Meire for being a sly liar. Duchatelet for being a dilettante interfering absentee owner And Luzon for presiding over clueless, hyperactive kick and rush, ****e football. CAFC is doomed with these three clowns at the helm.
No, we have to give Luzon a chance... fed up changing managers and have seen some good attacking stuff... but with only one available striker it's never going to be great. I'd happily wave goodbye to Meire though.
Look at the standard of football we have played under Luzon in recent weeks. Yet another short term, quick impact but no clue stooge. I despair.
Luzon has got us to safety which I am happy about. But the other two can go, but who is there around that is going to buy us? The Season ended for us a while ago.
Judging by Gudmundsson's distraught reaction at the end of the game I'm afraid he's more likely to be the one who goes.
Bournemouth were several classes above us in terms of passing & movement. Harry Arter rang rings around Buyens and Co. Can you imagine Duchatelet ever buying a player like Arter? I can muster zero enthusiasm of the inevitable influx of Network tat that is on the way this summer.
Agreed it's been rubbish for a month, but they had nothing to play for and it showed a bit... same thing happened every year under Curbs. Not saying Luzon's the answer, but I'd rather give him a chance than shuffle the pack. You'd offered me top half when he took over I'd have had it in a heartbeat.
Agree TVR. There are definitely still question marks over Luzon but to call him clueless is unfair IMO. And let's see what happens over the summer before deciding whether RD and Meire are good or bad for the club. If we judge managers by their end of season form then Alan Curbishley was one of the worst managers in our history.
Speaking of judging managers if I were a Blackpool fan I'd be upset by Lee Clarke's comments. Fair enough he wants to keep his job but still.
The bakers man is out. I'd take Mark Warburton over the dog turd that is Guy Luzon. It would go admist if the speaking "broken English" Meinere pisses off to. We're going to have a dissapointing season next, if not, relegation. They both got to go. Either way, when it happens, I'm going to be in Japan. Make it easier to be honest.
In terms of team shape, passing and movement off the ball, Bournemouth were light years ahead of us. And this with a team containing 3 of our ex players and no marquee players. Just good, sensible recruitment followed by hard work on the training pitch. One of the many flaws in the so called Network is that Luzon has said he needs "5/6 players" this summer - you can guarantee that he won't he given the players he needs. To quote Rafa Benitez when he quit Valencia after similar transfer problems, "I asked the chairman for a sofa and he bought me a lamp shade". Even during our blip of good form a couple of months ago it was clear that Luzon's method is little more than high tempo kick and rush. As soon as opposing managers sussed this they worked on closing down our players because they knew that technically many of them were so poor. Surely there cannot be a slower full back in the Championship than Morgan Fox ?
Nail on head, Vol. I feared a cricket score at one point. I don't care if there was nothing at stake for us, I wanted our season to end with a decent performance, but when the team was announced it was hard to imagine us putting up much resistance. For a start our back 4 should have contained Wiggins and Gomez. Gomez may be only 17 but he's our best CB, and is a Charlton player with 2+ years left on his contract. I admire the way Morgan Fox has made the most of his limited abilities in Wiggins' absence, but Wiggins is fit now, for God's sake. And what was the point in having Buyens alongside Diarra? PLaying 2 def/mids at home? Cousins is our only midfielder who would match Bournemouth's energy levels. Igor has been totally ineffective for some time now, why did Luzon think today would be any different? At least playing Eagles in that position would have told us something about the player. Gudmundsson, as I keep saying, is wasted on the touchline. Especially when the only player who helped him at all was Solly. If you look at the 3 ex-Charlton players, Francis had Bulot in his pocket and made several good runs and always got back quickly when needed. Arter put our midfield 2 to shame with his enthusiasm and workrate. Yann showed what we already know, which is that he's a great player when the ball is played to his feet, not lumped up to his head. Luzon says that the scouts will be busy this summer, which confirms what Katrien said,ie he tells Phil Chapple what sort of player he wants then leaves the rest up to him. Let's see how well this works.
I think Luzon is naive in the way he picks the team, formation in particular. Has he played 4-4-2 in every game? That's why we got embarrassed against Bournemouth, playing Vetokele when he could have been replaced for another man in midfield, I would sometimes load the midfield to nulify the other teams midfield dominance but I don't see Luzon doing this, why? Bob Peters did it against Norwich and won but Luzon hasn't done it a single time.
Not if a sale is already lined up. Why risk getting him injured in a match with nothing at stake for us? But if that makes sense, it would suggest no sale has been lined up for Gudmundsson.
