10 Dec 2016 01:46:56
Theres no denying the vast change from the last few years in this squad.
It is mostly down to the structure the manager has brought in and its one they players have bought into.
Is this just down to it being a big name manager? one the players automatically respected more?
Were the ideals that Deila was trying to imliment in th e squad so different? for me there were 3 main reasons.
1. Ronny not having as clear an approach on the training ground that the players could understand.
2. A greater sense of the season being a foregone conclusion.
3. John Collins.
10 Dec 2016 14:09:38
I have no doubt that RD was hampered and hindered because of his inexperience and naivety by senior players and maybe even his 'appointed' coaching staff.
His theory and philosophy seemed ideal, but not all players were either willing or able to take it onto the pitch.
In BR we have a much stronger, forceful character who has experience and nous to back it up and put ideas and strategies into practice - before and during games.
RD was often caught out during games, where he and his management team had no plan B or tactical resolve.
10 Dec 2016 15:49:39
I think the big difference between Rodgers and Deila is that Rodgers has a tactical knowledge that Ronny didn't have.
It always looked to me with Ronny that somehow if you were fitter than the opposition then everything else would take care of itself, the problem with that is that when we ran into teams that were as fit as we were, Ronny didn't know what to do.
Fitness is a given in the modern game, every team is fit.
Ronny's problem was that he could only win games against domestic opposition who we could beat whatever the tactics, whenever we faced a team who stood up to us, or employed tactics different to what we expected, he didn't have a clue what to do.
I think we won the league these last 2 years despite Ronny, and not because of him, we were on a downward spiral, that's why Sevco were so confident going into this season.
Thankfully we now have a manager who seems to know what he's doing.
10 Dec 2016 19:39:15
Despite R D trying his best to get the results we all want, R D is regarded by a small number as a total failure . Brendan is implementing many of R D ideas .
Some people are hard to please, I read one person thinking we won back to back
Spls despite R D . That is plain stupid and it shows a complete lack of knowledge or understanding of the role of manager and keeping the squad together and working together for a common goal .
Imagine for example how Commons would behave with a completely weak manager.
10 Dec 2016 22:35:21
Old Bhoy, Ronny was a failure as a manager, he left us in a far poorer state than when he started.
If he was any use as a manager I'm sure that he would have found a job with a decent European team. It seems like none of the top European clubs seemed impressed with the job he did here, they surely can't all be wrong.