Ronald Koeman discussion

[MACCA75]

I was told a few weeks ago that Unsworth was no longer communicating directly with Koeman but that everything was going through his brother.

Worrying. Didn't even know Unsworth had a brother.

 

[MACCA75]

I find this complacency bizarre.

There is no way we are nailed on to hold on to last year's finishing position.

Especially if we continue to struggle to score goals at home because our away form sure ain't going to stand us in decent stead....unless there is a complete turn around in that which we have seen on the road since January.

Funny how people think we can't possibly finish below 7th. West Ham and Southampton fans probably thought similar last season.

 

[Goat]

Funny how people think we can't possibly finish below 7th. West Ham and Southampton fans probably thought similar last season.

Who cares where we finish, we aint finishing top 4, Cups and Europa is all that matters.

No number 9 = no top 4 challenge.

We go again next season.

 

[evertonarntwe]

Who cares where we finish, we aint finishing top 4, Cups and Europa is all that matters.

No number 9 = no top 4 challenge.

We go again next season.

we've said the same for the last 2 seasons lad!

 

[Goat]

we've said the same for the last 2 seasons lad!

22 years you mean.

 

[Lanolin]

we've said the same for the last 2 seasons lad!

Missed a twenty off there mate.

 

[Prevenger17]

I think we need to let Koeman do his thing for the rest of the year. Work a few hours a week, alienate players and destroy as many relationships as he can as we stagger to a top 12 finish. Hand him his marching orders just before our opening fixture next year. The feeling among the players will be that of getting an unexpected early release from prison in which all your possessions are returned to you, including the mountain of cocaine you were imprisoned for smuggling. It will be on this wave of euphoria that we get to the final of next years' League Cup and lose a tight game to Southampton.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Let me try and explain.

Dozens of people have commented on this but still people like your good self, in the absence of owt else to say, take it upon themselves to insult them as point this fact out.......it is not the paltry points total that people are "bedwetting" about.

It is the rudderless, toothless, passionless nature of the performances.

Only someone whom indeed had turned into a "deluded Kopite" would be happy with that and think it is swell.......nowt to worry about chaps, sure they are only those matches we have no chance of winning, so let's keep the score down at OT on Sunday and the season really starts against Bournemouth because that is our level....COYBB

But it's all good.....it'll be our year next season

That is the happy clappy way you and others are excusing these craven performances.

What is a genuine cause for "bedwetting" is the fact you seem to take pride in being among a group of people whom were writing off the City, Chelsea and Spurs games for a total of one point, maximum, before a ball was kicked.

Thankfully some of us still maintain enough pride in EFC to think we might have done a wee bit better in those games but even if we did not, at least the lads put up a fight.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

I'd almost like Unsworth because I know he'd trust the youth we have and wouldn't try these bizarre lineups every game. Koeman doesn't seem to make changes until he is forced into them... which is only a slight improvement over Bobcat.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Funny how people think we can't possibly finish below 7th. West Ham and Southampton fans probably thought similar last season.

You're right. Despite the reputation of the players we have bought, they are only as good as the manager. They are not superstars, unfortunately.

 

[Goat]

I'd almost like Unsworth because I know he'd trust the youth we have and wouldn't try these bizarre lineups every game. Koeman doesn't seem to make changes until he is forced into them... which is only a slight improvement over Bobcat.

We havent fielded the same team in the 8 games we have played mate.

 

[Brisan123]

Horrendous example really, seeing as they didn't have a bad start.

They'd only dropped 8 points by the halfway stage of the season, we'll have to go on a 15 game winning streak starting sunday if we want to match that.

But they had dropped 8 points by the end of Sept IIRC
Draw at Swansea and the lost to the RS and Arsenal in quick succession
Conte changed to 3 at the back after that.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

We havent fielded the same team in the 8 games we have played mate.

Yet they all feature the same mistakes. The only exception being Hadjuk Split (game 1)... We got away with it at City because of DCL

 

[Abraders]

People make me laugh when they say we didn't get a centre forward.

We got one who got 15 goals in La Liga last season.

What they actually mean when they say that is, he didn't cost enough money to satisfy their requirements. If there was no clause and we didn't get him so cheap, this really would not be an issue.

If we bought him on deadline day for 30m I still wouldn't have been excited.

Why?

Because he's a young lad with barely one years worth of top flight experience to his name in a completely different league.

And he's not a target man.

Ironically he would have been perfect to play off from Lukaku last season, with Enner as another option.

Got high hopes for Sandro, he's just not our target *man.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

If we bought him on deadline day for 30m I still wouldn't have been excited.

Why?

Because he's a young lad with barely one years worth of top flight experience to his name in a completely different league.

And he's not a target man.

Ironically he would have been perfect to play off from Lukaku last season, with Enner as another option.

Got high hopes for Sandro, he's just not our target *man.

With the way we have used him so far under Koeman, you would think he is. Hoofball to Sandro