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Such an interesting interview. Conor really is becoming a great interviewer and you can tell that by the calibre of guest he is getting in. Love Warbs.
I am sure Ruud is dreaming of the day when he can manage a cash strapped lower league club at the foot of the table with most of its better players semi permanently injured.
Okay, so conversely, Nourry came in last year, made the right management decisions, brought in the right players and it all looked good. He got rid of Dozzell to let us get in Hayden and Hayden saved the season. In close season I didn't hear too many fans screaming when Dembele, Saito, Morrison, Nardi, Madsen, Varane and Cesar joined. Perhaps a few questioned getting Varane over Hayden and why we seemed hellbent on offloading Paal but there are always going to be questions. Everyone thought selling Armstrong (with a follow on fee) and Dykes for a combined £3.5m+ was good business.
I'd argue that so far, despite the dismal season that Nardi and Saito have looked like good signings. Madsen and Cesar have been very disappointing so far. Dembele, Morrison and Varane almost too early to tell, with two out of the 3 out a lot and Varane missing 3 games to a red. Also hard to judge in a severely weakened side.
Is Nourry to blame for JCS, Chair, Frey, Paal (who stayed and looked fine), Colback, Dembele, Kolli and Fox all being out for extended periods? Take JCS, Paal, Chair, Frey, Colback out and the team is severely weakened. That's more to do with what we can afford in terms of cover for the squad rather than anything else.
Obviously the stat led buys and loans this season seem to have largely backfired and perhaps we missed a few tricks including not investing in division safety with Hayden (who may have also got injured) and possibly we would have been better getting Langstaff as a forward, although he has only scored 1 in 12 for Millwall so far.
My argument is that squad depth and our recruitment strategy have been the obvious issues. Not having a 3rd experienced at EFL level forward and not disclosing deal lengths have all been errors. The club is run on a show string and that hasn't changed. What Nourry inherited hasn't changed. The club has been hamstrung since the massive fine and has done well not to go under.
Belk for me is far more culpable than Nourry and perhaps he needs to swing the axe there or appoint a far more crass roots approach to finding players here in the UK rather than looking abroad.
But the reason we sit rock bottom is more to do with losing the spine of the team to extended injuries and just not having the depth of squad to then compensate. We don't have a magic money tree. It's a culmination of all the mistakes Fernandes's era left us in. So we can slaughter Nourry for some mistakes or just realise that we are here because of bad mismanagement from an owner who is no longer here.
As good a team as we can put out given the circumstances. I'd love to see Celar actually score a few. It may never happen. Side is very makeshift down the left side but Smyth is better on the left. All things point to a big beating but you never know, this is QPR!!
But with a goalkeeper and 2 centre backs within 2 yards of him in the box, if he then passes it to one of them and they pass it a yard back that's a 200% successful pass completion stat. If the defender then picks the ball up from the goalkeeper then statistically that's a 100% successful dickhead completion stat.
Meanwhile I'm hiring my Moss Bros tuxedo to attend the award for our goal of the month competition, which this month goes to the Boro defender's kneecap.
I think anyone stupid enough to want Marti out has to look at the injury list he's dealing with. You can't paint if the paints not there and the brushes are broken.
The problem with Warburton has always been that he's a better businessman than anyone he works for. Getting Warburton back to oversee the business of the club would potentially be a smart move... Not that it will happen.
Yes he is because he was our team last season and for many of them. He's 'gash' because he had a bad back injury and now what looks like a serious knee injury. His possible replacement Dembele looks like he's out for some time too. Everyone seems to forget how bad this injury list is.
We've got 7 first teamers out and quite a few are long term injuries. I don't think we foresaw this happening. I can't remember such a critical injury list so early in a season. Players in haven't settled partly because a. they're not quite up to it or b. they've had to be thrown into a team with really only Cook as an experienced pro actually fit enough to start. If the above 7 are fit and playing I'm not saying life is rosey but it would be a lot better than the sinking ship we're seeing in the absence of so many regulars in this team.
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