BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
Gaaaaah I forgot about Lamela in that summing up of our players who should thrive under Poch. He'd surely have a big chance to do well.
Season is over, optimism has returned. The clouds have lifted. I always liked AVB, I wasn't so against Sherwood but can see he wasn't the right man for the club. I'm kind of back on the Levy train again although I think he has done very well to dodge the questioning on appointing AVB (which most people are willing to give a pass on, but whatever).
But from the candidates out there I think Poch would be really good for us. Don't know enough about FDB and Benitez I don't think is the right strategic choice. Poch ticks a lot of boxes.
Even if it was or it wasnt, i still think its a bit baseless and a tad condescending to those that dont want what they may construe to be a fancy foreign name for the sake of it
cause lets face it...your on one side of the fence for this kind of topic and i think i fall on the other side...i think once people are faced with continental possibilities then they dream of something exotic, overly complicated that goes beyond their grasp and manifests into beautiful / technical football,
there is something about it that sounds elitist and holier than thou and sort of assumes the average english fan is not up to the current times etc that i dont like
and quite frankly , Jol aside..i havent been too impressed with continental options that have not cut their teeth in this league before hand....system in their right coat pocket or not
Gaaaaah I forgot about Lamela in that summing up of our players who should thrive under Poch. He'd surely have a big chance to do well.
is it a plus or a minus that he uses the big squad or stick with his best 11 week in week out?
I don't think I'm on one side of the fence at all. I just want a talented, intelligent manager that understands the modern game.
If there were any English ones of them around I'd be as happy with them as I would a foreign one. The vast majority of football chairmen seem to agree with my conclusion that there aren't any English ones around.
The average English fan isn't up to the current times. The average English fan is struggling to get to a triple digit IQ. That is changing, and we're better at Spurs than most, but it's changing slowly.
I haven't been at all impressed with English managers. All that shows is that the vast majority of managers fail. And that being English is far less important than being good at your job.
Pochs saints team also tailed off 2nd half of season much like under harrys tenure - his style of football will cause team to tire and we will probably end up missing top 4 again. Also - pochs saints team have been awful in the cup games and his suffered a few mini-bashings from the top sides too. Im just not fully sold on yet...
No manager has stayed longer than 4 seasons under Levy. How can we have stability if our Chairman keeps wielding his axe and not giving them time to put things right. I question Levy's decision to let AVB go to be frank. He wasn't as bad as some of us are making him out to be. AVB is 3rd in the top 20 managers of the club's history with a 55% win record with Frank Brettell and Arthur Turner coming 1st and 2nd respectively.
Even if it was or it wasnt, i still think its a bit baseless and a tad condescending to those that dont want what they may construe to be a fancy foreign name for the sake of it
cause lets face it...your on one side of the fence for this kind of topic and i think i fall on the other side...i think once people are faced with continental possibilities then they dream of something exotic, overly complicated that goes beyond their grasp and manifests into beautiful / technical football,
there is something about it that sounds elitist and holier than thou and sort of assumes the average english fan is not up to the current times etc that i dont like
and quite frankly , Jol aside..i havent been too impressed with continental options that have not cut their teeth in this league before hand....system in their right coat pocket or not
is it a plus or a minus that he uses the big squad or stick with his best 11 week in week out?
As a manager you should have the qualities to see what energy level every players is at - week in, week out. Of course you know what 11 you would prefer in most of the matches, but you have to use more than 12-13 during a long season with three domestic competitions, Europe, a lot of players playing for their countries. Then you make your decision based on what you see and what your players tell you. I'm not a fan of rotation just for the sake of it, but to change 2-4 players when matches comes up thick and fast, is essential imo.
the more I think about it the more I don't care, I have no faith in Enic providing the right tools for the job, I think we're ****ed
I think the only thing people can say is a legitimate similarity is that they will both be 'system managers', and they will perceive as stubbornness the desire to make that system work (for the long term greater good) rather than making adjustments to placate a whole load of people in the boardroom/squad.
I think we really should all get on board with the system the next manager employs, as long as it is in some way fast paced and attacking so nobody can moan about it on that score. The alternative is what we've seen this season since December, which focussed purely on results but actually looked like an unstructured mess with no real plan.
the more I think about it the more I don't care, I have no faith in Enic providing the right tools for the job, I think we're ****ed
Well recently enough I had the privileged to watch the Ajax academy kids in action over a number of days. Very very impressive I have to say, and though I do accept this was not the senior team their system of play runs through the entire club. To describe it would take a while, andI'm probably not eloquent enough to do it justice but I guess the easy thing to say is that it's a variation on what you see Barca doing. In some ways it's this system that has swayed me to the FdB camp rather than the man himself. System is probably an over used word in the attempt to describe how a team plays. I prefer to break down what I see into repeated patterns that are triggered by certain events on the pitch. This to me is the sign of a well drilled team, and this team youth team was certainly well drilled but not to the point it stifled the individual talent on show either. After the laissez faire approach of Sherwood and the uber restrictive approach of AVB I'd take a bit of this now.
I'm not against Poch either BTW, just prefer FdB.