Sounds like it was a good game, shame i totally forgot about it and just heard the post match stuff after turning the radio on at 10pm -.- Sounded like a proper cup tie, 2 teams really going at it. Tbh we have probably done Jol a favour, as he can "concentrate on the league". There are worse teams in the prem this season so you guys should be ok. Hope you have a good season, finish above Hull for us
I've calmed down quite a bit from last night. I think the frustration just boiled over. Having reviewed the game again we were undone by a couple of soft goals. Steks error was very uncharacteristic and Senderos passed the ball instead of launching it in to row z! Then suckerpunched with a minute to go after coming back from 3-1. Take out the errors and it would have been a different result. To get back on level terms was great, Hugo scoring was terrific.
Thanks for a straight, as you saw it post about the football rather than just Jol, SuperBri. Unfortunately I'm about to do the opposite and question his substitutions - not Hugo obviously. Listening to Gentleman Jim, I don't think Taarabt was mentioned but once in the first half and just before the Duff substitution GJ said, "he's having a mare". Any thoughts why he stayed on for the full 90?
Taarabt was trying to dribble past 3 or 4 players, and losing the ball, what he's got to learn that if that amount of players have been drawn towards him there should be players that he could pass too who are free, instead of trying to beat one player too many.
And no better way to alienate players than to out them on the official Club site: "âThe keeper should keep that ball in his hands,â Jol stressed. âAnd the second goal, Philippe Senderos tried to play it out in a very awkward way â he shouldnât do that, especially away [from home]. Donât concede goals, that is what we always say." "They scored the winner; we had three players at the back, they had two up front and we should have closed that gap but [Elsad] Zverotić didnât do that so they scored the winning goal." Not saying he's not correct, rather I'm challenging his so player specific, so public criticism. Mind I'd have to agree with his unerring, tactically astute instruction - "Donât concede goals, that is what we always say." Here is the link to the complete 'Manager Reaction' : http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/october/29/manager-reaction
And even worse when you apply double standards. Berba, Ruiz, Taarabt, Bent (the lazy four) and the others... Their redemption is the Utd game...
I agree he shouldn't be doing this, I hope he doesn't genuinely believe in his own mind that the problems we've got are solely down to individual errors. I'm worried he doesn't see his own mistakes. Publically, he's criticised the fans and the players but never himself. We might see another player (current or former) criticise him publically now - from what I can remember he's fallen out with; Zamora, Riise, Dempsey, Kasami (presumably) and Etuhu since joining. Not all of them are necessarily his fault but it does show him to be a confrontational and stubborn character.
He's Dutch. They fall out with themselves at every World Cup. I think they are confrontational and stubborn by nature.
Stockdale, Riise, Boateng, Dejagah. Arguably you could add...Senderos (who he desparately tried to sell)..Frei (who he did)...Baird (who he ignored for a large part of last season) ...??
