Originally Posted by
WTF11
If you look back at my player review following the Bristol game, I was positive about several players, critical of some, etc. Amongst many who commented however, I observed that we were playing a team that didn't turn up in the first half, and when they did in the latter part of the second, caused us no end of problems. What I post you can take as "despair", I prefer it to be seen (of course) as sceptical objectivity (if such a thing exists).
I take it that by "addressing it" you refer to the (possibly) two signings today? You mentioned on the "Why bother" thread that "there are a lot of youngsters pushing for the 1st team", but we have just loaned-in ANOTHER 18yr old (GK) (who surely cannot be regarded as a 2nd string to Casilla?), and are rumoured to be loaning-in YET ANOTHER teenager (attacker), so forgive me if I feel some sympathy for those in the league-winning U23s squad who see new players coming in, yet the likes of Struik, Edmonson, Shackleton, Temenuzhkov etc. get almost zero game time.