What a distortion of the truth!
Balotelli - Shouldn't have been bought. Brendan ended up accepting his purchase and in doing so became responsible for getting the most out of him, along with the rest of the strikers he wanted to go into that season with. He couldn't!
Jürgen didn't keep Balotelli for his own reasons but if I were to speculate it was most probably because we don't play a system that suits him and he also recognised in Firmino we had a player who was much better. Trying to say this is the same as what Brendan did is the hilarious part, it's the exact opposite! Same as with Sakho, he got rid of the disruptive aspect as soon as he could, Brendan signed him! Both problems Brendan oversaw, both problems Brendan introduced which Jürgen is now attempting to put right, those are the facts. Trying to equate them is an hilarious juggling act of the truth.
Square pegs in round holes - take a look at the discussions prior to the season, it was suggested many times that Milner being the starting LB would be a mistake and if he starts there next season it will be an even bigger mistake. The difference though couldn't be bigger - in Brendan's case we went from having a cohesive and devastating unit to one with absolutely no chemistry, chopping and changing systems, as many as 4 or 5 times during a single match. Brendan bought the square pegs! The transformation from the nearly year to beyond that highlighted just what a poor job he was doing, the two were unrecognisable. Now Jürgen is in the building phase, he is putting the pieces together nicely and the chemistry/cohesion and identity of the team is becoming quite clear. When he gets this team to the stage where we either win the league or come close then I don't believe we'll see him selling our best players and replacing them with a group square pegs for round holes, if he does he'll be met with the same level of criticism Brendan was. Trying to make out that keeping Milner on as LB (after trying to sign LBs) is equatable to what Brendan did is total and utter bullshit but frankly par for the course.
The fact that you still can't let go of these issues after all this time is truly pathetic. Not surprising that you keep twisting the facts until you're comfortable with your position but honestly you'd be better served by letting go of all this angst. Very sad.
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