According to a dutch reporter on Twitter who is actively following the club, it should be a matter of hours not days. Seems to be all but sorted apparently. But yes with us you just never know :).
According to a dutch newspaper, he is going to Sunderland because they play similar / use a similar formation like Brighton… apparently…
https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/sunderland-dicht-bij-komst-van-jong-oranje-verdediger-van-hecke
Its also interesting that whenever we are a goal down, mowbrays substitutions absolutely make no sense in terms of formations or anything, the players no longer know what to do or where to play, everybody plays out of position and its a free for all hoping that something might happen, but usually it never does
Exactly what we can expect from a manager who plays it safe, rather than go for it.
Can already hear the “point in the bag and we move on” post match comment coming up.
I really dont understand that he continues to play Bell and Bennet on the back positions, a striker on the wing, all not good enough and some out of position. Its so mediocre, it has been for so long and yet Tony wakes up in the morning thinking its a good idea to do so again.
The fact that he doesnt learn from his mistakes and continues to make them over and over again is why he had to go.
Are we still in for Mile Skoric? I saw his team got knocked out of the Euros last week. Or maybe Jan Arie van der Heijden from Feyenoord, who is deperate to look for another club before the closing of the window.
Hope Mowbray stays true to his word and brings in some additional defenders this week.
Im not dissapointed we didnt sign the guy. I am dissapointed in the fact that we have seemingly chased someone for two transfer windows in a row and were not able to sign him because in my opinion we are to reactive in the transfer market. We could have signed Bauer ages ago but in stead we waited and waited, then we decided to wait until his contract runs out and, out of nowhere, he scores the winning goal in the playoffs. Suddenly all kind of teams chase him, his ego blows up a bit and we tell him to “fight for his place” etc etc. Then he decides to move on to where he prob is guaranteed play time. I think we could have just handled this whole situation smarter and it feels like lost time and effort.
This is the exact same situation as last year when Mowbray went to India. He came back and acted like there was no money to invest and suddenly we paid 2.5 million for Armstrong and another ~7 million for Brereton.
Just because he isnt saying anything doesnt mean we havent got anything to spare. Lets judge him by his actions in the market first.
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