Serious val question

[Omegstrat6]

This squad certainly lacks the quality of more recent ones but it is hard to disagree with those who point out that individuals can-and have-played far better. We can even play some tidy football on the deck when not resorting to hoofball. We miss the likes of O'shea and Mowatt and we don't have a natural goal scorer or playmaker but have played much better in the past. We also make increasingly more stupid defensive errors. What happened to the commitment of earlier games and fighting for every ball? They are not the best set of players we have had by a very long call but they are certainly capable of far better so why aren't they? Team selection and tactics are down to Val but surely team and individual attitude is also greatly influenced by the manager too?

[BaggieSingh]

This squad certainly lacks the quality of more recent ones but it is hard to disagree with those who point out that individuals can-and have-played far better. We can even play some tidy football on the deck when not resorting to hoofball. We miss the likes of O'shea and Mowatt and we don't have a natural goal scorer or playmaker but have played much better in the past. We also make increasingly more stupid defensive errors. What happened to the commitment of earlier games and fighting for every ball? They are not the best set of players we have had by a very long call but they are certainly capable of far better so why aren't they? Team selection and tactics are down to Val but surely team and individual attitude is also greatly influenced by the manager too?

My thoughts exactly