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No. Do you see a team dripping with quality in CB's and CM's? Or do you see a squad with glaring holes in it that hasn't replaced some quality players who departed? I see the latter. You've been trying to get the "I told ya so" moment on Lucescu for years now. It is not his fault that the club didn't adequately replace Koulierakis despite knowing for months he was on his way out or that they didn't replace Meite at all. Are you so desperate to be proven right about our all time best manager that you choose to overlook the key issues that the team faces? Have a whiskey and go have a lie down! Lucescu is far from our biggest problem. Being left with an incomplete squad has left him working with one hand tied behind his back.

Lucescu is our most successful coach ever, but that does not mean that he does not make mistakes. I blame him for two things. One is sticking with some players (Samatta, Murg, Schwab, etc.) giving them playing time when they fail to produce on constant basis. The other one is playing the same 4-2-3-1 formation, and making his subs at 60th and 80th minute no matter what. Way too predictable. The opposing coaches are not stupid. They know exactly what to expect and set up their game plan accordingly. For example in yesterday's game. Volos did hardly anything until the 80th minute. They just waited until we got tired which was given since 3 day ago our player had to spend a lot of energy for 120 minutes. When Volos scored the two goals our two midfielders could hardly walk. Specially Schwab. No wonder they got chances to score. We need to reset and salvage what we can out of this season starting with this Sunday's game. If we lose Sunday we will be in deep trouble, because after that we have important tough games every 3 days (Slavia, Levadeiakos, AEK). Our goals forwards should be 2nd place in SL and at least making the next round of Europa League.

Really, can grown-up men not play a game without daddy Razvan? Are they that much depending on his coaching. Have they some kind of Alzheimer and forgotten how to play and pass to another one in a black and white striped shirt and/or make a goal? I'm gutted. This one really hurts.