But even when we play defensively we lose...and it was not what Bruno ball was supposed to be about. Our play is slow, turgid and boring and like Nunos last 6 months, the manager seems incapable of changing it.
Completely agree, but we've played the Champions before whether it be Liverpool or Man City and not looked as hopeless.
They may be and we could/would have lost regardless but the set up and lack of effort and ideas is what is signing Bruno’s death knell. Last year we lost 1-0 at the Etihad due to a dubious penalty and being down to 10 men for 45 minutes. But there was effort in the performance, it may not have been pretty but it wasn’t apathetic. When players are apathetic it’s because they’re not being motivated by the manager/coach.
Yes maybe so and he won't get forever but deserves the chance to find out with his new signings
It was slow and turgid under Nuno but he still had the players on side. The was still effort there.
But we was 1-0 behind in less than a minute and had 10 men. If Guedes is more clinical with his chance then who knows but our problems stem from goal scorers in the squad
Most managers would have taken off podence and put a centre half on. Maybe he would aswell if we was winning. He kept the extra attacker on as we was losing we carved out a good chance for Guedes but lack of a clinical edge might have given us more belief
My bad I didn’t realise you aren’t allowed to shoot if you’ve only got 10 men on.
Yeah we can't score but there's no work rate there off the ball. We rarely bomb forward and overload the opposition. We stand off and let the opposition dictate play on our own patch.
Can you give any info on the other two sources or how reliable they are?
Stokesy, Root, Baz Macullum, all like to attack and take the initiative. Its their game and it breeds positivity. Look at the great Aussie side of the 2000s. Ponting, Warney, Gilchrist , Mcgrath, Brett Lee, all aggressive characters and attitudes....winners . We don't have that ...we have trigger. A damp squib! He couldn't inspire a 3 toed sloth tbh.
Those are some salty tears
If Guardiola were in charge we'd be much closer the top of the league than we are now.
We're playing with a back 4 higher line trying to play possession football it's a different system with inverted wingers that relys on a presence in the box playing balls into an 1 2s and getting shots off
There pretty reliable. If they say that we are considering options, I assume the board are considering options.
Of course as it means our team hasn't been successful
No wonder, Bruno’s coaching staff appears to be a bloke with a spreadsheet and a joker who should be running a pub in Wales somewhere. Hardly Premier League is it, Shrewsbury probably have a better set up.
Well that would be nice to see how good these top class managers actually are when they don't have the best players for every position
I am well aware of that, you can have more than one player in the box at one time though.
Stever mentioned sasa coming in before it happened. He seems itk when you look at his post history.
I wish I'd kept quiet now and let you all get on with slagging off our team
Oh absolutely, he clearly has a handle on what's going on at the club. He knew about Coady too.
Watch the highlights of the spurs game and see how many we had in the box. That's what we have to aspire to
Do what you think is best to get them playing better
What 45 bright minutes out of a possible 1,350?
It’s never too late to start
Yes maybe and he won't get forever to make it happen but I didn't see him shouting at players to get back or what you doing up there. The players have to also make things happen aswell
The players right here and right now should be performing better even withstanding the main striker issue.
Just like Leicester, the players are more than responsible but who will pay for it?
Fwiw I think you've been a good sport. Wrong but a good sport nonetheless
Give him till Christmas and we might see a different teamFwiw I think you've been a good sport. Wrong but a good sport nonetheless
Give him til Xmas, but the season pauses in early November?
This is why I think he needs to go - it's not a couple of games, it's a long term trend, continuing from last season. It's not just that we haven't got a great striker and we're missing loads of chances, it's the whole set-up, we just don't create anything. None of the players seem to know what they're meant to do going forwards. Bruno had a whole preseason to establish a way of playing, even if not with a settled 1st 11. I fear we'll go down if we stick with the status quo (with Forest and Bournemouth), even if Costa gets up to speed (what's he going to do if we never get the ball anywhere near him - could be just like when we had Willian Jose and gave him zero service in the box).
Also, Newcastle are going through a similar problem to us. They are trying to transition from a counter-attacking side, to a more dominant style. And it isn't working all that well, similar to us. Though they've only had a few weeks of it. We've had since the start of last season and are getting worse. Can well see Howe being moved on at Newcastle for similar reasons to Lage with us. OK as somebody to tread water. But not good enough to manage 100 millions of pounds worth of talent.This is the problem the new man has to assess his squad and draw up a transfer plan then the new signings if he gets any have to settle buy a house etc that could cause more problems than we have already and in my view only worth risking when we realise the team is going nowhere left as it is
