Putney Blade
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- Aug 7, 2009
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Quality is. A total lack of Prem quality. The players (by-and-large) matched their effort today. And most games do. But this game highlighted more than most (recently), we are sooo short of quality. Individual and collective. Creativity, guile, pace, dribbling; being able to do create something from nothing. We have no X-players. You remember those. Duffy! Didsy, bits of Berge, JOC, Egan, Fleck, the rest are bang average Championship players. And that's the BIG worry. Most are under contract, most will be around next season. It is hard to believe (on the evidence so far) that we will return to the Prem after a season in the Championship. Sure. We will add to the squad, but the core (McB, Moose, Burke, Brewster, Norwood, etc) are very average. Our chances, and success next season largely depend on Wilder staying. Yes, has made mistakes (McB, Moose, Brewster £60m. Really!). But he knows what it takes to create a promotion side. Put it another way, I'd rather have him than a Turkish manager from the Belgium league. But he HAS to fill the creativity void, otherwise even he will fail. UTB