YoungWolf
World Cup 2014 PTG Champion - Not actually that Yo
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Disagree with your first point (it put us at a serious disadvantage imo - even if we got lucky with some results at the start of the season). It really can't be under-estimated from a physical, technical and tactical point that it really is a big issue to overcome (and we haven't done a great job of that anyway).I don't think this is the great vindicating statement people think it is.
It doesn't reflect well on Nuno or the club's decision making that we chose a 'no pre-season' period to start dismantling established personnel and playing style and replacing them with crocks, kids who rarely play and Nelson '1 assist 0 goals' Semedo, and a new 'style' that so far looks less effective and less attractive than the old one
Remember, it's that decision making that people are saying mean we should be optimistic about the huge work we have to undertake in summer 2021
Agree with your second.
The young signings we made were clearly not expected to make an immediate impact, and I am enthusiastic about Fabio and Hoever, and will be about Vitinha and RAN if we sign them too. Having them in the building plus making the right signings this summer puts our squad in a really good position in my opinion - but as you rightly said before, it's a leap to back the club to get that 100% right this summer.
We made a big mistake not getting in a replacement for Jota (which would also have helped solve our issue around a back up for Raul too) and left our squad too bottom heavy too. That needs to be addressed.