Seriously I don't see how this is not discussed more. How did Steven Taylor fail to ever improve as a footballer ? It just blows my mind.
He improved a lot, just not enough, really.
I always rated FF when he was in in our reserves and at one point I thought he looked better than Krul. But £10m based on looking vaguely like the Schmeichel of the SPL? Ridiculous.
Bellamy and Dyer were consistently better than him (when on the pitch).
I don't think Hatem would've got into the Keegan side. He'd take Solano's place in the Bobby side but by no means would the team be more geared to him than Shearer, Bellamy or Robert.
Man management skills mustn't have been taught at window cleaner school.
To be fair, I'd have told Smith he was utter shit and ought to be playing in League Two.
Because he might be better? Stop playing dumb.
There are lots of candidates who might be better. Why would you pick Peter Beardsley out of all the possible options other than he's cheap and will kiss Ashley's arse when required?
There you go again. I never said I'd 'pick' Beardsley over 'lots of candidates'. I said I'd pick him over Pardew.