If you mean he didn't break his leg then I agree with you - he didn't. But it's not really a salient point - Reyna was signed to cover a need that would arise if MGW got injured. That's sensible. The fact that he hasn't been needed doesn't make that any less sensible a move.
Yet. There are enough games left for Reyna to make an impact even if MGW doesn’t get injured, which obviously I hope he doesn’t.
My Nan always used to say if you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all. Unfortunately as I said on my first post back POG some posters on here are more interested in their opinion than they are in our great club( not you).
Awesome business buying a player who Nuno wouldn't play, despite playing against one of the worst sides in the league and not having any other forward options.I was going to say exactly the same.
Reyna is not a CF, he is cover for MGW as we do not have anyone of the same level to replace him.
You can imagine the outcry on here if MGW had broken his leg and we had to play Danilo as his replacement.
EM would have been crucified for not getting any cover in - useless Geek bastard doesn't know what he's doing
I don't want to tempt fate - but we have 9 games left - anyone can get injured at any point.
We could have loaned someone who Nuno actually felt he could use though. True story.
OK - if you think that bringing Felipe on for Wood was a like-for-like change and not a change in formation / tactics I'll bow out gracefully here as we clearly aren't going to agree. I would have liked Reyna to have featured more for us so far and I think that's a mistake from Nuno but there is one surefire set of circumstances in which he won't have a part to play for us ... and that is if he was still in Dortmund.Awesome business buying a player who Nuno wouldn't play, despite playing against one of the worst sides in the league and not having any other forward options.
Seeing Felipe come on for Wood really rammed home how good a bit of business Reyna was.
Wood was injured and had to be replaced.Awesome business buying a player who Nuno wouldn't play, despite playing against one of the worst sides in the league and not having any other forward options.
Seeing Felipe come on for Wood really rammed home how good a bit of business Reyna was.
Do tell what the 'true story' isWe could have loaned someone who Nuno actually felt he could use though. True story.
But better to spend the loan fees and wages on someone who he doesn't even feel can contribute against Luton right?
"Good business" coz then we don't have to pay any potential playing bonus out too! Now i'm starting to see the genius in it all!
I never stated that at all, I'm saying that we've wasted on forward options who aren't good enough to step in for 20 min against one of the worst sides in the league to the point where the manager makes a defensive change the likes of which he hasn't all season.
See above.
If he can't step in for 20 min against Luton, he's been a waste of money frankly.
I didn't see Felipe replacing Wood as any kind of reflection on Reyna, just that Nuno was too negative in that game.Awesome business buying a player who Nuno wouldn't play, despite playing against one of the worst sides in the league and not having any other forward options.
Seeing Felipe come on for Wood really rammed home how good a bit of business Reyna was.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the level he's dragged us down to with that
I'd wager if Nuno had better option, he'd have played him at some point myself. (EDIT: The better option)
I watched the skysports thingy and have to say that although he did well in terms of not rising to the constant barrage of preachy nonsense from Gary Neville, Spits Magee and the Everton fan, a few points were massively glossed over.
I was joking about EM offering more for Akpom by the way.I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the level he's dragged us down to with that
The excuse that the club needed to buy 2 forwards in Jan to stay up, despite many stating and thinking (including the owner) that Cooper had enough to get us into the top 12 with pre-window, is hilarious tbh.
Awoniyi, Wood, Elanga and Origi were deemed enough to push on with, never mind avoid relegation. But suddenly, when Awoniyi returned from injury and we were given an FFP/PSR charge, that changed to "must bring in 2 forward players to survive"
I'd wager if Nuno had better option, he'd have played him at some point myself. (EDIT: The better option)
I know. I wish I were.
I think Origi has done OK there, but there are better options as you say. CHO was great against Liverpool, I don't care who wants to scapegoat him. Reyna mostly untried.
