 pm wrote:only me » Sat Jul 20, 2013 4:38 pm wrote:Very Early days I know however if you ask me if THIS squad captures the imagination and would jump start our CL/Championship hopes ,I regretfully gotta say No way.
New signings (Aspas/Alberto) are good players not doubt ,are they game changers? Nope.
We are 3 Quality players ,at least , away from even starting thinking of a renewed challenge of the EPL top 4. Need another Defensive ,Mid and attacking players ,which are leaders at their position. No More "Nice Guys" ,work in-motion ,"Future" prospects. We need players which can hit the ground running.
Observations....Kelly Really? Your new hair style can't cover your clumsy/slow performance..RB Is a huge problem as of now.
Henderson/Downing...Can we afford those guys? They hit their Glass ceiling and unfortunately it's lower then the minimum required.
Bright Spot ,IBE ,What a huge potential. Their is your Game changer.
Till Next time.
No more future prospects then you say Ibe is a game changer?
This is extremely pessimistic, we've played 2 gams in pre-season, scored 6 and not conceded and there's still business to be done. Chill out
I actually really like Kelly, he's been injured and not played for a while tho, there's no need to give him stick cos of his performance in a pre-season game
I agree I tend to embrace the pessimistic side of life ,i'm working on changing it

However over optimism usually leads to bitter disappointment ,so both aren't recommended I guess...
Again ,we have a decent team and squad ,question I asked was if THIS squad is ready for the NEXT step ,in my opinion NO.
I didn't refer to our results just to the way we play and who we have at our disposal. I'm looking for the potential and not bothered by the current results.
Kelly...Even Prior injury he was pretty mediocre...Just don't like that both our RB are pretty limited.