Theverdict1
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As someone who likes value for money, it is impossible to see that when you look at too many in our squad. We all know that out of the 20 or so players Rogers has bought, we can say only possibly five fit that criteria.
Yesterday’s shameful capitulation and lack of anything in a football context, reinforces my belief that too many are picking up substantial wages, yet when called upon to come in and do a job are found lacking.
We play with the same players all the time. Our best team is still Lennon and Delias team in the main. Around a dozen additions since Rogers came in are nowhere near good enough. The result being, when any of our first choice players are injured, we stall against players on a fraction of what our over paid flops are on.
Hayes is not good enough and has done literally nothing to earn his wages. Sinclair is being continually played and if anybody thinks he would still be on the park if Rogers hadn’t spent good money on him, they need to get to the doctors.
As I said in another thread, getting beat by Hibs is always possible, but to play as we did yesterday was beyond belief. We really only have about 13 players who can do the business. The rest of the pool are expensive passengers we cannot afford.
Rogers talks about the gulf in resources when we play in Europe, and he is right. But when you look at our limited resources being wasted on players that are crap, that’s his fault. You can sympathise with Lawell when the wage bill passes his desk and he sees 50% of them he would have trouble recognising in the street.
It’s time to cut our loses and let them all go for whatever we can get. Even if that only means reducing the wage bill. Rather than twelve players doing nothing, it would be much better to have four who when called upon can be better than a Hibs player on £1,000 a week. If that.
For Rogers part, and not Congerton, Rogers, he needs to up his game in who he gives the green light to. We spend £60m a year in wages and with at least a third of that going out the door on no return, no wonder we cannot afford better quality.
What he was thinking with Hayes should be the subject of an Arthur C Clarke Mysteries programme. He said recently sentimentality played no part in how he sees things. I find that hard to believe. I have a simple rule of thumb, as a boy I had great hopes of playing for my team, if I can accept I wasn’t good enough to play for Celtic, I’m Fucking sure I can do the same with anybody. It should never be a sentimental journey. You are either good enough to wear the hoops, or you can do one.
Right now we have up to 15 players in that category and they need to go. Reinvesting the money we waste on players who when called upon can out perform any opponent in the SPFL on a fraction of the money, is the absolute least we should demand.
January is vital for us and not just in relation to who we bring in, just as important is getting rid of those players who will never cut it.
Thursday showed that even our best team needs help. Which we all knew, but beyond that out reinforcements as like Dad’s Army, well meaning, nice guys, but when the fighting starts, they are worse than fucking hopeless.
Monday morning dissapointment is not a good feeling, but much worse is the feeling that nothing has been learned about too many players underperforming when they need to step in.
Hopefully, this will be addressed, because we are bleeding cash on too players who are no better than average and who when given a chance bottle it.
Get your act together Brendan, accept you have made too many errors in judgement and ensure anydody to come is worthy of wearing the hoops. There is only a more competitive league because we have gone backwards, not that anybody else has improved. We should be out of sight. The reason we aren’t resides in the judgement of Rogers.
Lawell needs to back him, but, you can’t blame him if he questions his judgement, the wage list proves he is right to be less than convinced.
Let’s push on and get to that fabled higher level we keep being promised. It’s been a long time coming. Let’s start in January. HH
Yesterday’s shameful capitulation and lack of anything in a football context, reinforces my belief that too many are picking up substantial wages, yet when called upon to come in and do a job are found lacking.
We play with the same players all the time. Our best team is still Lennon and Delias team in the main. Around a dozen additions since Rogers came in are nowhere near good enough. The result being, when any of our first choice players are injured, we stall against players on a fraction of what our over paid flops are on.
Hayes is not good enough and has done literally nothing to earn his wages. Sinclair is being continually played and if anybody thinks he would still be on the park if Rogers hadn’t spent good money on him, they need to get to the doctors.
As I said in another thread, getting beat by Hibs is always possible, but to play as we did yesterday was beyond belief. We really only have about 13 players who can do the business. The rest of the pool are expensive passengers we cannot afford.
Rogers talks about the gulf in resources when we play in Europe, and he is right. But when you look at our limited resources being wasted on players that are crap, that’s his fault. You can sympathise with Lawell when the wage bill passes his desk and he sees 50% of them he would have trouble recognising in the street.
It’s time to cut our loses and let them all go for whatever we can get. Even if that only means reducing the wage bill. Rather than twelve players doing nothing, it would be much better to have four who when called upon can be better than a Hibs player on £1,000 a week. If that.
For Rogers part, and not Congerton, Rogers, he needs to up his game in who he gives the green light to. We spend £60m a year in wages and with at least a third of that going out the door on no return, no wonder we cannot afford better quality.
What he was thinking with Hayes should be the subject of an Arthur C Clarke Mysteries programme. He said recently sentimentality played no part in how he sees things. I find that hard to believe. I have a simple rule of thumb, as a boy I had great hopes of playing for my team, if I can accept I wasn’t good enough to play for Celtic, I’m Fucking sure I can do the same with anybody. It should never be a sentimental journey. You are either good enough to wear the hoops, or you can do one.
Right now we have up to 15 players in that category and they need to go. Reinvesting the money we waste on players who when called upon can out perform any opponent in the SPFL on a fraction of the money, is the absolute least we should demand.
January is vital for us and not just in relation to who we bring in, just as important is getting rid of those players who will never cut it.
Thursday showed that even our best team needs help. Which we all knew, but beyond that out reinforcements as like Dad’s Army, well meaning, nice guys, but when the fighting starts, they are worse than fucking hopeless.
Monday morning dissapointment is not a good feeling, but much worse is the feeling that nothing has been learned about too many players underperforming when they need to step in.
Hopefully, this will be addressed, because we are bleeding cash on too players who are no better than average and who when given a chance bottle it.
Get your act together Brendan, accept you have made too many errors in judgement and ensure anydody to come is worthy of wearing the hoops. There is only a more competitive league because we have gone backwards, not that anybody else has improved. We should be out of sight. The reason we aren’t resides in the judgement of Rogers.
Lawell needs to back him, but, you can’t blame him if he questions his judgement, the wage list proves he is right to be less than convinced.
Let’s push on and get to that fabled higher level we keep being promised. It’s been a long time coming. Let’s start in January. HH
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