Surely that is the managers job to install some fight and passion. From what it looked on the sideline he didn’t give a fick, no subs at half time unlike Burnley game and then no subs till 80th minute. Surely he could have tried something although his hands were tied as he couldn’t really bring on young parrot and ndombele after throwing them under the bus !! The guy is a class a cunt see his post match interview he was smiling as shit and he still had the nerve to dog out nbombele!!
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We haven't.... We're just shit at it.
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Huh? My point was about NOT needing big money/big name signings and that RBL exemplified this - a good coach and competent, committed players. It was about scouting and getting players while they are on the way up and looking to prove something ie BEFORE they become big names and become self-satisfied.
The mention of Werner was because he would have been the only name most recognized before even playing them. And I'm on record as not being a fan of his and wouldn't drop 50 on him let alone 70. He's got his qualities but he's not the kind of player I like...especially at ST. I'd take Schick before I'd take Werner.
And he will do very well in a Klopp system. Wonder if FSG will cash in on Salah and replace him with Werner.
So that useless cunt of a midfielder we have cost more?
We needed him well Jose didn’t bring him on and could really without losing face he would look a right twat after slagging him off at the weekend. Was he really that bad on Saturday compared to the rest? Could he have helped today to hold the ball up and pass through the lines? Defo! But Jose couldn’t even give him a few minutes or anyone else tbh. His now got the perfect excuse if we lose on Sunday! His a right ****.
Backung you up mate
It's not just about scouting per se, signings per se, or budget per se.
Those clubs, RBL and Dortmund for example - they have DOF's that oversee a philosophy that runs through everything they do, so they recruit - Head Coach and players - to fit that philosophy - everything they do from the head coach, the academy coaching, to the recruitment, to the branding - is in harmony.
the Head Coaches aren't alway identical in the way they do things, but if the y don't fit the core philosophy or values of the brand/indentity then they won't even be considered, of course if they can't get the best out of the squad that's been assembled with the philosophy in mind - they move them on for someone who does - they don't chop and change the whole philosophy of the club for one manager to the next, which means changing your recruitment models and how everyone os coached, including academy to suit the new manager.
We need to get our fucking shit together. We need a DOF desperately, Levy needs to do his job, which he generally does extremely well, of running the business, but we need someone to oversee the implementation of a core philosophy and see that everything we do is in line with that philosophy. It needs to be - much like the likes of Dortmund and RBL - progressive, aggressive - something fans/punters in the stadium and globally can identify and buy into, even when it's not always successful, we need to be able to see "a plan" have an identity that drives us forward.
How much money you spend is less important than how cleverly you spend it and the coaching it gets. Look at RBL, their squad probably cost about a tenth of ours, but they've outplayed us. Ajax did the same last year with another cheaply assembled squad.
Upamecano looked good didn't he? Massive arrogance made him think that the game was his chance to up his signing on fee. Until Japhet stepped in anyway
Sit down big man.
Not going over this with you BC. Your post is filled with the same conjecture, opinion, and agenda it always has been on this topic. Sure, it's interspersed with good stuff about the DOF and whatever but it's still not coming from a place of complete objectivity. We have DL's own words from the THST meeting where he say nothing has changed and gave us the structure. And from back in the day the only thing that changed moving to Manager from Head Coach was a seat on the transfer committee where ultimately the final say is DANIEL LEVY - the man said so himself. So I'm gonna stay away from your interpretation. I'm able to derive one for myself based on the 'knowns' known. So let's let this lie and focus on the wonderful football we are seeing and leave the Poch recriminations (explicit, implicit, backhanded or otherwise) for others. We can agree that ultimately it was Poch's fault one way or another. The chubby bastard.
Now on to more exciting times. I'm just loving this Mou time. It's good stuff. Gotta love when a conventional wisdom plan comes together.
Uh what? Mitchell isn't responsible for most of those even if he is perhaps the top recruiter in the world. He only joined them 2 years ago.
Signed players like Cunha, Konate, Nkunku though
Now this is the shit I can get with.
edit: But to be clear, you are saying that we should get our shit together so we can spend less this summer and let Mou coach 'em up good to play that sexy soccerball stuff for which he is renown wiht the flowing passes, quick vertical strikes, and high pressing?
No need for the drama mate. What "era"?. It is universally agreed that its shit, but lets abide until next season. For me, there's simply no way we can compete atm with all the factors in play. Many people at fault, lots of finger pointing. Whatever.Between now and pre-season is just a dog fight.
Play with heart and see who the leaders are (and maybe more importantly who aren't)
Mukiele, Adams, Haidara as well no? And ultimately it all has been touched by Rangnick is one way or another in that organization.
But won't the final say always be the man the has to sign the cheque?
I mean, I don't think Levy ever had the final say in terms of which footballer - if they were both the same age, price, type etc - do you? That would have been Pochettino, no?
The trouble is the known knowns are pretty scant, so we are all scrabbling around for explanations, and even after 15 VAR replays it's still a bit down to interpretation. I am prepared to concede that, and that some of my theory may not be water tight.
Doubt it. I don't rate Werner above Salah from what I've seen. That said, they didn't do too bad out of the Coutinho deal (Ooh look at our net spend, aren't we great)
I don't think he's being dramatic. Most people would say that the CL final already bookended that particular era (isn't it clear that he means the era of the team that Poch and Kane took to its peak?). He's being generous by extending it this long.
The what is largely irrelevant. We already have that in our history yes?
The "manager" is not the dictator of philosophy. This lives within the club. The manager simply implements the idea, but it is the idea that abides.
Genuinely thought that we were ahead of the game when Commolli came in but one bad apple shouldn't rot the barrel.
I think we should make Mou the head academy coach.