13 Sep 2015 16:28:09
Guys I will repeat myself here and say that I don't want RD sacked but I feel he is not up to the task. All the evidence supports this SO FAR.I seriously hope he can turn it round but the football I watching is not good to watch.
This is only my opinion mind you and you can make your own I sure, but I wish the excuses would stop.
No 1 Excuse : Blame the board ie not been backed, did the previous manager not have this problem. Yet it seems they were Lennons signings then but now it seems its the boards fault for signings.
No 2 excuse: Blame John Park,yet again JP was at the helm with the previous manager, see above for fault of signing bad players etc.
No 3 excuse: He needs time to get a settled team etc.It doesn't look like he wants 1 because as soon as we have 1 he changes it.
No 4 excuse:He is trying to revolutionise our club, WHY? we were winning the league by a country mile before he came in and getting to CL and last 16.Now I all for change if its for the better but not for change sake.
My biggest fear is it takes us years to get to winning the league by 30 points and to get into the CL.
EXACTLY where we were in the 1st place so what's the point of it.
Agreed sometimes you need to take a step back to go forward sometimes. But not at the cost of going on 40 m (CL money).
Also did anyone seriously think when we got in CL and last 16 that we could go any further? Not me that was us peaking and unless some serious money was spent there was no chance and we don't have serious money.
Jeez we even had a better record in the CL than Man City at the time and they spent hundreds of millions.
13 Sep 2015 17:41:42
When you say excuse they're more like reasons mate.
I said there were qualities of Lennon's managerial style we'd miss. If anything that bit fight and grit. And i've said the more i've warmed to RD the more I think he'd benefit us with more of a back seat role perhaps? I certainly think he should be kept on to some capacity. Definitely not sacked at this stage.
Tactically he has made some blunders. I'll not sit here and pretend everything is going well just now. Again repeating myself but do you pick players for a system or a system for players? He's stuck a bit in no mans land at the moment and not just the Malmo and Aberdeen games but there has been countless efforts to get the ball up to the striker as quick as possible. Humping the ball up to LG is hopeless it really is. RD needs to strike a balance or come up with a plan B. Even his former coach was saying last week he was surprised we didn't keep the ball but instead just lobbed it forward.
REASON no.1: Blame the board. Yes. Entirely. Lennon had players forced on him too you know. This window the board put NOTHING into the side. After fees and wages we've made/trimmed 12-13m this summer. The figures released showing a loss don't include the Virgil money btw.
REASON no.2: Blame John Park. Again yes. For every good signing there's a few duds. Just as there was under Lennon.
REASON no.3: The settled team thing. He's been FORCED to make changes with sales, form, injuries etc. He said we'd use a squad, it seemed like he said that out of choice. Well he needs to now. Be a bit more ruthless and drop a few for a bit.
REASON no.4: Revolutionise the club. Why not? We were well behind the times in a few areas and even before RD came in we weren't exactly CL regulars. Not qualifying this year is a blow of course but I genuinely think that with the right investment, on the right players, with the right back room staff or tactical input, with a pinch of time and a dusting of patience we can be CL regulars.
13 Sep 2015 18:11:21
Jim Tim and Rayman. You list a load of mistakes he is making and reasons why he is failing but say I don't want him sacked! Well hell mend you. If you are willing to watch him dismantled this club then crack on. not for me. Can't think of any any any reason to keep him.
13 Sep 2015 18:54:20
Jim exactlty my point just before RD we WERE CL regulars. If its not broken!!
13 Sep 2015 19:06:03
Who would you bring in johnny and why? Would you like to keep Deila in any capacity?
13 Sep 2015 19:37:04
OK rayman so NL got us there twice but how long did it take him?
13 Sep 2015 21:02:32
It's not about how long it took our last manager he's history it's about how long it's likely to take Ronny? Maribor and Malmö was as easy as you could get for final qualifiers.
13 Sep 2015 21:40:28
No. 3 The settled team thing,but Ronnie was doing this last season as well,the team would play well one week then he'd change something about for the next week,for no reason it seemed than he likes to change the team about,why did'nt he play Simunovic against Aberdeen,if he's going to play him against Ajax,at least he'd a game to get to know his teammates strenghs and weakness'ss,or if he's not going to play him,why has he been bought,same with Allan,the team lacks creativity ,why's he not getting a game
13 Sep 2015 21:44:35
It's about people calling for a mans head that hasn't been given as much of a chance as others. It's about calling for a managers head after how many games of the season? How have we started this season compared to last? We're not a CL club because we refuse to operate like one.
13 Sep 2015 22:55:08
@JImTim we are not a CL club because we cudnt beat Maribor and malmo simple as, no matter how we operate.
We would have bitten the hand off for those 2 teams 2 qualify, don't u think?