Chris Cummins Gone

So, there, Cummins is gone. Duane Rollins thinks his leaving won't account for much, following his convincing argument the other day for Trader Mo's dismissal as sporting director.

Fine Cummins out, so can we stop the ex-lower level Luton/Newcastle parade now? These are the last of clubs in a long line of Graham Taylor-Watford-Wimbledon eighties style Charles Reep football, and follows a "we need this part to fit in this cog" line of thinking to work properly—you have to have two centerbacks and they both have to be big, you need a poacher near goal with a runner in behind him, and you need a classic lined up midfield to grease that 4-4-2. This would have worked, maybe, had Mo Johnston been a little more adept at playing the transfer market. But he wasn't, and one wonders if that's is why both Carver and Cummins have left under such hasty terms.

So, while it won't happen, perhaps it would be nice to get a coach able to deal with what he's given. Perhaps something like a more attacking, less traditional 4-5-1, with a quick, muscular striker able to move at pace [insert name here, cuz he ain't at TFC yet], Barrett as a winger and the midfield supported enough with some good defenders and De Guzman properly holding with Robinson gone so they can push forward and attack. But an English coach from the old system isn't gonna produce that for you...time to look elsewhere.