Post by andyl on Dec 7, 2014 10:17:00 GMT
One noticeable aspect of NL's tenure so far is the relegation of loanees and the preference given to contracted players. Herd despite promise shown was quickly terminated. Clayton and now Wilkinson have been advanced over Mason despite his impressive hat trick. And as for Garvan, where is he? MacNaughton has mystery ailments but anyway Vela was preferred when both were seemingly available.
Meanwhile NL is trawling the pool of experienced ex star players which reminds us of one or two of Big Sam's coups and for older posters the contributions of Hunt, Kidd, Cross, Thompson, Dunne, Morgan , Hartford all from an era when good players still needed to earn salaries into their late 30s. The flirtations with Eidur and Heskey are quite different than DFS dependency on the London loan market
Coyle of course had notable loan successes with Sturridge and Wilshere, young starlets but got less from some others Miyaichi, Weiss and the young Chelsea Francois whom a criminal recently was convicted for believing he could evade justice by adopting his identity. Hope Garvan is keeping a close watch on his credit cards! How many of us would recognise him in the street. But for the first two alone Coyle is praised. They kept us in the Division, didn't they? But hang on didn't we get relegated later and can't we ask whether these loans were wise in the long term
So we have had Coyle and EPL starlet polishing, DF and cut price, cast off sticking plaster loans and now NL who seems not to be bothering with loanees and putting his time into contracted players. Apparently he has a bit of buying power in January I wonder if he will commit to any loans at all save for option to buy loans like Campo and Trotter.?
Meanwhile NL is trawling the pool of experienced ex star players which reminds us of one or two of Big Sam's coups and for older posters the contributions of Hunt, Kidd, Cross, Thompson, Dunne, Morgan , Hartford all from an era when good players still needed to earn salaries into their late 30s. The flirtations with Eidur and Heskey are quite different than DFS dependency on the London loan market
Coyle of course had notable loan successes with Sturridge and Wilshere, young starlets but got less from some others Miyaichi, Weiss and the young Chelsea Francois whom a criminal recently was convicted for believing he could evade justice by adopting his identity. Hope Garvan is keeping a close watch on his credit cards! How many of us would recognise him in the street. But for the first two alone Coyle is praised. They kept us in the Division, didn't they? But hang on didn't we get relegated later and can't we ask whether these loans were wise in the long term
So we have had Coyle and EPL starlet polishing, DF and cut price, cast off sticking plaster loans and now NL who seems not to be bothering with loanees and putting his time into contracted players. Apparently he has a bit of buying power in January I wonder if he will commit to any loans at all save for option to buy loans like Campo and Trotter.?
