If the owners have aspirations of European football year in year they should be telling the Manager to put out the strongest team possible and investing in a full strength squad to enable the manager to put out his strongest squad in all competitions - not a barely adequate one.
I thought he had put out his strongest line up/squad...............
Carroll, Ayew, Cresswell - long term injuries
Feghouli, Payet, Lanzini, Noble - All knocks or not yet fit.
0-1 at home to that? Come on Slaven, that's really not good enough. I'm very very unhappy about that. First half effort was. Dreadful. Deserved what we got.
G&S have to accept a lot of responsibility for not getting a forward in before now; we all knew it was only a matter of time before Carroll got injured, and with Sakho AWOL (in mind if not in body) we were left with a useless Valencia, an untested Argentinian and a lad who's only really played in League 1.
True, we played poorly, but all summer long they knew we needed a striker, and it's now the last week of August and we've still not gt one.
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We're terrible.
No way is Tore going to cut it in England. Got inconsistent written all over him.
Fletcher Haa been out best player
His touch is fantastic
Feel we've lost our momentum
Blessing in disguise maybe as this squad is not good enough for a European campaign
Sad times when the only player doing anything is a 20 year old who's only had 1 season in league 1
What are we actually competing for this season?
Won't finish anywhere near top four.
So, what? Mid-table?
May as well bring back Sam.
Carroll, Ayew, Cresswell - long term injuries
Feghouli, Payet, Lanzini, Noble - All knocks or not yet fit.
Artur - not available until group stages
Perhaps I'm missing something
;puzzled
Like Antonio hasn't had a good game but at least he has tried
Tore has just been useless
;nonono
;puzzled
We've gone back into this old habbit of 2 years ago, not taking our chances, not being clinical and basically paying the price for it.
Would loved to of carried on in this competition but quite frankly they've mugged us off again, only this time we did want to be in it.
The Dave's will not be happy going out, that's for sure
Come on Slaven, that's really not good enough. I'm very very unhappy about that. First half effort was. Dreadful. Deserved what we got.
But our second string just doesn't cut the mustard
Bilic needs to look at himself he courted Tore for so long and he looks pony, really shocking from him
Don't care what Zaza will cost get him we need a striker who'll score, Calleri missed big chance sand Fletcher, who was our best player, is only a kid
Gutted.
Embarrassed.
True, we played poorly, but all summer long they knew we needed a striker, and it's now the last week of August and we've still not gt one.