My only problem with this is that I thought we had done / were doing this?
If we go back a few years, the 'bad apples' (whether that be disrespectful, disruptive, just not taking it seriously enough, or just not good enough) then and since included Danny Rose, Aurier, Sissoko, Winks, Deli, N'Dombele, Lo Celso, all of whom are now gone (or at least loaned out in some cases). Didn't most people on here agree that those players were the top priorities to get rid of in the last few years? We can't sell
all the players in the entire squad in a 3/4 year period!
Maybe I'm naive, but I honestly thought most of the departures in recent years would ultimately have made us better as long as they were replaced with quality, and isn't the latter actually the issue?
Genuine question - putting ENIC, Levy and Conte aside for a moment and concentrating just on the players, do people think our problem is more about long-term bad influences still in the squad, or shorter / medium term (say last 3-4 years) recruitment of players coming into the squad (either not good enough or not right positions)? For me, it's been more the latter than the former... for example, I know all the old adages about what ifs etc, but you do have to wonder where we would be right now if N'Dombele had been the world class midfielder he had the potential to be, and we'd signed a quality CD at the same time...
