Getting Ostersunds from barely National League South level to barely Div 1 level and one season at newly relegated Swansea, where he successfully steered them to 10th position, playing pretty football. Lets be honest folks, it was a total gamble. No real experience, no pedigree. Someone heard a...
Slow possession based football that is easy to defend against. Same tempo, no variance. A one trick pony that has been found out. The Emperor's new clothes!!
1) Good positional sense
2) Good, instinctive finisher.
3) Good in the air.
4) Strong defensively
5) Won lots of free kicks in the last third
6) Held the ball up well
7) Scored over 100 goals for us.
8) Clever and experienced
Enough to be going on with?
We have at least three players coveted by top clubs. We bemoan the lack of firepower but the manager allowed three strikers to leave the club. We play pretty but harmless football. WE HAVE WON ONE HOME GAME IN A YEAR AND TWO GAMES OUT OF SIXTEEN THIS SEASON. Every single stat is down on the...
Wrong.. wrong...wrong....we have a squad perfectly capable of staying up. We have players coveted by big teams. The only thing we don't have is a manager who can readjust and simplify things. He appears confused and is now reactive rather than proactive. Tonights line up was a complete gamble...
Its down to the manager. He should have made changes at HT. He allowed Arsenal to raise their tempo. Anyone could see a goal was coming except Potter. Only reacted when they scored. Game had gone. Feeble management.
He failed to react at HT. He allowed a moderate Arsenal to raise their game with no response. Anyone with a nous of football knowledge could see it. Not Potter. He got away with it first half.playing with no strikers. Bring on two strikers at start of half..take the game to a side on the back...
I keep hearing that he picks a side for each opposition. On the basis that he has got it right about 13% of the time, then ' tactical ' and ' genius ' really don't apply.
We aren't good enough to do that!!!
Every game should be played on its merit. Players in other clubs are playing three games in 6/7 games. Why can't ours? This genius is already writing our death note this season by either trying to be too clever or just not having a clue. I'll let you decide.
This is just plain madness. Six changes!!! I am losing faith in this man by the day. No striker starting ( guess what...we will be two down before one comes on ) Propper straight in against a quick counter attacking side. Desperately hope to be proved wrong but if we get anything out of this, I...
Has it? I hadn't really noticed. I suppose one could claim Dunk's goal but that was a touch fortunate. He was holding down one player and got an ' assist ' from another, which fell kindly to him. Let alone the debates about whether it was technically handball or not.
The delivery from March and Trossard is not good enough. Neither is good at set pieces. Its rarely delivered with the right pace or accuracy, which means the attackers are often feeding off scraps. So saying, neither Dunk nor Webster are that skilled at timing runs and losing markers unlike a...