Last time I dipped into the poisoned swamp that is S24SU, Khadra was being lauded for scoring a decent goal and playing well.
Now he is being totally slagged off, and we have discussions about how shit Billy and Bash are - probably others too but can't be arsed to wade through the vitriol. And of course how awful the manager is.
Such a shame that with all the injuries, terrible players and terrible manager, we have inevitably slumped to the bottom of the league and are staring at relegation. I least I assume so - must go and check the league table later.
Agree.....the exaggeration on here often make me laugh.
The bottom line is many players have strengths and weaknesses.
Play to their strengths and they look really good, play to the weaknesses and all of a sudden the same player looks really poor.
Been saying for years that Sharp is a bit like Keith Edwards, don't give him any service and he offers very little. No height or pace.
However he's still the best finisher at the club and the best penalty taker, set him up and he'll score but that's the issue, we need to set him up playing to his feet.
Where as N'Dieye can create his own chances, Brewster has pace so it doesn't need playing to his feet and McBurnie has better nuisance value than our other strikers.
Regards Basham he's never been top class. He's been lower Championship level, upper league 1 level most of career. Sounds poor doesn't it? However he's got intelligence, can play in most positions and has great stamina. So take the defensive pressure off by having other good defenders around him in a 5 and ask him to make runs into midfield and down the right wing and he all of a sudden becomes a really good player. However he needs a spell of games with the same defenders around him playing the attacking centre back system.
Regards Khadra the early signs are concerning but it far too early to write him off when he's hardly played in his preferred position.
We were chatting on the Kop how we looked a much better side as soon as Anel came on to the pitch and we all agreed a back 5 of
RND - Robinson/ Clarke - Egan -Ahmedhodzic - Bogle
would be far too good for this division. We all agree then after the World Cup if we can get a run of games with our best team
then we are the best team in this league and should end up as Champions. On paper the right hand side with Ahmedhodzic and Bogle is a very exciting proposition.
So although there are concerns....there's nothing to worry about just yet and the future still looks very promising.
If we can avoid bad luck with loads of injuries then I'm still very confident of finishing in the top 2.