Signing Downing cost us a fortune - his perfromances have made us a laughing stock......
Signing Henderson cost us a fortune - his 'performances' have made us a laughing stock......
Signing Andy Carroll cost us a fortune - his perfrormances have made us a laughing stock......
Spending £110m in 12 months to take us from 6th to 7th in the league has made us a laughing stock
Playing our worst players week in week out makes us a laughing stock.
That's a bit much.
I don't know if you've been watching lately, but Downing has played a large part in each of our last 3 goals. He was also man of the match in the Carling Cup final. He was very poor until January, and I was happy to say he was rubbish because he was. But he seems to have turned that around, and hopefully he can keep this momentum because he's causing problems for our opponents. Had he started off like this last summer and tailed off the way Adam has I might agree with you, but he hasn't.
The same can be said for Carroll, who keeps being dropped for no reason despite continuing to be one of our better players since December. We score more points on average when he starts than when he doesn't. He might not be worth 35m, but that argument is really getting a bit tiresome 14 months on, and some people refuse to see that he's improving even though we're not playing football that suits him. He's also 22 - and not a great deal of target-men forwards really stand out before they're 25.
Henderson is 20. I don't think there is a 20-year-old footballer anywhere in the world who can make his club a "laughing stock". It's not like he picks himself to play out of position at right mid every week.
We aren't playing our worst players every week. We're playing what we have. Without a 3rd striker or backup LB, and injuries to Lucas, Johnson, Agger, Kelly, Bellamy (maybe?) we don't have a great deal of depth. Either academy players need to fill the squad out or we need to buy in more squad players as cover. No "laughing stock" there. Adam, yes, but again, he's not the one picking him every week.
Since the "laughing stock" you seem to refer to can only be Dalglish and his tactics and team selection, why didn't you just say that instead of having a go at everyone? There's not a lot to cheer about, I agree, but the way we put pressure on the players who show glimpses of promise makes it feel like we'd prefer them to fail. The transfer fees are history. We have what we have. Let's see if we can make something of it, support it. I honestly feel the problem is not the players themselves. Except for Adam, who could easily be overlooked instead of forced onto the pitch.
Kenny needs to leave Adam out altogether (forces us to play 4-4-2), and leave Henderson on the bench unless there is a hole in central midfield. Continuing to put pressure on them does them no good.