Tim's done one...

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HCAFCHangout said:
Sliding doors moment is that if Hamburg get promoted instead of St Pauli we probably end up with Hurzeler. Who is a better manager and coach willing to adapt
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I still maintain we should’ve tried to get Nuri Şahin when he was still at Antalyaspor. The fact he’s since gone on to be assistant coach and now head coach at Dortmund shows what a talented, young coach he is.

A major complaint of Walter and Rosenior is that they are too stubborn and rigid to their ‘philosophy’. Well, Şahin is a possession-oriented coach who likes his teams to play out from the back but his tactical flexibility and adaptability is why he’s such an interesting coach. He actually will change his build-up approach depending on who he has available and who the opposition is. Against a high-pressing team, he has a 3-2-5 build-up with the left-back tucking in as an extra centre-half with two holding mids in front and the right-back bombing forward almost like a second right-winger. Against teams that sit deep, he uses a 2-3-5 build-up with the left-back inverting as an extra midfielder. Recently, he’s even opted for a 3-1-6 build-up with a single holding mid instead of
two.

This rigid and stubborn approach of ‘Plan B is to make Plan A better’ that Walter, Rosenior, Russell Martin and others have is shooting themselves in the foot. It’s why I rate Şahin, Hürzeler etc. because of how flexible and adaptable they are to come up with solutions instead of just doing the same thing over and over even when it’s not working.
 
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kingstontiger said:
Interesting to speculate on who comes in of course, but after Acun sacked a generally popular coach for 'only' coming 7th and not playing the 'right type of football', it's by no means a done deal that some of the names being mentioned here would want to come. Maybe money talks of course, but then again can we offer as much if we're paying off Tim?(And Liam presumably, who signed a 3 year contract almost exactly a year ago - there's a thought).
I would far rather we give the job to Andy Dawson in the short term and see how it goes, rather than rush in to another left field appointment who has no idea about what's required in the Championship. I don't think the recruitment has been that bad , except for the lack of striker. Millar and Belloumi looked like very good signings, so been very unlucky there. And can't help thinking that Daws would just change the atmosphere around the place, have the backing of some of the senior players, and unlock the ability of some of the recruits like Kamara, Giles, Burstow, etc who all seem to have suffered a crisis of confidence under Tim.
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If TW is to be gone this week Dawson might be our only choice for a while. Last time he had a go, between Shota and Rosie, out of 8 I think he won 3, lost 5. :emoticon-0107-sweat
 
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Plum said:
If TW is to be gone this week Dawson might be our only choice for a while. Last time he had a go, between Shota and Rosie, out of 8 I think he won 3, lost 5. :emoticon-0107-sweat
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Even with the current injury situation, I think we’ve got a better overall squad now than we had at that point but anyone is going to struggle with the striker options until January at least.
 
tigermaul said:
I think you called it first, Ben. For me, Oxford was the final straw. I wonder to what extent over-training contributed to Millar and Belloumi injuries.
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To be serious I take no pleasure in that, if true. I genuinely wanted it to work, it sounded so good.

I just observed no cohesion in the match day teams, from the friendlies. Every game they played like a fresh group of strangers. There was nothing, especially progress.

We had decent players from last season who suddenly looked inept. That’s not on them, it’s the leadership they’re following,

If he has indeed gone, I hope we can fully get behind the new boss & team without dwelling on what’s happening now.
 
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