Yeah, there's a huge amount to question about his tactics and decisions. And if we had any realistic chance of staying up, I'd be pulling my hair out. But instead, I'm just looking forward to next season. And the day when when the words "club statement" get published.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1UBa29vGvh/ ****ersen was in attendance today then ... Still involved then. As suspected.
I get the itch to change the manager again, but we need to careful what we wish for. For me the jury is still out for Ivan, he’s been given a very bad hand which now appears to be more difficult because of some players attitude etc. Not sure what it’s all about but clearly there is a problem in which his approach may have lanced the boil. With Martin all we got was the pride in their performance stuff even when it was complete tosh, this guy is not frightened to name names whilst at the same time offering encouragement to those now out on loan by praising their approach to that. This afternoon sitting next to my son, we were startled by the lack of player understanding amongst themselves at times, why this should be is for the coaching staff to sort out but cohesion was not displayed today. The line up did seem odd but again the thinking behind that maybe for reasons none of us are aware of. So I’m in the ‘confused.com’ camp but interested to understand what is actually going on or has been since RM left.
I don’t have a problem with Charles, Adarma and Edward’s being loaned out. Charles struggled in the championship which tells me that he would have also struggled in the Premier League, especially under RM who messed him around last season. Edward’s was unproven, until recently, at championship level. Adarma just isn’t premier league quality. If they have a decent second half of the season then they rejoin the club full of confidence and could well be the spine of the team. I think someone has mentioned that Wood isn’t seen as a marauding centre back, but he has been a bright spot in the games he has played and could be a good partner for Edwards.
Being at a game doesn’t mean he’s involved in any football decisions. He’s still part of SR, but looks after Goztepe.
At least we can focus on the league now...yay Will we be the worst ever ****ing PL team or...just the second worst.
No reason why it can't be done immediately after the season ends too. We should already be speaking with candidates.
Exactly. He's still part of SR, the ownership group, therefore still indirectly involved with us. He'll still be having a say in how we're being run, operated etc. I'm glad his main focus isn't with us, but I am very wary of him and want him well away.
Your second sentence is true. Your third is speculation, which going by all reports is incorrect too. Stop worrying about Ankersen. Spors is here to do the job for us that he was doing previously.
It's annoying that of the four names I've suggested, three of them are currently still heavily involved in the race for a play-off place. But as the season goes on, hopefully one or two of them fall away.
I disagree that Charles struggled in the championship. He had plenty of decent performances in the first half of the season. He had a ****e 45 at Bristol City (although everyone did and we got worse after he came off) and Martin seemed to hold it against him for the rest of the season. Think the issue was his passing wasn't great which meant Martin always preferred others and ignored his skill set.
We should still be able to put feelers out though in a "if you're not promoted would you be interested" kind of way and then keep other options open too.
The guy gas been dealt a pair of twos against a flush. Difficult to judge him on the mess he walked into,
I just hope we get a manager who can actually ****ing adapt to different opposition and situations. I know it's a modern thing but this whole stick to a philosophy no matter what bollocks infuriates me massively and it feels like these are the only managers we've had for a while. I've always maintained that the best managers are the ones that can play in different ways rather than play one style really well. Hence why Koeman outperformed Poch here despite being a far inferior coach.
I didn't think he kicked the ball, the constant is the players. Remind me how many purchases Juric sanctioned before we all deem him as ****
I’m sure this has been asked but why did we play a back 5 with 4 fullbacks and 1 CB? Surely 4 at the back would be sensible under the circumstances.
