all this talk of new strikers.....................but

[bakes8]

1) Joey didn't either, and unlike Adel, said so in public.
2) Who knows, but we are making heavy weather of it? Why make it harder for ourselves?
3) Joey seems to have knuckled under and he has a far worse disciplinary record. No reports of Adel not towing the line at Fulham.
4) Of course not, any more than you can guarantee we will without him.

We're talking about Adel not Joey Barton. 2 completely different characters, values and personalities, it's not a one size fits all remedy for all complicated players.

Like I said, I'd love Adel back and on fire but chances are he won't be coming back, at least not this season anyway.... And even if he did come back this month, there's no gaurantees on him bringing anything positive to the group.

he didn't wanna play for us, he's not playing for us, we should concentrate on the players who do. IMO

[dsqpr]

I agree we need more creativity!! Still think taarabt would of teared up this league!!

I think the lack of creativity is being coached into the team. The players are obviously being told to retain possession rather than look for a forward pass that might unlock the defence (and also has a high risk of losing possession). I think we have creative players who are being stifled by the manager.

As for Adel, you are forgetting that NW built that team around Adel, made him captain, and catered to his every whim. It ain't gonna happen under HR, is it? And even if it did, that gets us nowhere for next season because even NW realized that Adel is not good enough to make that plan work at a higher level.

[maidstone_hoop]

I admitted we seem to have gone from one extreme to the other regarding retention of possession!! Last year we just couldnt keep the ball this year we just play sideways for fun!

[Bill]

I admitted we seem to have gone from one extreme to the other regarding retention of possession!! Last year we just couldnt keep the ball this year we just play sideways for fun!

I wish it was fun

[Bill]

I admitted we seem to have gone from one extreme to the other regarding retention of possession!! Last year we just couldnt keep the ball this year we just play sideways for fun!

but no end product

[Yousef]

I think the lack of creativity is being coached into the team. The players are obviously being told to retain possession rather than look for a forward pass that might unlock the defence (and also has a high risk of losing possession). I think we have creative players who are being stifled by the manager.

Agree with this and that's Harry's problem. He is reluctant to take risk and and change tactics according to the game which has made us predictable to opponents leading us to score few goals. Kranjcar and Philips have enough creativity and skills imo.