by burjennio » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:49 pm
We did lose our way last season, but I think if anyone says Rafa is to blame for this current debacle they need their head read. I dont think any other available manager could have got it as wrong as Roy Hodgson has and that is where the problem lies, its quickly became apparant that this guy has no idea how to approach a match at the stature of club he is at. He made a few good noises at the start but as soon as the business of kicking the ball around had begun he has looked like a rabbit in the headlights. He also made a couple of dodgy signings but money was tight and he had differnet areas to strengthen so I sympathise with the decisions he had to make there but £5m for Christian Poulsen was in my opinion and anyone else who had seen that guy play was a crazy purchase, this is a guy that was made obsolete at Sevilla by Didier Zokora ffs, and was too slow for Serie A! I know the last boss made a few dodgy signings for alot more cash than that but even with his injury problems Aquilani has a tonne more upside than that carthorse. I know a few of us have stated that we wanted to see Lucas show his attacking potential under a new coach but clearly Hodgson is most definitely not that man, giving him the same job as Benitez did only 20yds further down the pitch where his crazy decision making can only cause us even more problems! In fact the more I watch us the more he looks like a man copying all the worst traits of Benitez - the negative football, playing players out of position and not changing tactics and making substitutions until EVEN LATER THAN BENITEZ DID! At least Rafa pushed high and pressed and actually ATTACKED THE OPPOSITION AT HOME!
I dont want to vent anymore, I just dont want to have to watch any more of the dreck that we're playing at the moment.
