Old Man Andrews Shocked you haven't offered up Tennai Watson as a RB solution.........
Must be given a go, surely.
- were definitely grumbles about Antonio, Stacey, Cooper and Dickie, Tish, Kelly
by Forty » 23 Nov 2020 13:35
Old Man Andrews Shocked you haven't offered up Tennai Watson as a RB solution.........
by SCIAG » 23 Nov 2020 13:39
by URZZZZ » 23 Nov 2020 14:29
SCIAGMid Sussex Royalpaultheroyal
Same ones who let Antonio go no doubt, oh and Jake Cooper.
I can understand Cooper and Antonio to an extent, they were both well down the pecking order and needed first team football.
We had way better wide options than Antonio at the time and Cooper didn't fit in with how Stam wanted to play, and to be fair we finished 3rd that season
Weren't many grumbles on this forum either at the time
Stacey different story altogether though
Antonio and Cooper weren’t up to the standard we required (although Cooper was absolutely suited to the way Stam played, it is the way he’d been playing his whole career).
Stacey probably was up to the standard, but McCleary and Beerens were both in great form, Meite was very promising (although sent out on loan), Harriott was good, and we’d just signed Popa and Barrow. In hindsight, we were right to add Barrow and Meite but Popa was a flop, Harriott was no better than Stacey and Fosu, and Beerens and McCleary were never the same again. Stacey could have been back-up to Gunter but that wouldn’t have led to many starts. Maybe choosing Barrow, Meite, Stacey and Fosu as our wingers and Stacey also as second choice right back would have worked - but it would have been extremely bold to get rid of McCleary and Beerens after the play off final.
Constant managerial turnover is a really mixed bag for young players. It can shake things up and give players a chance they wouldn’t otherwise have got (think of Scott Davies, Liam Kelly, Tennai Watson, Josh Barrett) but can also mean that a promising player doesn’t get the chances they deserve. When Stam came in he fell in love with Kelly and Watson and some of the younger centre backs, but wasn’t enamoured with Stacey, Fosu, Kuhl, Tanner, etc. Fortunately for him, two of those had their careers destroyed by injury but two of them have proven themselves perfectly capable.
So yeah, Stam was the idiot who let Stacey go. Antonio was McDermott. Simon Cox was Coppell. Sometimes it happens.
by Hound » 23 Nov 2020 14:55
by URZZZZ » 23 Nov 2020 15:00
Hound Kelly not even getting in the oxford side last I saw interestingly enough
by Millsy » 25 Nov 2020 09:39
by Hound » 25 Nov 2020 10:05
URZZZZHound Kelly not even getting in the oxford side last I saw interestingly enough
From what I've heard, he was really struggling there, he was being played at the base of midfield and wasn't having any influence on the game (safe, sideways passing etc), easily being overrun, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about
But then he started on Saturday further up and had his best game of the season. Be interesting to see if he can change his career around again as I was one of the few who did rate him
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