SuperGran
Off with her head!
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Has Michael Beale turned the Liverpool job down yet?
He'll want to know the ambitions of the club. He's got a little bit of a reputation to protect now.GON sounds to me as if he's waiting for the options to appear at the end of the season.
Has Michael Beale turned the Liverpool job down yet?
Waiting for the Real Madrid job.Has Michael Beale turned the Liverpool job down yet?
I mean I sort of agree but I'm not having 'he's nowhere near West Ham level' when he's already at Wolves! Sure as hell isn't at top 4 levels though - yet.Palace appointed a Europa League winner in Glasner.
Bournemouth got the coach that everyone in Spain was raving about in Iraola.
We got a Europa League winner/ex-Real Madrid boss in Lopetegui.
I don't think people appreciate just how attractive these jobs are to people. If O'Neil left us tomorrow, I wouldn't even be sure he'd get another PL job. (I mean, he probably would, but it's by no means a certainty, especially if Leeds/Leicester come up).
IMO he's nowhere near a West Ham level, never mind a Liverpool.
That doesn't mean he wouldn't do a good job if he was given a chance, but why pick someone with two decent years under their belt, when you can go out and get almost anyone?
Sweeper Keeper?!So looks like the next tactical masterclass will be playing Mario in goal
Wolves star admits he'd play as a goalkeeper if Gary O'Neil asked him to
Certainly got the players playing for him
The Bournemouth manager is a lot betterHe's having his ass handed to him here by the fella who replaced him. Ghastly stuff from GON this.
Not fickle at all if that’s aimed at meNo. We're just finding out who our more fickle fans are.
No proper striker until Fraser come on. Very clueless set up todayBacked GON plenty this season but that setup today was abysmal.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the bloke but has he been found out? We’ve been flat last few games
AgreedGot things wrong, learning as he goes, but I’m not ready to take anything away from the job he’s done this year
That’s fair. I’m the same at the moment but if we keep this up until the end of the season then I think it will tarnish things a bit.Got things wrong, learning as he goes, but I’m not ready to take anything away from the job he’s done this year
Kilman got an assist tonight.More a few players have been found out. For example Dawson makes the rest of the defence look much better. Kilman looks lost without Dawson experience alongside him.
Kilman got an assist tonight.
I don't agree with that on this occasion, this was dreadful in terms of our set up first half in particularNo. We're just finding out who our more fickle fans are.
Once you get over the frustration of VAR (which wasn’t wrong btw as annoying as it was), objectively look at the game.
GON started with Lemina in the middle of a back 5 to allow Ait Nouri to play higher, shifting Toti to LWB. We clearly would have trained and prepared for this. It catastrophically failed ruining both our midfield dynamic and defensive shape. We were all over the shop for 15mins until GON reverted everyone to normal positions. But by then, the momentum had gone and we couldn’t recover: we were nervous as hell, Bournemouth sniffed blood so went for us. The crowd see it and went flat & frustrated - this translates to the players. Players started whining at each other knocking confidence further. It was a perpetuating mess in the first half.
Frankly, GON’s experiment (or plan A for the game) failed and cost us the game. This one’s on him.
I've no questions about GON ability tactically and with regards to his manmanagement
But I'm starting to wonder about the other aspects around the team.
When he arrived a big deal was made of the increase in intensity in training sessions
It seemed a good idea at the time and we certainly for a long time looked a lot more intense and aggressive in games.
However now the players looks knackered and we're suffering from injuries.
I don't agree with that on this occasion, this was dreadful in terms of our set up first half in particular