25 May 2026 10:26:57
Think yesterday in the last ten minutes or so we had a little peek at what could have been. Alcaraz, Armstrong and George all showed that we have attack minded players on the bench. It's a crying shame that at a time when certain players were clearly out of form that these players were not used more.
I keep hearing "the manager sees them in training" based on that players like Gascoigne would never have got a game.
Patterson a natural right back, but no the manager decides to play a centre half there who clearly struggles with a pacy winger. In Aznou we had a young player when given the chance did really well then was never seen again, and please don't give me that he's supposed to have a bad attitude. I would if I had Micky in front of me who's been bloody awful.
Alcaraz has been treated appallingly by this manager.
It was clear to anyone watching that KDH's form had dipped but still he played him when Alcaraz would have been the perfect replacement.
Ndiaye is another who has clearly lost form and we have George and Dibling sitting on the bench. Two young players who would have benefited massively with more game time.
Not even going to bother talking about his use of Barry and Beto, that was just embarrassing.
Football is a squad game now not just eleven, and the better managers understand how to rotate there squads and give opportunities to others when players are not performing. And rotating the squad doesn't mean making changes after eighty minutes.
Moyes is very much an old school manager and football has moved on from his "style" of play. If this club really wants success again then they have to move on too.
Happy Holidays people.
{Ed025's Note - spot on Brass..
25 May 2026 11:26:19
100% Brass. Moyes has to go after this past 6 or 8 games.
We have quality sat on the bench wondering what they have to do to get a game.
We could easily have finished top 6 with a modern coach who rotates when necessary.
TFG have to pull the trigger pdq and start a proper rebuild.
UTFT NSNO. ? ? ?
25 May 2026 12:13:34
An excellent summing up of what has clearly been going wrong this season, Brass.
25 May 2026 12:42:38
Good post, Brass.
My only crumb of comfort right now is that I don't have to think about Everton for the next month or so.
25 May 2026 14:31:42
Nothing in football annoys me more than the absolutely pointless 'he sees them every day in training' comment. Mourinho saw De Bruyne and Salah in training every day and didn't play them. I can think of literally countless players who couldn't get a minute under 1 manager, then were world class under another.
Plus, we may not see them on the training pitch, but we see them on the actual one, and the performance there is all that matters!
I cannot fathom what Aznou must be like in training to have been limited to 15 mins all season, in which he did more than McNeil has done in 3 years.