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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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Fair enough. But this exchange has taught me one thing: going on your assessment of the state of the squad Pochettino inherited then there's really only one logical conclusion to draw about any of this:
Tim Sherwood is a feckin genius and we should get him back in IMMEDIATELY
I didn't say that. Of course I want to win something.
The original poster stated he wanted a more balanced manager. You might have some previous cyber beef with him but if you take that post in isolation he didn't say anything wrong and he's entitled to want that. I mean the majority minus a couple of loons want that.
You can't copy him but you can aim to have the same principles and mindstate as him and believe that you don't need to compromise on your strategy for long term gain if you are trying to build something.
So what is the excuse for Klopp because he didn't compromise either?
Fair enough. But this exchange has taught me one thing: going on your assessment of the state of the squad Pochettino inherited then there's really only one logical conclusion to draw about any of this:
Tim Sherwood is a feckin genius and we should get him back in IMMEDIATELY
Sherwood actually started off ok, it just very quickly started to sink downhill and we started losing a lot of games with zero balance to us. A bit like Ange to be fair. He also did a lot of talking about attack attack attack.
Portuguese league is ranked 7th globally. Championship 11th. Scottish premier league 43rd.
Some people are weird.
7th being pretty shit then
Poch coached a lot of players considered fairly good/underachieving into cup finalists/title competitors, that's his outstanding achievement.
Sherwood was ideal for the December and January when he took over. Taking things back to the rudimentary elements. Semi feel good factor and all that. The issue came when he had to guide the team through another 4 months. With all the challenges that spring up in that time, he didn't have what it took. The rest of his managerial career cemented that.
Lessons to learn going forward perhaps that an interim can do good things, but can only last for so long. But then again, if we didn't hang on to Sherwood until the seasons end, then maybe we don't get Pochettino as manager, so swings and roundabouts.
(And yes I know Sherwood's contract was 18 months officially. But the world and his dog knew that he was there to hold the fort until the summer.)
So name an u traditional way then please?
Really, where did he say this?
Your 2nd paragraph is bit of mess, if you're saying that every manager in world football adapts and makes tweaks, if you don't think Ange has done this then you're not paying attention.
If you want examples - Wolves on Sunday where he played a mid to low block and played on the counter.
City he did the same thing, Brentford this season he put Johnson and Son closer to goal...other matches he hasn't inverted the full backs as much.
Played a false 9 against City last season.
He's played 3 at the back when trying to close out games in particular last season for example (think against Utd if I recall)
The principles of pressing and playing out and being brave is what I'm talking about not formation switches.
Think you are on about spam game. Come on mate it wasn’t that long ago. Being an Ange thought that one would be ingrained into your memory.
PL has 3-4 teams that can win it. Don't overestimate how competitive this league is.
My point is that wages predict winning not net spend and I have shared with you articles where people have collected all the work done by people studying that before.
Gray is a great case in point because he's part of a high net spend but at the same time part of cutting our wage bill.
I also told you before that I'd want us to get a player like Gray and Bergvall but also get at least 1 more experienced player in that position at the same time. I'd also have liked us to get another left footed defender so Udogie and VDV could have got more rotation and Gray would be playing CM now not CB.
This has been explained countless times for those that want to listen but they don't want to listen. They want to listen to Jamie Carragher saying he needs to "adapt" after losses. Even though it's Jamie Carragher's job to notice the tweaks and changes that have happened but he doesn't have ability to do that because he's a hopeless ex pro who probably didn't listen during tactical sessions and film rooms.
Imagine he knows and notices a lot more than you do tbh.
Yeah it's just lazy and boring, people would sooner listen to Sky and TalkSport then actually watch what's happening on the pitch, I get it though, no-one really wants to analyse matches and yearn for a need to confirm their bias because they've already made their mind up about the manager.
Amorim said that pre newcastle when interviewed by Neville I think.
Your other points are hilarious though. Against City last season i 100% concede he tried a lot of things different (I wonder why) but the rest just lol.
You actually think we intentionally played a low block counter attacking game against Wolves? For one it wasn't even low block, I was at the game and we played the exact same high line we always do. When not in possession our backline continuously ran close to the middle and continuously tried to win sprint races like they always do. What exactly are you talking about? you're saying ange intentionally instructed us to play on the counter against Wolves at home???