The Lucky Black Cat wrote:
Think you will find many academy players as well as a number of Pro players sadly are lacking in a few areas of core skills. I know of some academy coaches that basically are having to teach some basics to a number of players. They have the raw talent but sadly the basic skills are simply not good enough. Many players dont even know a lot of the rules- see James Graham for example after he admitted he didnt know a particular ruling when penalized. So I understand why RM says some players are lacking in the core skills department.
Its OK saying ship players out but firstly they often are under contract and may not want to leave. Secondly its rare you are going to find good replacements in mid season- especially when many SL Clubs are being forced rightly to use a few of their youngsters. RM for me is in a tough position that sees players that he didnt sign and maybe knew little about before coming here and forced in to using them and sadly cant bring in his style of player as the club neither has the money or the availability of signing better quality players or even players that RM wants. Whether people like it or not, this year is one where we just have to go with what we have and hope that with our small squad we dont get too many injuries. I think next year is the time to start judging and making comments about things. Sadly thats just the way things are. Some people have had enough which is understandable and will find other things to do. Its just a shame that they still feel they need to talk the club down without really giving RM a fair chance.
Once again a superb post, I am very disappointed with this season so far and perhaps I will be at the end of the season, but, we need to keep the faith.
Let's keep going, keep the faith, please.
