Yermiyahu
Scott Parker
How pretentious.
Mr Kettle, meet Mr Pot.
How pretentious.
Without Bale we would not be in third - yes or no?
If the answer is yes, then the reason we are in third is Bale.
They were all signed under his watch. So the ones you say he didnt sanction - should he be held responsible for?
It seems incredulous to me that a new manager would not have any say over the new signings. My understanding is that only Verts well under way before he arrived.
Are you therefore saying, he didnt want Ade? Or Sig? Or Lloris? Or Dembele ? Or Dempsey? or Holtby? If that was the case, why are we signing players the manager doesnt want.
Given your scenario, all the funds should have been spent on Damio, Moutinho and Willian - or players of that ilk - NOT a bevy of similar type players in positions where we were already well stocked? Especially given the other areas which anyone with any sense can see we needed cover (or better) desperately.
You dont seem to want to hold AVB accountable for anything. Strange given he is the manager.
Also, who sanctioned all those players to go out on loan? Again, not AVB I suppose in your apologist world.
Finally, Bale got injured in the Fulham match and was plainly struggling virtually throughout. He got flu and was injured. Do you thing SAF would have allowed a player in that condition to go on international duty? He couldnt complete more than 45 minutes against Scotland, and then picked up yet another niggling injury against Croatia. Knowing all this, AVB played him in no less than four positions against Basel. He was clearly knackered and injured and still he hasnt been given any sort of protection by our management. I just hope his injury isnt as bad as it looked. According to AVB he should be back for the City game - but we all know how accurate he is at forcasting returnees from injury.
How pretentious.
Nail on head. Now walk away Steff ....