luuk_deventer
Player Valuation: £8m
Oh I'd rather have Potter any day than what we have now. I'm not his biggest fan but if we'd have got him in the summer then it would have shown a bit of forward planning and think most people would have been happy to commit to the project!
This is my entire issue. Fans can say 'any manager would have to do what Benitez has done' but, ultimately, they wouldn't have done because most managers don't fall out with players (whether that's on Benitez or the player himself) at the rate RB does.
Falling out with players is, I think, exactly what the board were looking for in adding RB. A manager who will rock the boat and oversee a big change at the club. How many years have fans said there are bad eggs in the dressing room? How many different managers have these players folded for? Maybe they reached the conclusion that uniting these players is not possible and they need to sell some of the big personalities undermining managers (assuming Digne is one).
Young players are more receptive to instruction. RB has brought in three young players in Gray, Patterson and Mykolenko who will form the core of a new group in the dressing room. As well as adding experienced players he knows and trusts in Rondon and Townsend.
Wish him well but not really sad to see him go. We got a good deal. I'd expect Coleman, Mina, Richarlison, Allan, Gylfi, Iwobi, Holgate and any other dissenting voices to follow him soon.