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Dunder Mifflin said:
Meanwhile on RTG

“make a statement” “silence from the club” “it’ll be Dodds”

KLD makes a statement that new head coach is imminent

“NOT THAT STATEMENT” “FULL OF ****” “DONT BELIEVE THEM”

It just shows no matter what the club say or do they can’t win with some.
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It also explains why the club is so secretive, imagine if he came out with this last weekend about Still...who has then (apparently) reneged on the offer.

That suggests an appointment is very close to me.
 
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AzAlkmaar said:
Hey football friends,

It’s always fun to see what other fans write and think about your team, and therefor I also couldn’t resist to make a quick post.

There are a lot of mixed feelings about Jansen in Holland. Jansen is a very sympathetic man, calm, friendly. You won’t see him do Simeone or Mourinho stuff, or put out spicy quotes in interviews. Therefor he usually has a good reputation with the Dutch media and Dutch football fans in general. The problem is though, with the main focus on Ajax/PSV/Feyenoord, most of them don’t really watch most games of AZ. His dismissal in January was quite a big shock for the media and fans outside of Alkmaar. For the actual AZ fans it wasn’t.

His upsides for a team like Sunderland are of course that he has an English background. Both language and culture won’t be a problem to fit in. And he likes to invest in personal relations with players. If a player works for him, he will pay that back with confidence when a player has a bad period. He likes to play from a strong organization from the back, he is for sure less attacking minded then Arne Slot who was coach before him. But especially his tactical abilities have always been a point of concern. He likes to stubbornly stick to one game plan. Even if it hasn’t worked over and over. We lost a lot of points to last minute goals under him. His lineups, subs and tactics tend to be almost always the same. Which can be frustrating if things don’t go your way. That would definitely be my biggest downside of Jansen, he isn’t very strong in adjusting a game plan to an opponent or even during a certain game.


So overall it’s a bit mixed. Maybe we were a bit spoiled with Slot who set the bar very high for Jansen. It was Jansen’s first serious coaching job, and he definitely has potential. He’s obsessed with the game and willing to improve himself. I do think English football fits him well. If there are any specific things people like to know, let me know. I would definitely be very anxious to follow Sunderland and see how he performs if it all goes through in the end. His big dream is the Premier league.
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Rosenior In

Cheers for posting mate and welcome
 
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TopCat_ said:
RIGHT! Apart from Wembley, promotion, financial stability, stadium investment, finishing 6th, Amad, attacking football, improved streaming service, Mogga, off field improvements and Jack Clarke. What has KLD ever done for us....?
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Hummel, reconnecting with Bob Murray, working with foundation, sorting out the academy. Other than that, absolutely nowt.
 
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AzAlkmaar said:
Hey football friends,

It’s always fun to see what other fans write and think about your team, and therefor I also couldn’t resist to make a quick post.

There are a lot of mixed feelings about Jansen in Holland. Jansen is a very sympathetic man, calm, friendly. You won’t see him do Simeone or Mourinho stuff, or put out spicy quotes in interviews. Therefor he usually has a good reputation with the Dutch media and Dutch football fans in general. The problem is though, with the main focus on Ajax/PSV/Feyenoord, most of them don’t really watch most games of AZ. His dismissal in January was quite a big shock for the media and fans outside of Alkmaar. For the actual AZ fans it wasn’t.

His upsides for a team like Sunderland are of course that he has an English background. Both language and culture won’t be a problem to fit in. And he likes to invest in personal relations with players. If a player works for him, he will pay that back with confidence when a player has a bad period. He likes to play from a strong organization from the back, he is for sure less attacking minded then Arne Slot who was coach before him. But especially his tactical abilities have always been a point of concern. He likes to stubbornly stick to one game plan. Even if it hasn’t worked over and over. We lost a lot of points to last minute goals under him. His lineups, subs and tactics tend to be almost always the same. Which can be frustrating if things don’t go your way. That would definitely be my biggest downside of Jansen, he isn’t very strong in adjusting a game plan to an opponent or even during a certain game.


So overall it’s a bit mixed. Maybe we were a bit spoiled with Slot who set the bar very high for Jansen. It was Jansen’s first serious coaching job, and he definitely has potential. He’s obsessed with the game and willing to improve himself. I do think English football fits him well. If there are any specific things people like to know, let me know. I would definitely be very anxious to follow Sunderland and see how he performs if it all goes through in the end. His big dream is the Premier league.
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Thanks for that - so "Jansen time" doesn't sound as successful as "Fergie time". Very good insight
 
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TopCat_ said:
Here we go. The standard forensic analysis of club comms in an attempt to catch them out, or paint them in a negative light.

Imminent means imminent. It's not tonight, it's likely next week.
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He said "we hope to appoint.....imminently". Not that it is imminent.
 
TopCat_ said:
Here we go. The standard forensic analysis of club comms in an attempt to catch them out, or paint them in a negative light.

Imminent means imminent. It's not tonight, it's likely next week.
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I'd say less than a week from now if he's said it's imminent. He doesn't throw words around carelessly and if it was going to take a while he'd have worded it differently.
 
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