....some of the players are hanging on to their places due to the past heroics...effort is one thing but ability is another...some are on the wain. Eddie Howe will have to show his ruthless side over the summer and he is capable of that as we have seen with others like Grabban,Gradel and others.
This...
For me, it's nothing to do with complacency as I don't believe these players go out weeks in week out, to not try their best... At teh end of teh match you could see the lads we're gutted about the result...
It's their ability levels as a group now, that is the concerning thing... Too many being carried by the few that are up for it. Both in the head and in skill.
Eddie wouldn't be drawn, yesterday, on leading questions about players not right in the had for the job at hand. He seemed angry but maybe he is realising that there are several players that are at the end of their journey as regulars for this club.
Daniels, Franno, Gosling, Surman, S.Cook (possibly too inconsistent) all seem to be regularly underperforming...
Then there are the new signings of Begovic (his decision making is beyond me at times), Mousett (Too weak), Ibe (just soooooo inconstant) and Defoe (Not his fault, but he's not right for us).
It's harsh to pick on players as no one really did enough yesterday, but I think inability of certain players is now becoming too apparent to ignore... Eddie has a troubling summer ahead to get us firing again...