It was the pursuit of Jack Payne that has proved to be Ian Hendon's downfall. Allow me to explain.
Let me start by saying that Jack Payne is a fine footballer. If you follow me on twitter you've probably garnered that I'm not his biggest fan. That isn't quite true, i just think that Ian Hendon is playing him about 15-20 yards too deep in a division of outright mediocrity.
I'm not gonna lie to you, we've played Peterborough a lot over the last few years and I can't say he ever stood out for me, but whatever the case, he gets stuck in, can spray a pass about and generally keeps things ticking over.
So why is he the cause of Ian Hendon's problems?
Simply put, we just don't need him. Lloyd James, Sammy Moore, Bradley Pritchard, Jobi McAnuff were already in situ. And all but Sammy Moore have played consistently at a higher level. Harry Lee is meant to be decent too.
Plus we started the season on fire with James, Moore and Pritchard. That midfield trio was quite settled and didn't need disrupting. Even Cox looked OK at the tip of the diamond.
Having said that, he's arguably the second best player of that bunch with Lloyd and all are somewhat short of what McAnuff(if coached and played) is capable.
But what Hendon should have been doing in that transfer window was spending the money elsewhere.
It's sheer lunacy that we've started the season with only a single left-back in the squad who had never played league football before.
Another centre-back would have been good and also a right-winger.
But no. We pursued a player who we didn't need.
Hendon has fucked this up royally and it's hitting home now. Even Becchetti has backed you.
