- Jan 16, 2014
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Had some terrible defensive lapses, slow and couldn't cross.
But he scored a few - a good finisher for a non striker.
One of him or Royal had to go and whoever went was likely never to play for us again whatever the deal. I guess most fans would have preferred Royal was moved on, but I guess Conte liked the option to bring a more defensive RB on if we had a narrow lead needing preserving. That is fair enough really.
However the valuation of Doherty as free - actually worse than free as we would have to pay him off, is very very suspect.
But he scored a few - a good finisher for a non striker.
One of him or Royal had to go and whoever went was likely never to play for us again whatever the deal. I guess most fans would have preferred Royal was moved on, but I guess Conte liked the option to bring a more defensive RB on if we had a narrow lead needing preserving. That is fair enough really.
However the valuation of Doherty as free - actually worse than free as we would have to pay him off, is very very suspect.