If you're competing for a manager with Utd, Chelsea, maybe Liverpool i'm not sure its going to help the case in the boards mind for sacking him now. Even worse if they just appoint temps as every decent manager will be waiting on them.
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we need to wait till the United and Chelscum managers have been resolved. Then target our choice and sack Frank. He aint good enough
I think the fact the board/hierachy are in such disarray is the only reason he hasnt gone yet.
There are no underlying KPIs to suggest progress, or that he is worth persevering with.
He's so far got a stay of execution because Venai still doesnt know where his office is, we only just confirmed our DoF joint set up - with one of them immediately leaving - and we're still trying to appoint senior figures.
Basically, the club isnt organised enough at this point to conduct the process of getting in a new manager right now - hence Frank is riding it out.
I think the fans turning might force them into action, otherwise theyll be too distracted with sorting their own shit out before worrying about the football side of things.
What we really need is for a vision to be set. This is our ethos, this is our plan, these are the people who we believe can achieve it.... This is the new DoF (or DoF remit) which means we're buying players to suit a certain style, this is the new manager - who fits said style....
Simply noone in place right now who can do that, IMO
That account is about the only positive thing that has happened this season.
Im going to miss it when Frank gets sacked
I keep saying the players have normalised losing, well I think I have too. It's just become the norm now to shrug and move onto the next game. They've destroyed this fanbase.
this is what worries me. we don't know the full picture behind the scenes and how bad it possibly is. how competent are the lewis kids? we just don't know and it's definitely a possibility that they're utterly lost and the club is about to drop off a cliff. just on the surface, it looks like utter disarray from the top down.
12 points off United too. Yikes.
Still at least its not the 90s. Great set of players this, just waiting to fulfill their potential.
Re: The part inadequate midfield personnel plays in lack of progressive passing
Xhaka again, pulling a nice half turn and a pass to allow his team to break through. Sometimes that's the entire difference between getting out in transition versus the ball finding its way back to the keeper in no time.
Meanwhile, that's how someone like Palhinha half turns
But it's illustrative in that you can see the kind of avenues that a progressive passer or two could open up for us.
This for example would've been a simple breakthrough, similar to Sunderland's above, with VDV bursting forward with the ball. Instead it's a long kick by Vicario.
Xhaka again, pulling a nice half turn and a pass to allow his team to break through. Sometimes that's the entire difference between getting out in transition versus the ball finding its way back to the keeper in no time.
Meanwhile, that's how someone like Palhinha half turns
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Here, I discussed in detail why Porro was justified in not making that pass to Palhinha or Bentancur. Not going to go over that again.
But it's illustrative in that you can see the kind of avenues that a progressive passer or two could open up for us.
This for example would've been a simple breakthrough, similar to Sunderland's above, with VDV bursting forward with the ball. Instead it's a long kick by Vicario.
I live in hope theyve been working diligently behind the scenes and are about to drop "the plan" - but reality is probably going to be the opposite
Bear in mind that 27 of those points are the 20 games from this season - that leaves 19 from 26 last season (0.73 ppg), which is a lower PPG than Wolves have there!
so - you're a top achieving manager - and Spurs come calling
Are you going to want to manage a mediocre squad in the toughest league in the world, for an organisation with a turbo charged revolving door on the managers office and an undistinguished reputation for buying at poundland rather than Harrods?
We should have kept Ange thoughBear in mind that 27 of those points are the 20 games from this season - that leaves 19 from 26 last season (0.73 ppg), which is a lower PPG than Wolves have there!
26 of those 46 games were Ange, not Frank.
56% of the games.
19 of those 46 points were Ange, not Frank.
41% of the points.
5 of those 12 wins were Ange, not Frank.
41.6% of the wins.
17 of the 24 losses were Ange, not Frank.
70.8% of the losses.
We have already sacked the main reason we have taken less points than them in that period.
Theres a week between Villa and the following game
If they have someone lined up, gives them half a chance to work with the team before their first game
Xhaka has awareness of what’s around him. He knows his next pass before he gets the ball. Ours don’t have a clue.Re: The part inadequate midfield personnel plays in lack of progressive passing
Xhaka again, pulling a nice half turn and a pass to allow his team to break through. Sometimes that's the entire difference between getting out in transition versus the ball finding its way back to the keeper in no time.
Meanwhile, that's how someone like Palhinha half turns
------Here, I discussed in detail why Porro was justified in not making that pass to Palhinha or Bentancur. Not going to go over that again.
But it's illustrative in that you can see the kind of avenues that a progressive passer or two could open up for us.
This for example would've been a simple breakthrough, similar to Sunderland's above, with VDV bursting forward with the ball. Instead it's a long kick by Vicario.