I agree with that although its more of a worry when he brings in loads of players and most of them don't get a look in. Despite 13 or so signings, 8 of the 11 that played at Palace were last years shite. Normally Westwood, O'Shea, Colback, Johnson, Larsson or Gardner and Fletcher will be in there with only Diakite, Giaccherini, Celustka, Ki and Altidore of the new signings starting (Cabral was meant to be a starter but he's already randomly been frozen out).augie wrote:GranadaJoe wrote:If we don't win this easily, we're in for a long hard season.
The manager's a cross between Mussolini and Frank Spencer, he's brought in 46 new players (most of whom nobody has heard of), he's pissed off last year's squad and the BBC has reported that in a 'secret', behind closed doors match the senior side lost to the under-21s (the fact that it was leaked has further upset poor Paolo). Plus, they've looked complete shite this year.
I suspect 0-0.
People slate the guy for getting shot of a load of last season's squad but I dont see that as a bad thing - why should unperforming shite be allowed to remain on easy street whilst the club continues to fight relegation year after year ? When you look at how bardsley behaved with the arrogant attitude to money then it doesnt reflect well on the players/squad. Bear in mind that this is the same bardsley that was bombed out of manure a few years ago cos he wasnt good enough and now he feels justified in behaving like a total cock when the reality is that he is an average joe that wouldnt stand out in the championship
In every team/club the players have to be motivated to succeed and it seems to me that too many players wanted to do the bare minimum just to survive and there is no way di canio will tolerate that - the guy has shaken a few players and indeed the club itself from it's self induced slumber and no doubt many of the players he inherited wont lie that and will try to cause trouble (like leaking stories to the media). I am not saying that he will succeed or wont succeed but I am saying that if you dont strive to improve then what is the point ?
So whilst he's brought a lot in its pretty much filler - we've lost 3 of our best 4 players from last season (Rose back to Spurs, Mignolet and Sessegnon sold, only Fletcher is still here) and, Giaccherini aside, we haven't really bought in the quality to replace them (hopeful that Altidore will make it like but he's a risk).
Selling your best players (or having them go back after loan spells) and not replacing them with proven quality will generally only take you one way, especially when you were 17th last season. I just hope the club knows what its doing. If we can survive then we can shift some of the overpaid players that we currently cant get rid of (Vaughan, Bardsley, Larsson top of the list). Looks like we have a ridiculous wage bill and, until thats reduced, we've got our hands tied a bit. So a lot of new players but not much change to the first team and not much quality, you'll walk through us imo
