Ronald Koeman discussion

[lancs blue]

Be ok that.

speculation is so far removed from reality

 

[ijjysmith]

I don't disagree but 3 times today their goalie caught the ball just short of the penalty spot I.e outside his 6 yard box we made him come out & the corners were not flighted they had decent pace on them. Zero desire to get on the end Zero desire to get in the keepers path they were good corners.

To be fair we've been crap at corners for about 12 years now.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Looking forward to our game, thought you'd be a bit further out our reach at this stage judging by you lots comments! Hope Koeman and your £150m war chest of talent has treated you well so far.

Hello Aldo,how's life in the gutters treating you lad?lol

 

[Simon baker]

To be fair we've been crap at corners for about 12 years now.

Annoying though how hard can it be to improve & make them useful

 

[hktoffee]

Be ok that.

Providing say, 3 signings...first teamers to kick start the season in Jan. Sure, happy with 6th this season. Getting Europa football as the start is good enough for me.

 

[Simon baker]

Will I ever see an Everton manager play one defensive midfielder at home against a poor side I will no longer pray for anything else

 

[quasi modo]

I still cant work out what kind of system/style he is trying to implement.

 

[kenada_blue]

I still cant work out what kind of system/style he is trying to implement.

This

 

[pedro789]

Dont expect miracles but can't see a single player Koeman's improved.

 

[ijjysmith]

Will I ever see an Everton manager play one defensive midfielder at home against a poor side I will no longer pray for anything else

The dream!

 

[Abraders]

I still cant work out what kind of system/style he is trying to implement.

....hoooooof

 

[Goat]

Expecting a manager to reverse 2 years of abject failure in 2months.

Everton that.

 

[Slippin Jimmy]

“I was not calm because we spoke a lot about about what happened at Chelsea,” he said.

“We spoke about how we need to start. We spoke about the opponent that they are in a difficult situation - from the start [we needed to] be aggressive, press, make it difficult so they are not comfortable on the pitch and it was not like that.

“I was angry because we know how we need to play but some players in the team it’s difficult to have that attitude maybe but okay the reaction in the second half we saw but not in the first half.”

“I expected a reaction from the start, not from the start of the second half. Of course in the second half we did good things – we played good football, won a lot of second balls with good pressing and we made it very difficult for them.

"That was a different attitude and what we expected from the start. But maybe a lack of confidence that we need. But I don’t understand why we needed to be one nil down to get that reaction.”

“When you play at home, we know if we play like the second half we will have the support of the fans,” he said.

“You can lose in football but it’s about how you lose the game. If you don’t press, if you don’t make it difficult, if you don’t run [and] go for it.”

“Maybe it’s better [to get angry before the game]. Of course I analyse myself - what I need to do so we make a good start at least at home. Maybe it was little lack of confidence after what happened against Chelsea and they had doubts. But if you have doubts on the pitch you are not yourself and you cannot be yourself for the team.”


The bold points are quite interesting. The more you hear him speak, he's saying the same things - pressing, aggression, attitude etc and the bit about some players having difficulty to have the attitude he wants suggests that he's thinking the same thing as the fans. Unfortunately he cannot do much about it until January/the summer.

The players had the same attitude under Martinez, sick of players who can't try their best for 90 mins, at least he will do something about them if given the money but I very much doubt he will be

 

[Khalekan]

I still cant work out what kind of system/style he is trying to implement.

That's because there ain't one

 

[Stan Lee Park]

Expected a reaction today, especially as our manager had promised it after the Chelsea debacle. Obviously didn't happen, but I was even more disappointed with Koeman's inability to motivate his players for the second half, when we were arguably even more woeful than the first half.
I never thought I'd be so disillusioned with him so quickly.