I have to say I feel very much like Dancing. I feel sorry for GC as we left him to take over when the club was in a downward spiral from which I felt Danny was the most likely to pull us out, as he'd saved us from the Saunders debacle. (He obviously wasn't a step down from Saunders; he saved us!) GC had to learn about the club, discover player weaknesses, discard and recruit. Saving us was a huge job and he chose a totally impractical method.
But now GC has spent a close season recruiting and you don't need to be a weatherman to see which way the wind's blowing. He's heading down the same streets he trod last year with different personnel, but exactly the same results. WE CAN'T LET IT HAPPEN. Getting back up from the Vanarama is bloody hard (I notice Boco scored for Orient, and Whitely who I kept on about at Dagenham has scored in both games so far.)
As regards wing backs, look how Man City used them at Brighton. They played Otamendi, Stones, Kompany as a back three, Danilo and Walker as wingbacks, who really can get up and down, AND their midfield featured Fernandinho a midfielder with a real tackle in him as the defender of the three, de Bruyne and Silva. Now we haven't got a Division 2 level equivalent of any of those. We've not got the tackle, the skill, the craft, the running or the goal power scaled down to our own level have we? With Aguero and Jesus up front the idea is that Man City have six or seven players with some part to play in their attack, and at least six with some defensive responsibilities in front of their keeper.
We already haven't an equivalent of Stones or Kompany at the back, our wingbacks aren't even poor man's versions of Danilo and Walker, our midfielders fulfil none of the criteria for midfielders in this system. I'm not sure that sticking Aguero and Jesus up front for us would solve the problems unless they came back to get the ball for themselves. AND THAT'S WHY GC HAS TO GO.
The major point GC has missed is that the only way to play football the right way is for us to be in the league to do it.
But now GC has spent a close season recruiting and you don't need to be a weatherman to see which way the wind's blowing. He's heading down the same streets he trod last year with different personnel, but exactly the same results. WE CAN'T LET IT HAPPEN. Getting back up from the Vanarama is bloody hard (I notice Boco scored for Orient, and Whitely who I kept on about at Dagenham has scored in both games so far.)
As regards wing backs, look how Man City used them at Brighton. They played Otamendi, Stones, Kompany as a back three, Danilo and Walker as wingbacks, who really can get up and down, AND their midfield featured Fernandinho a midfielder with a real tackle in him as the defender of the three, de Bruyne and Silva. Now we haven't got a Division 2 level equivalent of any of those. We've not got the tackle, the skill, the craft, the running or the goal power scaled down to our own level have we? With Aguero and Jesus up front the idea is that Man City have six or seven players with some part to play in their attack, and at least six with some defensive responsibilities in front of their keeper.
We already haven't an equivalent of Stones or Kompany at the back, our wingbacks aren't even poor man's versions of Danilo and Walker, our midfielders fulfil none of the criteria for midfielders in this system. I'm not sure that sticking Aguero and Jesus up front for us would solve the problems unless they came back to get the ball for themselves. AND THAT'S WHY GC HAS TO GO.
The major point GC has missed is that the only way to play football the right way is for us to be in the league to do it.