claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:15 am
What a brilliant read this is.
Dyche is a bad manager and past his sell by date (whatever nonsense that means)
Defour was a bad signing
We would have finished 7th without Defour
Dyche saying in interviews we need to strengthen the squad is the cause of the results
Luckily the whiney ones on here make up a very small percentage of our fanbase
Dyche has his limitations as all managers do, but he's managed us in the PL for 6 seasons now, and the 2 full seasons he managed us in the Championship, we finished 2nd in the former, behind a Leicester team that a couple of seasons later went on to lift the PL title, and in the latter we went on 23 game unbeaten run, and lifted the title, in both those seasons we only lost 5 games, which at any level is an extraordinary amount of consistency over a 46 game season.
Defour was probably the most technically able player most of us we'll have seen in our time watching the Clarets, Ings would be a close 2nd, sadly for both they've been plagued by injuries throughout their careers, otherwise they would have more than likely have been playing for a truly big club,
How on earth the op can say we would have finished 7th without Defour, and still keep a straight face amazes me, he was the fulcrum of the team that season, I suppose it was purely a coincidence that when he wasn't available due to injury we endured our 12 game spell without a win, and didn't look anywhere near the same team as we had post-Xmas.
Of course we need to strengthen the squad, but alas we've been one of the hardest hit by covid due to our reliance on the TV monies, hence why our board have been reluctant to splash the cash, frustrating as this is for all of us that's just the reality we have to accept, now whether any proposed takeover loosens the purse strings, I wouldn't guarantee that by any means.