IncREDible Recruitment

Remember there being rumours about O'Neill for a good year or two before we eventually got Rafa

At the time he wasn't that bad of a shout considering what he'd done at Leicester & Celtic.

'Curbs' would have been heavy though haha

you would think so but somehow we ended up with Roy which is still something of a mystery

Grujic : Fail
Matip: Hit
Karius: Fail
Mane: Hit
Klavan: Fail
Manninger: Fail
Wijnaldum: Hit
Salah: Hit
Solanke: Fail
Robbo: Hit
Ox: Hit
VVD: Hit
Fabinho: Hit
Keita: Jury Out
Shaq: Jury Out
Alisson: Hit
Van Den Berg: Jury Out
Adrian: Hit
Minamino: Jury Out

Like all coaches, there is a mixed bag in recruitment, though most signings recently have worked out. Those with Jury Out status, are either players who are injury prone or not here long enough to decide if they will make it or not. Some like Grujic or Karius struggled to make the grade, and then there's others like Solanke who will never make the grade at any level.

We all know how valuable Robbo is, yet it took 6 months to establish himself in the team, while the other left back was chucking goals and points away every week. He almost got Jürgen sacked, because people decided that after two years in charge, we were stagnating under him and called for a change. You don't hear a word out of them now. Anyway, the rival full back got injured at home to Spartak Moscow, and Robbo finally had a chance to establish himself, which he took with both hands. And the rest is history.

are you on some weird Medication Minamino has just played over an hour and you think the Jury is out Kieta and Shaq have been hampered by injury