Clayton wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:55 pm
Brookbonds73 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:01 pm
It's plainly obvious that he's fucking knackered. The majority of the goals he scored last year were poachers goals. Arriving late in the box.
Give him a rest ffs!
His mate Kral needs to step up to the plate.
He has a lot to prove, because let's face it, he was shite at the Euro's.
Personally I think the Kral signing was a crowd pleaser to deflect the glaringly obvious fact that we needed a striker.
Soucek needs a rest it's blatantly obvious ( should have come off in the Zagred match , but Come on BB , Kral hasn't been given a chance yet ( for some reason ) so your way out of line saying he needs to STEP UP .
As far as the Euro's go a lot of players were not at their best , even Vlasic wasn't in anyway shape or form anything but average .
As for Kral being a crowd pleaser to deflect from the fact we didn't get a striker is not obvious to me , as we needed a midfielder . Would he have been my choice ? No , but that's just a personal thing ( I would have gone and got Teun Koopmeiners ) .
I think my wording could have been better in all honesty Clay.
But I just see Kral as being a sort of add on if you like, to boost the numbers. Personally from what I've seen of the fella he's been dreadful. Even before the Euro's he looked leggy and woefully out of touch. The Euro's did nothing for him to change my mind, where he was used mainly as a sub. Obviously the Czech manager thought the same way.
Now if that was the case, then why would we go and get him, when we already had Connor Coventry waiting patiently in the wings. As you say koopmeiners would have been a better fit surely.
Obviously I hope I'm wrong and I sincerely hope Kral does the business, but from what I've seen of him do far, I may have a long wait.
There are twice as many midfielders to choose from than there are strikers and as shown yesterday we are heavily reliant on Antonio. We desperately needed a striker this year, but as usual ( in my eyes at least) we got an unnecessary bit part player to add to the numbers rather than shell out for what was really needed.
They didn't need to break the bank and do a Haller or a Anderson, but imho they needed to add to the money they spent on Kral to fill the void.
All that said, like every player that joins us, I hope he does well and turns out to be a great player for us, starting with those mancs in the cup.
Love a cup of Rosey I do.