Derby match ... for the directors. A loss would reflect poorly on them more directly than usual. How can a club, from whom we've taken their best players and their sporting directors, beat us?! Hopefully, Caicedo and Cucurella are up for it because we need leaders on the pitch. Joao Pedro would also be useful right about now.
To be honest, I don't know if the current lack of form is down to the manager's inability to manage or the players losing all faith in him. I'm thinking it is the latter that is having the bigger impact but the former doesn't help.
I just don't think we're getting the best out of the players we have. If, say, a Gus Hiddink came in, I bet you'd see a difference immediately. Just from the way he sets up the team. When you have a striker like Delap up front, I'd argue that you should know you need to get the wingers to the byline to cross in. Instead of playing exactly the same as when you have Joao Pedro up there.
Taking about wingers, Neto has completely lost it. Ineffective. Runs a lot but does very little. Garnacho should just not get any further game time. I know it will hurt his resale value but it is painful to watch. Surely we have players from the youth team who can come in. They won't do any worse. At the moment, it is about application.
It is so embarrassing that at a time when Spurs are playing badly enough to be relegated, we're only slightly better than they are. Seriously; they are the ONLY team in worse form than us!
Not sure if there have been managers coming into a team in mid-season that have been sacked but I don't think I've seen anyone more fitting. Four defeats in a row, three of them coming at home, with no goals scored. I don't need to tell you what Abramovich would've thought of that!
I apologize for the negativity. We have the youngest squad in the premier league. I wish I could say it with optimism for the future. Instead, I say it with a lot of frustration.
