When i saw the team selection today I said win , lose or draw (unless of course there was a brilliant performance) Ole needs to be replaced. Ive forgiven him the inconsistencies in last seasons line ups but today shows hes not up to it. Brayford - outstanding Tuesday benched , Jones in form axed , 2 strikers who are similar up front (1 who despite scoring was poor Tuesday) . Add in the lack of pace of the midfield which includes a player like Gunner(sorry mate you try cant ask for more than that) who should be nowhere near the starting line up then sorry Ole but its time to go. Harsh and I doubt it will happen but Id replace Ole immediately. Otherwise it will be a couple of months down the line and promotion very much unlikely. Sorry Ole I wanted you to succeed. After seeing todays line up - youve lost me. Losing today should be a minor set back. The selection is the bigger picture - shocking Ole.
Paste and copy of a post I made earlier on another thread: - "Don't know the ins and outs of any injury niggles with Kenwyne or Brayford, but that set up at back and front was bizarre. We should have started with the same 11 as we did to win the Wigan game last Tuesday. The biggest problem should be Ole's easiest to solve, and that's in the middle of the park. With the players at his disposal, this area should belong to us and it hasn't been right since day one - very disappointing."
Over the years I called for Dave Jones removal I was asked who we should bring in. As for the present Pulis is available - get him in now. Id still prefer Ole over Jones though. Time to be ruthless. Too many points to be lost. Go for Pulis.
I don't know if Ole is determined to do it his way, but it seems to me like he's taking the piss at the moment. If his starting 11 was odd, then his bench options were as bad. No Guerra nor Daehli, both players who can change games, and two of our best players so far this season sitting it out. Why were both Jones and Macheda on there - I'd have thought one of them with Guerra would have been a better mix. Even probably our most improved player this season Connolly was played out of position at RB when he's been so effective so far in the heart of defence. The absence of Daehli can only have been to accomodate 3 other midfielders, Burgstaller, Eikrem and Dikgacoi. Though admittedly not the same sort of players, they're all too similar, and don't possess the sheer skill of Daehli put together. I don't think Ole has lost the plot, I just don't think he's got one at all at the moment. I know this thread is about getting rid and going for Pulis. I didn't think I'd ever agree with that and am still sceptical, but much more of this bizarre stuff and it could be a very serious option.
I dont know if what ive been reading is true on other sites but apparently he wants to keep players happy. Unbelievable. Agree with all your points. A rock solid back 4 including 2 players who provide the only pace in the team and he drops one to accomodate a slow centre half. The loss of the points isnt the problem. Long way to go. But Ole is just carrying on from where he left off. A manager like Pulis isnt available for long.
Just saved me a job Hilts. I was going to post this exact thread. The shock in people's reactions as the news spread around the stand about Brayford and KWJ summed up what a mental selection this was. Best defensive performance in ages on Tuesday so he changes it. 3 goals in 3 games, let's drop that bloke too........ Ole's naivety in thinking 2 small strikers was the way forward away to a team as good as Wolves shows how little he understands this division. If we're going back to the PL we need that quality of manager, not someone playing about trying to learn what to do. If Ole keeps the job past halfway this season we can look forward to another 46 games and Tuesday nights next season too. KWJ should have been the first name on the team sheet he made a difference when he was introduced. Linked the midfield, gave us an out ball and had our best chance (which he should have probably scored). A few points I will make from the game, Connolly was excellent at right back and IMO Gunnar was very good 2nd half till he was injured. Thought Adeyami was poor next to him. Our best creative moments came from Witts once KWJ was introduced. Neither Maynard or Alf can complain if they are on benched or worse next time out. Pilkington looked quality, there was a noticeable drop in quality when Burgstaller was introduced. Burgstaller did defend very responsibly though. Fabio had one of the worst 1st halves I've ever seen a FB have and I'm pretty sure that's the second time I've written that about him on here. We need to be ruthless like Saints were with Pochetino. Go and get Pulis now and get ready for the PL money next season. With our squad he'd have no issues getting us promoted.
Agree - when I saw the line up I said win , lose or draw OGS isnt up to it and we need Pulis. By the way I still hope OGS proves me totally wrong cos I dont see him being replaced.
DJ - 7 points are better than Magath's big fat zero for sure, but this is not just about the result yesterday. As far as we can see as mere supporters, there was absolutely no need for Ole to tamper with the team in that manner after the win against Wigan. His decision to leave Brayford sit the game out and to start with a couple of small guys up front was a complete change from any of our games so far - you know, the 3 games we got those 7 points from. Keeping players happy (if that was it was) is all very nice and cosy, but this game needs a far more stoic approach particularly in this division if we're to get out of it. It's not about the 3 points we dropped yesterday - it's about all the buggers we'll drop in the future if he keeps doing the same thing.
This has to be a joke. You're doing well in a very tough Division and lost very late yesterday right at the death. You have no god-given right to get promoted and there are better teams in the Championship imo. Sack Ole now and you'd give us all yet another reason in a long line of reasons to have a bloody good laugh. EDIT - Taken out your reference to the stadium to keep the thread on track. Have left your above contribution to it.
To all concerned - have deleted all the references to the stadium introduced by a visitor to keep Hilt's thread on track as per its' title and in line with the other comments.
Dragonborn read the f**king comments before judging. Ole swaps the team weekly for the sake of it. We've had it since Jan. Every fan within earshot in the stand was dismayed by the decision to drop Brayford. KWJ has a week off after that game so I don't buy the he could only play 45 ****e being spouted by Ole. Pulis worked miracles with a terrible Palace side. He'd improve us because he's a better manager than ole, no doubt about it.
Pulis has built a reputation of being a decent premiership manager. Would he even want to step down to the championship? It would be a massive risk sacking Ole, because for all you know Pulis could just say no and what would you be left with then? The only way this could be avoided would be if your club contacted him first which would be going behind Ole's back. If the media got hold of that then it would do a lot more damage than good.
Decent response to the article there swans-m. I must say I tend to agree - massive risk but one that may need to be taken if Ole can't pull it together with the resources at his disposal. Apart from the article writer and probably a few others who obviously have firm opinions on the way forward, there aren't that many who would advocate the manager change right now - and I'm one of those. Having said that, unless Ole shows greater understanding of what it needs to create a settled side in this division over the first dozen games or so, there will be many more joining the OP in his stance. How Tan sees it is another matter. Ole is his man and will probably chose to stick with him at least until Christmas. After that, and with us anywhere off a challenging position in the top half of the table, and I reckon Ole will be gone.
It is a decent response. Pulis would need to be contacted first. Yes it could all go wrong but a few words with an agent would soon establish if he had an interest or not. His stock is very high with clubs at the bottom pl level. He could wait for one of them or he could take a side not afraid to spend straight back up. I don't see him being offered a top 8 job, so he's not that far out of our league. He's just left Palace not Man U. I agree with Sparky that Ole is going nowhere for the time being. He'll have my support home and plenty of aways until he leaves (just hope he doesn't read this ). I just don't think he's the right man, hope I'm wrong.
