New Head Coach

  • Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
  • Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!
CR17 said:
That poster is usually a good one like and has got plenty right with the new kits (aware that is two different departments like).

Someone mentioned to me we'd been looking at a french coach the other day too. Who knows.

I'm still hoping for Cifuentes or Maric
Click to expand...

I just cannot see us going for a guy who has two years in management and one of them resulted in relegation.

You/the poster may well be right but I'll have a hard time believing it until it is made public.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Blond Bombshell and Young Ted
Don't know much about Regis le Bris so I've done a very short amount of research. Two seasons ago, he was getting plaudits and had Lorient fairly high up the table.

The article below talks about their tactics being unique in some respects but it appears that they were a low possession, direct side. They were, however, trying to find a way to counteract the high press but this basically meant knocking the ball around at the back to try and draw the press onto them and then exploiting the spaces that this left.

It suggests that le Bris is thinking about the game, and not just following what is currently de rigeur, by looking to find a different way to play. It also suggests that the football might not be that great to watch. If he is genuinely a candidate, it further suggests that the club don't know what kind of playing identity they want as it's another leap to another kind of coach and at odds, to some extent, with the character of our squad.

https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/10/lorients-unique-overperforming-attack-under-regis-le-bris/

The obvious caveat to this is that, if he's a good coach, he won't necessarily set up in the same way with us.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Blond Bombshell, Robertson, Culinary and 2 others
The Norton Cat said:
Don't know much about Regis le Bris so I've done a very short amount of research. Two seasons ago, he was getting plaudits and had Lorient fairly high up the table.

The article below talks about their tactics being unique in some respects but it appears that they were a low possession, direct side. They were, however, trying to find a way to counteract the high press but this basically meant knocking the ball around at the back to try and draw the press onto them and then exploiting the spaces that this left.

It suggests that le Bris is thinking about the game, and not just following what is currently de rigeur, by looking to find a different way to play. It also suggests that the football might not be that great to watch. If he is genuinely a candidate, it further suggests that the club don't know what kind of playing identity they want as it's another leap to another kind of coach and at odds, to some extent, with the character of our squad.

https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/10/lorients-unique-overperforming-attack-under-regis-le-bris/

The obvious caveat to this is that, if he's a good coach, he won't necessarily set up in the same way with us.
Click to expand...

Nice summary, good work!
 
  • Like
Reactions: The Norton Cat
JHmackem said:
Le Bris can **** off like.

Categorically do not want him.

I know Bayern have just taken relegated Kompany, but I don't want us taking a relegated manager.
Click to expand...

Kompany also had a relatively brilliant season before the relegation.

I dont get the sense this guy did.
 
For perspective, Beale had a better record here (33% win rate) than Le Bris has had at Lorient (30% win rate).
 
Don't want Le Bris because of playing style. People can disagree because everyone has a preference on how they want the team to play but I just don't like direct, playing the percentages football, would much rather dominate the ball.

Don't care about relegation though considering if he was appointed this time last year people would be calling it a bit of a coup.
 
  • Like
Reactions: The Norton Cat
Average squad age of the players he used most last season was 25.

So it's not even as though they can say he's amazing with youth, right?

Won 50 odd games as Lorient B manager in 150 odd games.
 
Quite a random
SourPatch2 said:
Don't want Le Bris because of playing style. People can disagree because everyone has a preference on how they want the team to play but I just don't like direct, playing the percentages football, would much rather dominate the ball.

Don't care about relegation though considering if he was appointed this time last year people would be calling it a bit of a coup.
Click to expand...

I thought this after reading through the opta article, the way its described seems a bit misleading when you watch how they are direct, its through quick passing through the lines

https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/10/lorients-unique-overperforming-attack-under-regis-le-bris/

The clips its showed mirror our goal v reading that we loved

Granted I would not be excited by this appointment
 
  • Like
Reactions: SourPatch2
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back