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Got to say he has been our best signing for ages: a real leader, loads of experience and a great defender. Fan feedback from his previous clubs was unanimously positive and he’s been colossal in our relegation fight. By far our player of the season IMO. Fantastic bit of business by the club and thank goodness we have him for a second year.
Agree. CBs at this level can go on a bit (see Hill, Clint) so if he can stay fit we could easily get another three seasons out of him with the right partner (if JCS plays all of next season and completes his Barbet-transformation, he could be worth a few bob in a year’s time).
Cook’s been brilliant and must be nailed on for captain next season. The centre back partnership between him and JCS is making us a very difficult team to beat.
Yes - I am rarely even close to being right about anything but I did think quite a few months ago that our best chance of staying up would be for Cook to play as many games as possible. If only Warbs had been successful in getting him a few years ago - but I will take it now. And full credit to JCS too, his turnaround has been great.
And fair play to Begovic to make a couple of important saves.
No, its not the first time we tried to sign him. Warbs did too. Always been on our radar as a centre back who offers experience but can play with the ball at his feet.
What always gets me is his game intelligence. He reads the game so well, something in his position that can be so much more important than pace or other things. He knows where to go, he knows where to play the ball. He knows where to position the other defenders. Future manager at some level in my opinion. But for now, needs to be our captain next season and is defintely in the POTY conversation
If I recall, his signing was criticised by some on this forum at the time because "it's not what the club should be doing".
But I thought it was exactly what was needed, a seasoned pro who's been around for a while and who gets on with the job. Someone who would put in a shift. Shudder to think what could have been if we went for a Sean Goss type academy kid instead.
Its all about getting the balance right. Agreed, we can't just do signing like this, but these are needed and then pick the rough diamonds to learn and grow around the seasoned core.
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
Also for me, though to perhaps a lesser degree, both Colback and Fox were good signings.... all under GA watch. Makes you wonder then why if he had a hand in the signings, he was such a poor manager? I honestly feel , that apart from his tactics, there was a lot of lack of respect for him due to his look. It shouldn't have mattered but I feel it did
If there was a lack of respect it’s on him. Good leaders earn respect and poor ones lose it, quickly. You don’t have to look far to understand why he might have not have had everyone pulling in the same direction.
For example, explaining how the championship was “scary”, how everything was “tough”, his relentless underdog nonsense (= literally telling the team they are second best), and inferior undertone crap in virtually every interview. That’s no way to build the very culture he claimed he was great at. Ironically, he did the opposite!
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