JackSomething said:
Seeing as Joseph seems to have promise, I was motivated to look at Scott's transfer record. Many apologies for daring to take this thread on a tangent. That's never happened on an internet forum before after all...
Suggesting Morris and Peterson may have done more under a different manager is a valid point, as would be saying that some other players may have done worse under a different manager. If a different manager had given Morris more time on the pitch, then maybe he would have impressed more. Plus, if he had been playing more minutes, then the exact scenario that led to his injury would almost certainly not have occurred, although I admit that's a tad pedantic.
Or it's just actually another opportunity to pile blame for everything on Cooper...
Cooper's job was to gain results for Swansea City. Not necessarily develop players for other clubs (if that occurs as a byproduct then great). So he should take absolutely no blame for not developing a player who was not match fit when he arrived (that was no secret). And also coming into a club on good form.
Of the games that he was available&fit for:
- Brentford H 1-1 - very finely poised game&we were down to 10& he'd only recently arrived&trained a few days prior. Correct decision to leave on bench.
- Rotherham A 1-3 - finely poised until Fulton sealed it, Morris came on for 7mins. Again very early days into his loan. Correct decision.
- Norwich H 2-0 - comfortable but against league leaders. Morris had 15mins. Building up minutes. Correct decision.
- forest H 1-0 - Roberts saved us late on but Morris was brought on in an evenly poised game for 23mins. Building up minutes. Correct decision.
- Huddersfield A 4-1. That shambolic game where Morris came on at HT so his minutes would have ramped up again had he not got injured. And starting him would in reality have done little to help the club or player.
And that was it - out injured and loan over. Do people think he was with us longer or something?
So are you actually saying that we have should have chucked him in earlier into a winning team that was scoring goals? Second guessing and criticising team selection for wins is just bizarre.
Even in these early games there were signs that he was tiring. Yet people are saying he should have played more? Some saying on top of this unready player we should also be throwing in Arriola, also not match fit and only available for a small window. Then there's people moaning about Whittaker not playing. And Cullen. We only have 11 players that can start. And all the time we were challenging for promotion.
Surely playing him playing more in these early days (remember he hadn't played in over a year before coming) in a demanding championship schedule would have vastly increased the chances of serious injury!?