04-02-2021, 05:12 PM
Hard to really fathom what’s gone wrong with Periera this season. He’s had his bright moments in what’s been a diabolical season, but these haven’t been anywhere near frequent enough to command an enormous fee. Additionally, his latter displays in a more balanced side have left more than a little to be desired. The talent is clearly there, but he hasn’t shown as many glimpses of genius as any one of us would have hoped this term.
That being said, in fairness we’ve hardly played to his strengths much. We’ve seldom looked like a winning side all year, regardless of whom has been in charge; initially from being too weak and latterly from the wrong repair job being attempted. Furthermore it’s also very difficult to transform a game playing out of position, or when the latter onus has been upon being harder to break down/beat, rather than set-up a side to go out and attack. Which is really how he made hay for us last year.
So I’d put his lack of fulfilled potential down as another casualty of a side that was never strong or balanced enough from the off to truly compete given that this is the strongest EPL in quite some time. Had we properly strengthened last summer, I think we’d have witnessed a different Periera this term who would command a higher fee (that is assuming we’d have to consider selling at all in that instance).
Either way I’d hope a bidding war will set the actual price rather than an arbitrary number. It’s given us a good page count mind.
That being said, in fairness we’ve hardly played to his strengths much. We’ve seldom looked like a winning side all year, regardless of whom has been in charge; initially from being too weak and latterly from the wrong repair job being attempted. Furthermore it’s also very difficult to transform a game playing out of position, or when the latter onus has been upon being harder to break down/beat, rather than set-up a side to go out and attack. Which is really how he made hay for us last year.
So I’d put his lack of fulfilled potential down as another casualty of a side that was never strong or balanced enough from the off to truly compete given that this is the strongest EPL in quite some time. Had we properly strengthened last summer, I think we’d have witnessed a different Periera this term who would command a higher fee (that is assuming we’d have to consider selling at all in that instance).
Either way I’d hope a bidding war will set the actual price rather than an arbitrary number. It’s given us a good page count mind.