Just on the finger pointing at the owners. We can also ask has Jürgen been to loyal to players and perhaps had the chance to bring players in but chose to stay with what he had?
Fair point. Things like giving Ox a new contract just because he missed a year through injury goes towards that.
In terms of player personnel, we do need a refresh and the midfield is a massive part of that. Hendo and Milner have been horrific of late, we bring on Keita and Ox and they are every bit as bad. We have Fab but for some reason his form has dropped right off and he was poor today. Thiago IMO has head and shoulders been our best midfielder this season but he’s constantly getting injured. We have a lot of numbers in midfield but zero consistency from any of them in one way or another. I’m not saying every single one of them needs to go but Milner and Ox are 2 players who’s time has been and gone with us and whether Hendo is one to be playing week in week out with everyone fit is another question.
Chelsea bossed that midfield today with ease and it’s not the first time our midfield either gets completely outplayed or bypassed.
Our midfield with Hendo and Milner a few years ago would’ve been spot on for this game but now it’s just lumbering through a game IMO.
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