Quote Originally Posted by occult View Post
NUFC won the Championship but Huddersfield and Brighton are doing better than us so far. As for who we should have bought, I don't go along with this idea that we bought Joselu and Murphy expecting to buy a striker later. We should not have bought Joselu, full stop. His hold up play and whatever else he does is irrelevant. He cannot score goals so he's not a striker. If a goalkeeper can't save shots, you don't say he compensates for this by good distribution. I don't accept either that we bought Murphy for the future. You buy what you need first and if there's money left you can buy for the future. A major factor in our relegation was that we were buying players with potential but who weren't immediately for the PL.
if rafa is so clever he would have probabaly thought before he brought joelwho that gayle wasnt going to be his first choice neither mitro so why spend money on a forward who scored 5 goals the season before
why pend money on murphy and not a left back if you are building from the back (and then not play him)

we are in this mess because rafa wanted full controll

he had a massive job on his hands in getting the team to play
he didnt need to get rid of carr so quick and take more work on

carr could have been finding clubs for the deadwood even now and maybe finding players whilst rafa works on his defensive master plan