Neil Dawson - 18/12/2017 13:43
And also...if we are to be honest... Cork, Hendricks and Defour are all way ahead of Surman and Gosling...Brady is better than Pugh...
SDD? Or am I wrong?
Neil, Neil, Neil. I know how much you cream yourself whenever you can trot out the #failedtransferpolicy [ even though this thread was not intended for this discussion again ] - but I will point out again. EVERY club has transfers that don't work out. Fergie got loads wrong!! Watford were lauded on these pages a few weeks ago but they have a revolving door policy, so some stick but many move on.
Even Burnley are not perfect, as you are suddenly claiming.
First of all - comparing players above - Surman and Gosling, free transfers, Pugh 100k. Up against Cork - 9-10m, Brady, around 12/13m, Hendrick, over 10m, Defour 7/8m. [ although apparently Dyche says they never spend any money ].
Arrivals over the last couple of seasons, include such amazing success stories as Jon Flanagan, Gloves Bamford, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Ashley Westwood, Anders Lindegaard, Charlie Taylor.....
Our players have proved over two previous seasons that they can ALL hack it at this level. The issues this season are not because the squad isn't good enough but that the players are not playing at previous levels.