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    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    Ha, you beat me to it. Sorry, it took me a bit longer to answer, not out of apathy, but because - as usual - there's a lot to take in from your post and I happen to be more busy than I'd like with some boring, administrative stuff. Back to our original point, I believe we're seeing the same...
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    Igor the Departed

    Up until 15 years ago, I would have agreed with you, but football has become a game of patterns and systems, with little room left for improvising. Old-school managers like Clough, Ferguson or Keegan would have no place in today's football, unfortunately. To be successful as a manager, you no...
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    Igor the Departed

    Yeah but that implies a lot of other things that no manager would be willing to do. Despite what Redknapp used to say, sending the lads out there to kick a ball isn't enough. You have a whole coaching set up with exercices designed to create patterns of play. Changing your system basically...
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    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    I didn't feel like answering earlier, for obvious reasons. For me, Everton away sent an awful message and that's when, personally, I gave up on Postecoglou. We were all over the place and it looked like the players had no idea at all what they were supposed to be doing. And yet, absolutely...
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    Interim manager thread 2.0

    It would be pathetic but he might be the only guy who maybe would get something out of that sorry squad.
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    Igor the Departed

    I don't watch Serie A anymore but I think playing 3 at the back is more common there (and that's where he's been working most of his managerial career). It's no secret how he sets up his teams so whoever appointed him made a huge mistake - again. Unless Tudor lied to his face during the...
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    Igor the Departed

    They're supposed to swap positions a lot - although they haven't been able to do that at all. The reasoning behind that is, in Tudor's set up, you want your RCB and LCB to move up the pitch and either pass the ball into a dangerous position, create an overload or swap position with the guy on...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    It's more than that, I'm afraid: I think they've been instructed to swap positions in order to make it more difficult for the opposition to mark them, but they haven't taken that in at all. They move slowly and mechanically. At times, you'd think they were on the training pitch. If they're not...
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    Interim manager thread 2.0

    One thing I noticed last night and that nobody will be able to solve at this point of the season is the huge fitness issues. Our players look slower, even VDV gets beaten for pace these days, when he used to be able to make up for his average positioning. I'm afraid that will be the last nail in...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    I'm sad more than anything else. Just when it felt like we had finally turned a corner, we blew it - again. So many things have gone wrong this season that the head says it can only end one way, but the heart still hopes for a miracle. It feels like one of these car crashes you see coming a...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    I've read about it and it seems the club did make an official complaint I think. It's absolutely outrageous if you want my opinion, and a very poor move considering some of the... inconsistent refereeing decisions this season. As for Vicario, I'd say it's always the last straw that breaks the...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    If Vicario's confidence is shot (between our fans, the fact that he wants to go back to Serie A and the PL official accoung mocking him, it's not impossible), anybody's a better choice and maybe it will be jolt the rest of them need. It looks like a desperate move and if we lose, it could...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    Dropping Vicario would be a bold move but maybe that's the kick up the backside the others need.
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    What was the trigger in our downward trend?

    If you look at the broader picture, it certainly is the decision to freeze the squad and stop buying players, but we had plenty of chances to make up for that over the past years. If that's the perspective you want to take, I think our obsession with signing younger players with a good resale...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    I'll never stop believe we can dig ourselves out of that hole of our own making but there are, in my opinion, two massive differences between now and 1993 or 1998 (I was so certain we were going down that year). First, even in 93, we had quality players in the squad - players like Anderton...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    Tonight's results haven't been kind to us. It's a shame but a win tomorrow could still completely change our momentum.
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    Igor the Departed

    Only guy I'd swap for Tudor is Postecoglou (that's how desperate the situation is for me).
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    Richarlison isn't a great player by any means, but he looks like the kind of guy who wears his heart on his sleeve and you can see he cares about our current predicament. I've reached the point where the club's situation is bugging me all day and if we are to go down, I'd rather it were with...
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    OMT Badgers vs Eagles

    Unlikely as it may seem, a win could put us 7 points clear of Wet Spam and would be a huge step towards safety. It won't be pretty but on current form, Palace aren't much better than some of the teams we beat in the Champions League.
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    Remember that penalty against Bentancur...

    I'm very surprised that you, of all people, would agree to that... unless this is another case of undetected sarcasm.
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