ozleicester Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 The season has been a disapointment and ive been moaning about our signings since the start, how may of our squad are of prem standard? 2 players in my opinion... the way weve played all year has been championship style and results show Kasper Schmeichel (G) - Nope 12Ben Hamer (G) - nope 25Conrad Logan (G) nope 31Adam Smith (G) na 32Mark Schwarzer (G) nope 2Ritchie de Laet (D) nope 3Paul Konchesky (D) nope 5Wes Morgan (D) nope 6Matthew Upson (D) nope 14Robert Huth (D) yes 15Jeffrey Schlupp (D) nope 17Danny Simpson (D) nope 21Zoumana Bakayogo (D) nope 27Marcin Wasilewski (D) nope 4Daniel Drinkwater (M) nope 7Dean Hammond (M) nope 8Matthew James (M) nope 10Andy King (M) nope 11Marc Albrighton (M) maybe 19Esteban Cambiasso (M) yes 24Anthony Knockaert (M) nope 26Riyad Mahrez (M) yes 9Jamie Vardy (F) nope 23Leonardo Ulloa (F) maybe 35Dave Nugent (F) nope 40Andrej Kramaric maybe Just 2... and even then, outside of the bottom 5 clubs, im not even sure they would get a run
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 all no except James, Mahrez, Vardy. Cambiasso, Huth, Wasyl.
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 Schlupp, Morgan and Danny Simpson especially dire
MooseBreath Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 Last few games, nobody. Even Mahrez has been crap, though I'll forgive him today because he was played in a brand new position of Pearson's invention. Cambiasso just too slow now. I'm not convinced by Kramaric so far either.
Charl91 Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 Hamer hasn't done much wrong, to be fair and Wasyl's been alright.
iamafox Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 The squad as a whole isn't good enough at this level.
Donut Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 The only players who have had consistently good seasons/spells with us would be IMO: Wasilewski- Who cant go on forever, mid 30s now and surely never meant to be a central figure in the team, but had to step in and did well. Huth- Who isnt our player and we will lose Mahrez- Blows hot and cold, but his hot can be very hot. But has already made murmurs he doesnt fancy the championship and has been attracting interest from elsewhere Cambiasso- A class act, but again, mid 30s. Hes basically in career twilight.
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 those not including Matty James are deluded, he'll be snapped up quickly and it will be a big loss to us
RowlattsFox Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 Huth and Cambiasso are clearly good enough, James and Mahrez would do well in other teams I reckon but have not really shown enough this season. Some players would thrive in a different team so I wouldnt write anyone off as not good enough at this level. There are some average players playing in other sides but their manager is getting more out of them.
J.Lisemore Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 those not including Matty James are deluded, he'll be snapped up quickly and it will be a big loss to us He's really not that good though is he.
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 No class and very little quality. Tragic.
SecretPro Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 I genuinely believe the current squad is more than capable of playing in the prem. But they have been mismanaged. Genuinely believe we could have secures safety quite a while ago. That's what makes it worse.
Clever Fox Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 I genuinely believe the current squad is more than capable of playing in the prem. But they have been mismanaged. Genuinely believe we could have secures safety quite a while ago. That's what makes it worse. Only with a different line up and different tactics.
SpacedX Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 I genuinely believe the current squad is more than capable of playing in the prem. But they have been mismanaged. I agree and would add that there are at least four teams in the Premiership that clearly are inferior to City. The fact that we are languishing at the bottom of the table is a result of repeated and chronic mismanagement. Shit communication, selection, tactics, strategy, an utter inability to read the game, to adapt or to recognise and utilise and deploy our strengths. This became glaringly obvious as early as October and has progressively got worse. We all knew that relegation was a very real possibility but the fact we are about to be served championship football again via a wooden spoon would have been incomprehensible last May.
Karljohn Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 those not including Matty James are deluded, he'll be snapped up quickly and it will be a big loss to us Really? Pretty pathetic at taking corners, rarely hits the target and not creative.
Fatty Arbuckle Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 The thing is it's not about which individuals we believe are good enough for the premier league, it's about how those players perform as part of a team that is put together and coached properly. There are probably dozens of players in this league at the minute who we would all day are not premier league quality, but yet they seem to play week in week out for teams doing better than us. Just look at Hull's defence today; Alex Bruce and Paul McShane. Crystal Palace have got Damien Delaney playing at centre half and have had for some time. Aside from the very top teams which are full of world class players, the rest of the league is made up of good, solid, committed players. Of course there is better quality than you'd find in the Championship but I honestly believe that the majority of our squad could perform well in this league. Other managers could have got this exact same group to perform better this season I'm sure of it.
inckley fox Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 The thing is it's not about which individuals we believe are good enough for the premier league, it's about how those players perform as part of a team that is put together and coached properly. There are probably dozens of players in this league at the minute who we would all day are not premier league quality, but yet they seem to play week in week out for teams doing better than us. Just look at Hull's defence today; Alex Bruce and Paul McShane. Crystal Palace have got Damien Delaney playing at centre half and have had for some time. Aside from the very top teams which are full of world class players, the rest of the league is made up of good, solid, committed players. Of course there is better quality than you'd find in the Championship but I honestly believe that the majority of our squad could perform well in this league. Other managers could have got this exact same group to perform better this season I'm sure of it. Definitely. I'm not sure we've actually had someone performing the function of manager this season. Instead we've got a guy who appears to be very friendly with much of an under-performing first choice eleven, and seems to fall out with a good number of our very viable alternatives. He's not proactive, neither in terms of team selection or transfer policy, not especially tactically aware, has next to no motivational qualities, isn't a touchline manager, gives the same analysis after every game and has established absolutely no trace of cohesion in the team. Oh, and the results are diabolical. What are the defences of him now? We can't blame Robinson (he's gone, and was gone before January and we still failed to bolster the side), can't say we have a young squad which is learning and will get better (our side in recent weeks has been our oldest since the Adams era), can't say he's turned the finances around (the Trestellar thing, if it turns out to be 'above board', is what salvaged our finances, not wage reductions), can't say he's taken us forward (we're about to find ourselves among the favourites for promotion from the Championship, as we were in November 2011), can't say Pearson is learning (his results suggest anything but progress) and can't say he's been unlucky (we benefited from a poor ref today, just as we suffered from one last week, and our points total is so bad that luck can't come close to being a defining factor).
bovril Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 All of them are potentially good enough. We could have stayed up with that squad.
st albans fox Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 He's really not that good though is he. would be nice to be able to judge him playing 2 v 2 or 3 v 3. so far, we've always seen him being outnumbered and doing a lot of esteban's running. maybe pearson will play MJ and DD together in the middle of the park once we're confirmed relegated
cityfanlee23 Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 those not including Matty James are deluded, he'll be snapped up quickly and it will be a big loss to us No my friend, you, are deluded... Average at best, Best of a terribly bad bunch.
Leicesterpool Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 It's not the players fault were going down, its Pearson he isn't a premier league manager.
Mayofox Posted 14 March 2015 Posted 14 March 2015 They were good enough for the Championship, so do we stick with this squad again, but with a new manager?
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