This - I don't think people appreciate how good he's been for us overall and are fixated on the fact that sometimes his distribution isn't so good.
I've got a massive amount of time for the guy.
Needed for him to deliver today and he didn't. Constantly offside - the one time he wasn't he still couldn't get it in the net and he was flagged.
I think we can forgive him though.
Could see TS moulding things more to his side. Could see a bit of rotation on top of what's needed. For a random example, sell Weimann and sign David Nugent.
I assume that is a joke. He is 30 next week and has less Premier League goals than Weimann
Fewer!
Bent should take another 4 million off that maybe more if Vlaar goes
Fixed - Herd will be on such a small amount it's not even really worth worrying about.
Not really hard to improve on the shellackings we've taken there over the years... I'm expecting to lose of course, so anything better than that will feel like a real bonus.
It'd be a good time to sell him and get what we can for him. He's not nearly done enough to justify running the risk of giving him a new deal and his decent performances will mean that some clubs will be interested again.
I really don't want Chinese ownership - if and when they get bored, I imagine the state of the accounts would make the due diligence period nigh on impossible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VVedTzndKs
Looks like he's got a pretty handy left foot.
Quick, direct, strong - seems like the kind of player who'd fit very easily into our system.
Hopefully he'll be kept grounded and not get ahead of himself just yet. He's looking very, very promising but he's not the finished article yet because he needs game time and experience.
He's definitely grown and got a bit stronger though - which is great news.
I think he's handled Bacuna reasonably well though - he could have dropped him for Lowton after a poor performance or two, but he stuck with him and this seemed to give him the confidence to up his game somewhat.
I don't think the treatment of Gil will make or break him as a manger. I like Gil and I think he should get more game time but you can't argue with results because in football, the ends always justify the means.