Mr MO

Accordingly to this article it’s goal difference in La Liga. https://www.goal.com/en/news/goal-difference-or-head-to-head-how-every-major-football-competition-ranks-teams-level-on-points/1jax9vfriz1xs13jkdpf9qzhjo

Oh yeah the odd change against the global standard rules of making wins more important than goal difference.

We have a very poor track record with gauging if goalkeepers are ready.

He certainly has but has also cost us progression in the ACL. Distribution wise he is not a City goalkeeper, turn overrate from his long kicks is sitting over 90%. I'm grateful for the saves but we need to refresh the squad so it's a No for me.

Yes that was a foul, he's not given a couple of them now - they scored out of that one.

I've not seen Jeggo properly come out on top in any tackle or block, he always kind of gets involved but the ball rarely falls to our advance, just weak.

Looked more like a toepoke to me, hence it the swirve.

And what happened after the nominations, who selected the FRG? With my old brain I can't remember this email either but it's likely that it was sent out.

I have to admit I was initially excited but that faded pretty quickly in the first game already. Had never really focused on him playing and went of credentials just like Petrillo. Gets easily pushed over, comes out second best in most tackles. IMO he’s slow, timid and lacks strength for that DM position. Hard to believe DM is his natural position. We are stuck with him for several years. 32 and we put him on a 2.5 year deal.

I think Good’s wages were mostly out of the cap under the loyalty rules.

All the players you’ve mentioned are fair and reasonable in their contracts. I feel that’s the players around them which are us costing now. Lam and Soup are not a like for like, neither is Berisha, VDV with Urka and Lopane. With the latter being one of the most unexciting young players I’ve seen in a while after this much game time. Jeggo and Sakhi have nowhere near the grit Aidan brought. Where’s the salary cap money gone we had in midfield last season? Interestingly we’ve also let Behich go for money and we cashed in on some of the girls as well - this season wasn’t about getting the best results for the club on the field.

Yes that’s true. Hence I’ve mentioned it earlier, he’s in the midst of our our internal issues and contract talks - he’s Director of Football that goes further than only recruitment.

How long has Petrillo been with us? Wasn’t he also responsible for recruitment before our successful covid years? You could argue that we let several talented players go at an expensive of others. Repeated this before but I’m just extremely critical here knowing we were reportedly the only club who had financial power to keep the squad at reasonable strength in the past covid seasons. So I dare say perhaps he hasn’t really proven himself?

This is exactly what Petrillo would be thinking…hmmm the players aren’t that bad, it worked in the previous seasons, head scratch, head scratch. I understand that many fans think the same without looking into the details perhaps but essentially we are just looking for excuses. It’s complacency and being the oblivious/blind to the strength of your competition. Not making finals is just inexcusable. We’ve also missed out on some good money by not getting out of the CL group stage. Coaching certainly plays a factor but a big group (too many to compensate) of our players just miss top 4 quality in skills, strength and agility. Think about Talbot’s final ball, Urgakovic or Jakolis finishing, Jeggo tackles - that’s not recruitment? We can rave about Arslan all we want but he is limited in defensive capabilities, cannot run out games and needs a lot of defensive support - that’s not recruitment? This year with all the CFG tools available was the time to show your recruitment skills, some key players left and a stronger league but he failed. Yes we had injuries and player fall outs but not finishing in the top 6 without consequences, no I think it’s time for him to move on now.

Fully agreed.