I keep hearing about this plan. That the club are in a rebuild and there's a long term plan that we must now stick with. Pundits are saying we need to stick with Ole because he's moving us forwards and he has a plan that he's trying to develop and execute.
So I ask... What is this plan?
Obviously the goal, the objective is to put us back at the top. That's what everyone at the club wants us to achieve.
But what is this grand plan? Because I'm not seeing it.
I'm seeing a squad that has absolutely no depth. A squad that's relying on youngsters, a lot of which we can't be sure will ever be good enough. We all like that youth are getting a chance but there's got to be a balance. And I'm not suggesting we need to buy proven players because we tried that and it didn't work very well. But buying a player like Maddison and Sancho... That's buying youth that aren't the finished article but it's adding known quality to the team. Giving Chong, who doesn't look anywhere near ready and I'm not sure his style ever will be in the PL isn't going to yield great results or show progress in style. I like Chong, he's a talented boy but he's just an example to me of someone with hype that I've seen nothing (admittedly in limited first team opportunities) to suggest he can be a top top player. It's early days but actually young players show a flash, they show a glimpse. They get you off your seat before frustrating you with a poor decision. I've not seen him do that once. Greenwood has. Chong hasn't.
We sold Lukaku, we sold Sanchez and for good reason but we didn't replace. We let Herrera go and solid Fellaini in January but we haven't replaced.
The results are laughable. Since Ole got the job full time we sit 13th in the form table.13th. Results are going to be mixed theres no doubt. I'm not expecting great results. Hell I'd take 6th or 7th with a decent cup run. This squad is definitely not a top 4 squad and doesn't look like a top 5 or 6 either. And that's kind of ok because we know there's a huge job on here but... the style of play I just don't see any improvement. And if it's counter attacking football that Ole is after then to me that's doomed to fail straight off the bat.
We have to expect a bumpy ride... But where's the actual progress of any sorts? A bumpy ride with exciting performances is fine but I don't really see that. I see a team void of ideas. A team who at times still appear to give up or accept defeat. I see no progress. There's no clear path like I thought there was with Klopp in his early Liverpool days. Hell I think there's a clear path and exciting times at Chelsea. Arsenal for their issues are entertaining and Emery has a style. We look clueless in attack. We get to the final third and there's no quick passing football to unlock teams. There's no idea of now what do we do.
Call me negative that's fine. I think I just speak what I see.
So what's this great plan?
So I ask... What is this plan?
Obviously the goal, the objective is to put us back at the top. That's what everyone at the club wants us to achieve.
But what is this grand plan? Because I'm not seeing it.
I'm seeing a squad that has absolutely no depth. A squad that's relying on youngsters, a lot of which we can't be sure will ever be good enough. We all like that youth are getting a chance but there's got to be a balance. And I'm not suggesting we need to buy proven players because we tried that and it didn't work very well. But buying a player like Maddison and Sancho... That's buying youth that aren't the finished article but it's adding known quality to the team. Giving Chong, who doesn't look anywhere near ready and I'm not sure his style ever will be in the PL isn't going to yield great results or show progress in style. I like Chong, he's a talented boy but he's just an example to me of someone with hype that I've seen nothing (admittedly in limited first team opportunities) to suggest he can be a top top player. It's early days but actually young players show a flash, they show a glimpse. They get you off your seat before frustrating you with a poor decision. I've not seen him do that once. Greenwood has. Chong hasn't.
We sold Lukaku, we sold Sanchez and for good reason but we didn't replace. We let Herrera go and solid Fellaini in January but we haven't replaced.
The results are laughable. Since Ole got the job full time we sit 13th in the form table.13th. Results are going to be mixed theres no doubt. I'm not expecting great results. Hell I'd take 6th or 7th with a decent cup run. This squad is definitely not a top 4 squad and doesn't look like a top 5 or 6 either. And that's kind of ok because we know there's a huge job on here but... the style of play I just don't see any improvement. And if it's counter attacking football that Ole is after then to me that's doomed to fail straight off the bat.
We have to expect a bumpy ride... But where's the actual progress of any sorts? A bumpy ride with exciting performances is fine but I don't really see that. I see a team void of ideas. A team who at times still appear to give up or accept defeat. I see no progress. There's no clear path like I thought there was with Klopp in his early Liverpool days. Hell I think there's a clear path and exciting times at Chelsea. Arsenal for their issues are entertaining and Emery has a style. We look clueless in attack. We get to the final third and there's no quick passing football to unlock teams. There's no idea of now what do we do.
Call me negative that's fine. I think I just speak what I see.
So what's this great plan?