14-09-2022, 23:42
That has to be the nail in the coffin for Bruce, surely...
1 win in 9 with this squad is nowhere near good enough.
Don't get me wrong, Bruce hasn't been dealt a good hand with the players he inherited, who clearly are out of their depth at this level. Nor can he be blamed for so many terrible performances tonight.
TGH and Yokuslu as bad as I've seen them. Diangana and Swift useless. Bartley and Button absolutely jokers. Grant totally anonymous.
Not that the likes of Mulumby and Townsend were much better...
But what I do blame Bruce for is the fact we've got no pattern of play at all. Can't really see any sort of cohesion between the players. Despite so many gash players, our squad is better than this.
I appreciate whoever comes in isn't going to get this disjointed mess of a squad promoted. It's far too imbalanced and there are too many players who are either average championship players at best. But what I would like to see is improvement. Our business this summer was a lot better than last year, but we've still gone backwards and the blame has to be with Bruce.
All these free transfers yet no budget to resign Andy Carroll who is the type of player we're crying out for now Wallace is in the squad? Clearly that's a Bruce's decision...
The only positives were the performances of Thomas Asante and Pieters. They both need to start on Saturday. Grant and Townsend have been treading water for too long. I do hope Rogic gets fit sooner rather than later too, because as much as I hate to say it, I'm losing faith in Grady's ability to play at this level with every passing game.
1 win in 9 with this squad is nowhere near good enough.
Don't get me wrong, Bruce hasn't been dealt a good hand with the players he inherited, who clearly are out of their depth at this level. Nor can he be blamed for so many terrible performances tonight.
TGH and Yokuslu as bad as I've seen them. Diangana and Swift useless. Bartley and Button absolutely jokers. Grant totally anonymous.
Not that the likes of Mulumby and Townsend were much better...
But what I do blame Bruce for is the fact we've got no pattern of play at all. Can't really see any sort of cohesion between the players. Despite so many gash players, our squad is better than this.
I appreciate whoever comes in isn't going to get this disjointed mess of a squad promoted. It's far too imbalanced and there are too many players who are either average championship players at best. But what I would like to see is improvement. Our business this summer was a lot better than last year, but we've still gone backwards and the blame has to be with Bruce.
All these free transfers yet no budget to resign Andy Carroll who is the type of player we're crying out for now Wallace is in the squad? Clearly that's a Bruce's decision...
The only positives were the performances of Thomas Asante and Pieters. They both need to start on Saturday. Grant and Townsend have been treading water for too long. I do hope Rogic gets fit sooner rather than later too, because as much as I hate to say it, I'm losing faith in Grady's ability to play at this level with every passing game.