It just screams "I'm only here for a short ride". We as a club, with our finances, cannot keep shelling out large sums every window. We need some players from the academy or youngsters signed on the cheap coming through to plug gaps.
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It just screams "I'm only here for a short ride". We as a club, with our finances, cannot keep shelling out large sums every window. We need some players from the academy or youngsters signed on the cheap coming through to plug gaps.
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
Was reading this article with interest this morning as well.
Had been thinking that Carlo has shown a real preference for experience of late, fine if it’s working but it hasn’t been.
Carlo’s chopping and changing has cost us points for sure over the last 5/6 games, like you say then next seven will be tough. Ultimately though comes back to recruitment and problem that any manager would have with this squad, too many players who haven’t come close to delivering or contributing for the money they’re paid. Brands hasn’t been able to shift them so we’re stuck with them.
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His tactics would work better if he could actually get the squad to the same level of fitness as other clubs...
everyone looks spent, for example richarlison constantly looks likes he’s about to stumble over his own feet when he runs with the ball which gives the impression of tired legs.
everyone looks spent, for example richarlison constantly looks likes he’s about to stumble over his own feet when he runs with the ball which gives the impression of tired legs.
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
Agree, thought that was quite an odd thing to say and explains why we’re seeing new formations and Delph, iwobi wingback.
Sad, look at the success of DCL and what kind of message does that send out to young players in the academy?
Very Koeman-esque behaviour picking crap experienced players.
It was a stupid thing to say at the time - and it continues to wind me up
In our current situation we need a manager that can improve our current players
Kinda ties in with the recent links to people like Khedira.
I’d be running an absolute mile if I were Anthony Gordon right now.
UptheTofees
Player Valuation: £20m
Carlo, come on lad, fix this mess. You can do it
havrey0123
Player Valuation: £25m
The accounts are out this week what are you expecting
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
Well it's not fairly similar is it? Carlo has managed in each of the 5 top leagues and been successful in each. Van Gaal hasn't. Carlo has won the European cup multiple times, Van Gaal hasn't.
Van Gaal at one tie was much better thought of thn Bielsa, but he's still a way off Carlo.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I'm not saying that at all Dave, but just wondered how people saw us as a top 8 team half way through last season. We were 18th, with Arsenal, United, Leicester and Chelsea to come to the half way point. We were not a top 8 or even top 10 team.
Yes there were some easy wins for Ancelotti- as the team were probably underperforming. But there were also a lot of holes in that side in terms of mentality and resilience. Carlo has still had to "win" those wins and move us away from the relegation zone initially to 49 points (icking up 30 from 20 games) to then having us in the top half this season.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
The problem is 2 things:
1. The squad is poor, we have little options up top, out wide or at full back which is down to Brands and why he needs to leave end of the season.
2. Carlo is over complicating things - he had the right set up with 433 which just needed work in terms of the defensive side yet he's gone and torn it up and is playing a system that requires 2 boss wingbacks which we dont have and has reduced our attacking output whilst still not improving us defensively.
Simple for me:
Go back to 433
Give Keane & Godfrey a run of games to get some chemistry (it absolutely winds me up how since Silva came in we chop and change the CB's every fortnight or so)
Get Olsen in the side and give the back 4 some confidence
Get the front 3 as they were and stick Holgate in the middle until Gbamin is fit to tighten us up and free up Allan/Doucoure to get forward more.
Give Nkounkou a run until Digne is back
Get Gordon hell even Simms on the bench and punt Siggurdsson & Tosun to oblivion
Simple things that make massive differences that he could do rather than set up like he is happy with a 10th place league finish.
1. The squad is poor, we have little options up top, out wide or at full back which is down to Brands and why he needs to leave end of the season.
2. Carlo is over complicating things - he had the right set up with 433 which just needed work in terms of the defensive side yet he's gone and torn it up and is playing a system that requires 2 boss wingbacks which we dont have and has reduced our attacking output whilst still not improving us defensively.
Simple for me:
Go back to 433
Give Keane & Godfrey a run of games to get some chemistry (it absolutely winds me up how since Silva came in we chop and change the CB's every fortnight or so)
Get Olsen in the side and give the back 4 some confidence
Get the front 3 as they were and stick Holgate in the middle until Gbamin is fit to tighten us up and free up Allan/Doucoure to get forward more.
Give Nkounkou a run until Digne is back
Get Gordon hell even Simms on the bench and punt Siggurdsson & Tosun to oblivion
Simple things that make massive differences that he could do rather than set up like he is happy with a 10th place league finish.
CheshireBlue
Player Valuation: £225k
It wasn't even, they outplayed us and play the game in the right manner but seem to struggle with their conversion rate. They also have a problem defending set pieces, that's why they are below us. I actually enjoy watching them more than us because they have a go. That comes with a price as they may lose games.
words fail me, I actually agree with something you’ve wrote on football.
I was thinking about the Holgate thing myself, it’d give him the option to switch between a back 3 and 4
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