john craig wrote:Sir Roger wrote:john craig wrote:Sir Roger wrote:What kind of mentality must someone have to get rid of Bellamy, Crouch and Keane, all proven premier and international strikers, to have kuyt, babel and Ngog as back up strikers when Torres is injured?
Not a very sensible way to look at it imo. Crouch, Bellamy and Keane are all good players, but they're not great players, none of them would be in our strongest XI even now, and crucially all of them rate themselves higher than they probably should, meaning none of them are happy to spend a lot of time on the bench. None of them would (or did) stay here for any length of time when they weren't getting enough minutes. Apart from the timing of getting rid of Keane, getting rid of them all was probably the right thing to do.
I disagree
I think it is very sensible to point out that we are knackered without Torres
Due to the getting rid of Keane specifically we now only have the chuckle brothers plus one as our strike force.
I would like you to explain how getting rid of one of the best forwards in the prem was the right thing to do?
I would like you to explain how comparing Bellamy and Crouch (two players who wanted to leave due to lack of game time) to Ngog, Kuyt or Babel is helpful?
Helpful to who?
They are our current useless strike force.
The others used to be our strike force and crouch in particular was leading goalscorer the season before Torres came
I admit I wasnt too fussy on Bellamy but he is still doing the business in the prem
Keane was badly treated in mine and many others eyes.
So Ill ask you again
Could you explain how getting rid of one of the best forwards in the prem was the right thing to do?