Even if it appears underwhelming this signing has been made by Gallen and Bowyer, whose judgement has so far been incredible.
Kayal? Hemed?
They cant account for players being injured though can they?
Kayal for me showed glimpses of being an good player for us this season but couldnt stay fit
Same with Aneke effectively
As @RedChaser says, only dud really has been Joe Ledley and that was out of desperation
I don’t mean to critcise Bows and Gallen. With the summer budget overall they have done a decent job and their options were severely limited. But I’m not having that Ledley has been the only dud. In fact I don’t even count him as a dud because he’s sitting there and for whatever reason Bows isn’t picking him. Hemed, Kayal, Aneke and Oztumer have all been duds so far.
How do you sign someone and know they're not going to be injured? - As said, would probably say Aneke has been a dud as apart from his Stoke goal hasnt really shown much
Oztumer though has shown his quality against Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday (just picking two games at random)
Even if it appears underwhelming this signing has been made by Gallen and Bowyer, whose judgement has so far been incredible.
Kayal? Hemed?
They cant account for players being injured though can they?
Kayal for me showed glimpses of being an good player for us this season but couldnt stay fit
Same with Aneke effectively
As @RedChaser says, only dud really has been Joe Ledley and that was out of desperation
I don’t mean to critcise Bows and Gallen. With the summer budget overall they have done a decent job and their options were severely limited. But I’m not having that Ledley has been the only dud. In fact I don’t even count him as a dud because he’s sitting there and for whatever reason Bows isn’t picking him. Hemed, Kayal, Aneke and Oztumer have all been duds so far.
How do you sign someone and know they're not going to be injured? - As said, would probably say Aneke has been a dud as apart from his Stoke goal hasnt really shown much
Oztumer though has shown his quality against Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday (just picking two games at random)
Oztumer played ok against Wednesday and then gave away a crucial penalty.
We are signing players that are injured! How many times over the last few years have we gambled on a crock. I’m not blaming Bows but he has made the decision to sign a quality player with an injury risk of a less talented player. I have sympathy because he shouldn’t have to continually make those calls. Either way Kayal and Hemed have 100% been duds, although hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Even if it appears underwhelming this signing has been made by Gallen and Bowyer, whose judgement has so far been incredible.
Kayal? Hemed?
They cant account for players being injured though can they?
Kayal for me showed glimpses of being an good player for us this season but couldnt stay fit
Same with Aneke effectively
As @RedChaser says, only dud really has been Joe Ledley and that was out of desperation
I don’t mean to critcise Bows and Gallen. With the summer budget overall they have done a decent job and their options were severely limited. But I’m not having that Ledley has been the only dud. In fact I don’t even count him as a dud because he’s sitting there and for whatever reason Bows isn’t picking him. Hemed, Kayal, Aneke and Oztumer have all been duds so far.
How do you sign someone and know they're not going to be injured? - As said, would probably say Aneke has been a dud as apart from his Stoke goal hasnt really shown much
Oztumer though has shown his quality against Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday (just picking two games at random)
Wasn't Kayal injured when he signed though or was he just unfit? On paper was a great signing so find it hard to blame Bowyer/Gallen for that, just a shame it hasn't worked out.
We basically have one striker and no midfielders outside of Gallagher and Pratley. Think we need to get 8 in as we can’t rely on anyone ever getting fit. When Charlton players get injured they need 4 months to be eased back into the team
I think you could make a compelling case that Purrington has been our worst signing this year.
Nowhere near. Started the season well, admittedly has been poor recently but nowhere near our worst signing.
The only reason I say this is that we just have not seen enough of the other signings mentioned to really judge how good or bad they are, where as Ben has played pretty consistently.
When two blokes who are not natural left backs come in and play in your position better than you, I find that really worrying.
Pearce was fine last night, I don't get the critisise. We defended pretty comfortably but for one Solly error and 3-4 from Sarr which Lockyer/Pearce had to cover
Even if it appears underwhelming this signing has been made by Gallen and Bowyer, whose judgement has so far been incredible.
Kayal? Hemed?
They cant account for players being injured though can they?
Kayal for me showed glimpses of being an good player for us this season but couldnt stay fit
Same with Aneke effectively
As @RedChaser says, only dud really has been Joe Ledley and that was out of desperation
I don’t mean to critcise Bows and Gallen. With the summer budget overall they have done a decent job and their options were severely limited. But I’m not having that Ledley has been the only dud. In fact I don’t even count him as a dud because he’s sitting there and for whatever reason Bows isn’t picking him. Hemed, Kayal, Aneke and Oztumer have all been duds so far.
How do you sign someone and know they're not going to be injured? - As said, would probably say Aneke has been a dud as apart from his Stoke goal hasnt really shown much
Oztumer though has shown his quality against Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday (just picking two games at random)
Wasn't Kayal injured when he signed though or was he just unfit? On paper was a great signing so find it hard to blame Bowyer/Gallen for that, just a shame it hasn't worked out.
Kayal was recovering from an injury over the summer
I think you could make a compelling case that Purrington has been our worst signing this year.
Nowhere near. Started the season well, admittedly has been poor recently but nowhere near our worst signing.
The only reason I say this is that we just have not seen enough of the other signings mentioned to really judge how good or bad they are, where as Ben has played pretty consistently.
When two blokes who are not natural left backs come in and play in your position better than you, I find that really worrying.
Yeah very fair points. He started the season well so still think it’s slightly harsh. Overall been ok, if he carries on like he has recently I will certainly agree.
Very short memories RE Purrington, he was Mr 7/10 not so long ago, and getting forward getting crosses in and notching the odd goal, his form has dipped with the injuries along with his confidence.
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Oztumer though has shown his quality against Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday (just picking two games at random)
When two blokes who are not natural left backs come in and play in your position better than you, I find that really worrying.
Just thinking beyond the obvious ones.
Both are playing Wing-Back because we dont have enough Midfielders to play anything else
Neither can play that role yet at least with Solly he can be swapped with Matthews
The Swans are in for Brewster.
Richard Murray that is, it's the only way he can stay involved with the club after the takeover.
It's what Brighton do.