Unfortunately for Shields, he's been here for 1.3 seasons and continually shown us that he's not good enough for this level. That one 'sublime' goal does not make a premiership-level player. He has 1.7 seasons left to prove me wrong, unfortunately.
We’re inviting them to equalise because we’re a team full of shitebags. We badly need a midfield enforcer to grab them all by the scruff and shake them into action.
The difference between Shields and Tierney is that the former is 25 and shows zero signs of improving and the latter is 21 and looks likely to develop into a decent creative player.
Connor Shields. These stats are unacceptable for a premier league forward player who has played 1.3 of his 3 season deal. We can't afford to carry this type of deadwood into a third season, so we must offload him somehow and soon.
Big January transfer window required now, including firing Shields and Morris into the nearest bin. Aarons won’t be back, and Moult will likely only be a cameo performer at best now.
Any good team needs a consistent and solid spine, which we don't have. It's clear that we need at least one commanding CB, a Campbell-esque CM, and another CF. That might help us get the basics right.
Signing Moult and Aarons may be his downfall. However, he inherited all of the other issues and knew that before choosing to throw himself in at the deep end. It's now down to him to manage us out of this mess.
If Hammell doesn't come out and give an honest assessment of the state of things and the plans he has to fix it, he's going to start coming under a lot of pressure from fans very soon. This piss poor squad and their pathetic performances will see us relegated.
He's been shite recently, yes, but we have bigger problems. KVV could score every game, but we would still continually concede easily preventable goals due to shite defenders.