My one concern with Brendan is the fact that he only seems to want to play HIS tika-taka way, now every manager should have their principles, but also a plan B - Andy Carroll, I thought we were far too predictable today. I know its early on in the season so Brendan is still to stamp his mark on the team, so this is not a knee-jerk reaction, I'm just expressing my opinion about how we may potentially be neutralised. I think Brendan is going to have a great future in the game, and although I'm not 100% certain about him yet - due to the point I raise earlier, I do believe he will find the 'right balance' with our squad given time. Its more a case of, what do we do when plan A isn't working?
How much could we have done with Carroll's knock-downs pushing them back today, we needed a focal point. It was meant to be Suarez, I agree with many others, I don't think he's a main striker, more a free role/trequartista(to use fm terminology :') haha)
I get what you're saying but there is an underlying cause for concern.
I genuinely think that FSG told Brendan to get rid of Carroll in order to free up money on the wage bill to bring in another player or two. They would have told him that Andy had to be gone before they could sanction any further signing/signings. Andy didn't want to leave but obviously Brendan had to force him out to get the players he feels he needed. Carroll loan move was sorted on Thursday which left Brendan time to get Dempsey or somebody else.
FSG then used the 'we are not going to overpay for someone' line instead of telling Brendan the truth, that in fact they were never going to pay for another player all along. There is no way on this earth that Brendan would have let Carroll go without a replacement. No manager would have.
We'll never know the truth until Brendan leaves or FSG sell out. FSG picked us up on the cheap and after initially welcoming them they are slowly turning me against them. They have stripped us down to our bare bones and only seem concerned with saving themselves money.
No person can be that thick that they don't realise that they have to strengthen a team to improve their chances of winning silverware. FSG know exactly what they are doing.
They may not have promised to put a spade in the ground but their actions recently have shown they look like they are gearing up for a sale.
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