23 Dec 2014 20:24:01
JToon you want to leave it in Graham Carrs hands? He has provided more below average players than half decent ones. Our BIGGEST problem is scouring the foreign leagues for cheap buys and leaving the British market alone. There are players in the championship who are better than what Carr is bringing in, Rhodes, Reach, Deanet, Assombolanga, Hughes to name a few, there's even a kid at Exeter City, Matt Grimes who would cost maybe 1.5m that could show Cabella how to create, shoot and take a man on. This foreign policy is not successful, Cabaye and sometimes Janmatt, Sissoko apart, and young Perez may become a hit but Haidara, Riviere, Mbwia, Goufran, Cabella cost £27m and that could have been better spent on British talent with heart. The French Ligue 1 is as good as our 3rd tier and our french lads are proving it. My opinion maybe not everybodies
I appreciate your opinion FC, but we're talking about Pardew. This is a man who preferred Hayden Mullins over Javier Mascherano, and Marlon Harewood over Carlos Tevez (who was actually played as a winger a lot of the time)
Pardew just isn't a manager who can get the best out of most of his squad, he can't manage flair players like Ben Arfa, Marveaux, Cabella. Look at gouffran, came in from Bordeaux as a striker and a prolific goal scorer, what is he now? A left wing back who offers nothing in attack.
I agree though, I would like to see a bit more of an english core (which we are starting to see through the youth) but there are players from overseas brought in by Graham carr, that I think would be able to show their true abilities under a different manager.
Add Anita to that list
24 Dec 2014 21:48:44
Fair comment: I'm not a great Carr fan either. Where are the strikers? CBs? Or even keepers? We know what we need, but does Carr? (obviously P45 hasn't a clue).
Yes he's had as many duff players as he's picked out gems but i always thought it was down to lack of funds that we don't have the strength in depth.
GC is not to blame for any duff players
He gives Ashley the players he thinks fit the bill and Ashley decides based on the criteria facts we all know about Bit like a butcher telling a baker what bread to sell
Surprised GC has stayed so long must be on great money