Just thinking which of our players is exciting....a CB's runs are pretty exciting I suppose...but frankly there isn't a single player that I look forward to watching him do something special
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Just thinking which of our players is exciting....a CB's runs are pretty exciting I suppose...but frankly there isn't a single player that I look forward to watching him do something special
Liverpool didn't have the players to play Klopps football when they hired him.. At first glance we didn't have the players to play Pochettino's football when we hired him.
You don't put a squad together and then hire the manager.. You convince a top manager to join who has principles that you want, and then you let him lead the rebuild and shape the squad in his image.
Yes, and then you lose the players who can't adapt or are not suited or good enough, and buy those who are equipped.
What you must however achieve in the period of transition are decent if not spectacular results.
So, the requirements are a quality manager with a philosophy that has been shown to work and expenditure in that 85 - 100% centile, and objective progress.
Fair enough..but how long do they get to do that because with us it seems to be 6 weeks before we put our hands on the trap door lever.
We're actually the new Brentford
If it’s limited, then he can surely start learning if we tap him up from now. Ranieri, Poch, Emery, Conte all had limited/bad English. Frank speaks great English, look where we are.
Klopp was obviously superior to Rogers but it wasn’t a complete 180 in philosophy.
Klopp needed to make adjustments but going from Rodgers to Klopp to Slot (all 4-3-3 guys with variations in approach) is nowhere near as extreme as going from Poch to Jose/Nuno then to Conte, then Ange then back to Frank
What we needed was just an improvement on Ange, not in philosophy but execution.
Pochettino’s job (at least in the fans minds) was not in danger in year 1… so what did he do in 2014-15?
That is what we need a great tactician playing front football but with and edge.
He got 5th , same as Ange first season and to a final. He didn’t bin off league for a cup run. All with leftovers from AVB and introducing a lot of young players.
There is nothing to find out in franks ‘system’But he got found out after the first 10 games.
Frank's playing 4D Chess by being found out after 4 games...
The last part is the most crucial to me.
Agree with that and even Madders used to get the ball in midfield and look up top for options and realise that there weren’t any so had to go backwards or sideways while Archie or BJ just stood there but this down to the manager!!
I agree with getting rid but not sure of Glasner!
Problem is anyone coming in will be a question mark until the board get serious about signings. Im not saying glasner is the right guy but just saying he is easily gettable if we wanted.
If they go down we will be
I believe there’s a 433 with the current squad and decent manager could finish 8th
Build from there
Never forget, that for all his flaws, Ange was so much worse.
From 17 games Frank has collected 22 points.
Ange has collected a grand total of 5 points from his last 17 PL games.
I don't particularly rate Frank, but compared to Ange, he's a different class.
From 17 games Frank has collected 22 points.
Ange has collected a grand total of 5 points from his last 17 PL games.
I don't particularly rate Frank, but compared to Ange, he's a different class.
Glasner would be a mistake. We need a coach who wants the ball