Matt23 wrote:
I agree that the selection of Paynter over Somma is a mystery. I also don't see wtf Bannan has done to get dropped.
Somma does struggle sometimes when playing upfront on his own although to be fair he's hardly had the chance to prove himself. He's new to this country and the club, for his first season he's done a cracking job IMO. His goals to minutes played must be very impressive. It's annoying when Becchio is out and Larry keeps giving Paynter the chance yet he never takes it and looks a poor striker in this league, plus he's got 1 goal all season. Somma is much more worthy of the spot over him and McCormack must be sick of never playing, especially when players like Watt are getting brought on before him.
I was excited when Bannan signed, he'd looked a very promising player at Villa and i was looking forward to seeing him play but he's hardly had a kick. He's been starting Livermore the past few games and he's looked poor to me and was lucky not to get sent off against Reading, he got subbed at half time in both games. Then Kilkenny has come on both times, surely Bannan should be infront of Kilkenny. We know what Killa offers and it's not a great deal, Bannan is a better passer and that's Kilkenny's main strength. Sometimes i dont understand Larry's thinking and his decisions, it's like him swapping the defence round all season. Bruce has all of a sudden dropped out of the reckoning, Bromby came in now it's Naylor. We've got Lichaj who's a right back playing left back. Some big decisions need making and some big changes, i'm sure he'll be scouting the market for players out of contract and i'm sure money will again no doubt be tight even if we do cash in on the likes of Gradel and Snodgrass but we need some better quality bringing in.
The Palace midfielder Neil Danns who scored against us is OOC this summer and has refused a new contract with them so is obviously on his way. Hopefully Larry gets him a good offer made and makes him one of his first signings although i'm sure there'll be plenty of teams after him on a free, Hull are rumoured to be after him.
Does anyone know what's happened to young Aidy White? Is he out on loan or is he back at the club.
We've also got a young centre half on loan at Bury, Tom Lees he's called and he's been there all season. I think he's about 20 year old and has played 40+ games for them, they are currently second and got promoted yesterday. He's been scoring plenty of goals the past few games aswell for a CB, maybe one to look out for next season.
