Oh it's definitely a recruitment issue as well. We have Levy in charge and that will only ever get us so far. The disconnect between the glitzy stadium and facilities and what us the fans are frequently offered up to watch is immense.To be fair, I dont think we played any of those games against your strongest back 4. I mean in general, and I mean no disrespect, but Romero and Van De Ven are the only two defensively world class players you have (even though I really like Porro, its more what he does with the ball that I think makes him good). With even one of them missing, its a fragile backline. And I just checked, neither of those 2 played any of those 4 games. Danso looks decent, but not nearly the same as those 2. Again, I think it's a recruitment problem when the gap in quality between the best XI and the rest of the squad is so wide. In general, apart from Romero, there are no leaders in that team. If he's not playing, who's organising??
Again, I am not looking argue with supporters of the club on their forum, just think the decision was really strange. The squad has clearly over achieved in my opinion, given the circumstances (not talking about the league position, that's pretty awful but in context, makes sense to some extent, but the general post season situation - CL Football, a European Trophy, and another domestic cup semi final at the end of a 60 game season, for context, no english club played more games this season. Woolwich's second with 58 games, and their post season situation is worse in my eyes)
The EL cup is wonderful after all these years - one of the greatest moments I've seen - but it's still a band aid on a club that has needed a bandage for some time.
