Morny
Striker
Controversial view, but his signing has been a disaster.
Not so much as a player: despite being four years past his (pretty average) best, he's still our best goalscorer and an alright player.
But he turned Poyet's grinding, but solid, team into a complete shambles as Gus fannied about trying to find a way to accommodate him in the side. Convinced if he hadn't signed, we would have ground out a dull survival, Poyet would still be manager and we'd be moving on with a actual philosophy and at least trying to play good football.
Even after Poyet, Advocaat was at a complete loss how to us him, and now Allardyce his.
He's on unspeakable wages, until he's about 63, and three managers in a row have basically admitted there's no way to fit him into our side.
A genuinely, catastrophically awful signing, which we didn't need and didn't fit, which is the biggest shambles of the whole Congerton era of awfulness.
Not so much as a player: despite being four years past his (pretty average) best, he's still our best goalscorer and an alright player.
But he turned Poyet's grinding, but solid, team into a complete shambles as Gus fannied about trying to find a way to accommodate him in the side. Convinced if he hadn't signed, we would have ground out a dull survival, Poyet would still be manager and we'd be moving on with a actual philosophy and at least trying to play good football.
Even after Poyet, Advocaat was at a complete loss how to us him, and now Allardyce his.
He's on unspeakable wages, until he's about 63, and three managers in a row have basically admitted there's no way to fit him into our side.
A genuinely, catastrophically awful signing, which we didn't need and didn't fit, which is the biggest shambles of the whole Congerton era of awfulness.