Ronald Koeman discussion

[hktoffee]

Past participle remember.

Cheers Terry.

Thanks grammar police.

 

[davek]

The stuff he got wrong today (apart from having them fired up after Chelseageddon...which should have been the easiest thing in the world, btw):

Bringing back Baines straight away after a prolonged injury
Playing that clown goalie
Playing that clown Jagielka
No subs HT (so much for the "decisiveness")
No pressing first half

 

[DualityNSNO]

Depends if he can get actual footballers into the team. I find it hard to judge when players like McCarthy and Mirallas are the best options available

Definitely question the current manager of course. But I can't sway from one extreme to the other so soon into this.

My favourite is Barkley's backup - the football abomination Tom Cleverley.

 

[hktoffee]

Depends if he can get actual footballers into the team. I find it hard to judge when players like McCarthy and Mirallas are the best options available

Definitely question the current manager of course. But I can't sway from one extreme to the other so soon into this.

He does not want to try youth like Davies and Holgate. The like in Jagielka deserves to get drop. January is vital. Need to start bringing players in now.

 

[ijjysmith]

My favourite is Barkley's backup - the football abomination Tom Cleverley.

Ha! I try to forget he exists.

 

[ijjysmith]

He does not want to try youth like Davies and Holgate. The like in Jagielka deserves to get drop. January is vital. Need to start bringing players in now.

I know we'd all like the youth but we all knew the manager wasn't keen on using them ages ago. I'm over that really.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Ha! I try to forget he exists.

Same, but keep seeing his name on the team/sub sheets

 

[hktoffee]

The stuff he got wrong today (apart from having them fired up after Chelseageddon...which should have been the easiest thing in the world, btw):

Bringing back Baines straight away after a prolonged injury
Playing that clown goalie
Playing that clown Jagielka
No subs HT (so much for the "decisiveness")
No pressing first half

Won't disagree with you on that. Thing is he needs to get new players in to see if it really works.

 

[terry nodder]

I don't think there is, I just think hes trying to get direct football out of players more suited to possession football - especially in attack where we have inconsistency

They haven't looked that used to posession football the last two seasons

 

[LABlue2]

FUME

 

[davek]

Not my fault guv...

 

[Gladystweet]

The stuff he got wrong today (apart from having them fired up after Chelseageddon...which should have been the easiest thing in the world, btw):

Bringing back Baines straight away after a prolonged injury
Playing that clown goalie
Playing that clown Jagielka
No subs HT (so much for the "decisiveness")
No pressing first half

Pretty much spot on really. What worries me most is there seems to be a distinct lack of character in this team, in that they don't seem to be able to be fired up.

 

[davek]

Pretty much spot on really. What worries me most is there seems to be a distinct lack of character in this team, in that they don't seem to be able to be fired up.

...maybe they reflect HIS character?

 

[banno]

He does not want to try youth like Davies and Holgate. The like in Jagielka deserves to get drop. January is vital. Need to start bringing players in now.

Maybe he hasn't put the youth in for the good reason that he sees them everyday and sees they are not yet fully ready. Holgate is nowhere near being a competent CB and Davies is getting nurtured and readied instead of being destroyed in a lions den that is the PL. Think Koeman knows there strengths and weaknesses more than us and if they show up and shine on the training pitch against the first teamers then will rightly be given a go.

 

[kenada_blue]

They haven't looked that used to posession football the last two seasons

They did. They just couldn't defend.