SutekhWestYorksRoyal I'm still Selles Out, but yesterday's showing made me question how good this squad really is and whether another manager could do loads better. I think survival would be the ambition for anyone.
We have 3 players who would genuinely feature in most L1 teams: Smith, Wing and Abbey.
We then Knibbs, Azeez and Mukairu who are decent but inconsistent. Yiadom and Button are experienced but hardly spectacular. Some young players like Bindon, Craig and Dorsett are making a good effort at stepping up.
They you have underperforming experienced players like Dean and Hutchinson who look like they're already mentally retired, damaged goods like Holmes and NGW and talented youngsters who are not ready like Savage, Carson and Elliott.
We seem to have built a bloated squad of players who are not quite good enough.
Unsurprising given that that target seems to have been Reading's transfer policy for the last 6 years.
Part of the problem is we have to build half a new squad every season because of the financial issues Dai put us in, with a lot of loanees who go success or failure.
There's never any solid foundation to build from where you're just putting the last couple of pieces in place. And it's whoever.you can lay your hands on, so it's always about the individual,not how they fit in the team, because when you sign them you probably only know 3 or 4 of your first XI.