It makes sense he thinks he can be successful. If he didn’t or doesn’t this could signal the end of his top flight career. He’s pushed for his whole back room staff, Sellars ti be shown the door and U suspect a rescue war chest for January.
Winning at Everton would get everyone going, however it really won’t matter in the scheme of things, we could play well and lose, for me it’s about seeing some fight, all over the pitch, the players must show they are on board.
The chorus could catch oon but that’s it
Win against gills win v everton, then when manure comes fans will be so up for it and its around xmas that i think we could force a result
I don't think it's essential in the slightest
8 wins
And what defeats?
whatever 7 games not mentioned. That allows for 7 defeats So city Chelsea, Liverpool Arsenal Man u Plus 2.
Always needed to be two.
Missed out Bournemouth?
Chorus definitely could catch on, rest of it is a no
I've read this article before - it's striking to how similar this style is to what Bruno tried to install. It will be interesting to see if JL sticks with this style and just gets the team to play better or if he alters the system to play to our current players' strengths. I worry about our players' ability to maintain the intensity that JL demands in this system so hopefully those fitness coaches can get us there quickly...
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Thanks for posting that. Interesting stuff. If we play half as well as he talks we're in for one hell of a rideLopetegui: “La Selección había conseguido ilusionar a todo el país”
El técnico pasó por los micrófonos de El Larguero este miércoles para analizar el papel de España en el Mundial de Qatar y su aterrizaje en la Premier.
Surprisingly open about Cunha and Felipe. I'd be surprised if these aren't a lot further along than he's suggestingLopetegui: “La Selección había conseguido ilusionar a todo el país”
El técnico pasó por los micrófonos de El Larguero este miércoles para analizar el papel de España en el Mundial de Qatar y su aterrizaje en la Premier.
Well as we all thought they had no respect for Bruno or his team. Very much the we had a supply teacher in and messed around and now we can’t.
I've been thinking the same. How do you get the same players winning games playing the same system & formation?
Did you get it?
... Cue a five goal drubbing by, Gillingham.
Imagine this forum if that happened? hahahahahaha
I keep thinking this… imagine it being 0-0 at half time… “bloody hell, come back Bruno…”
In fairness I think all of that is true. Started brilliantly. He just did everyone's head in and lost the dressing room. Hindsight the science of fools.
Yes, but according to popular concensus he'd already lost the dressing room and Coady in particular by August 22 when that quote was given.
My mistake I thought the quote was from the start of Bruno's first preseason.
Lopetegui: "It is a cliché that Spain is not vertical, when I arrived they already asked me"
The former Spanish coach faces a new challenge in the Premier with Wolverhampton. "Soccer is the only sport in which someone infinitely inferior can beat you," he tells Relevo.
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Lopetegui applauds the Wolverhampton fans. REUTERS
Lorraine Gonzalez
December 11, 2022, 10:09 p.m.
Julen Lopetegui (Asteasu, Guipúzcoa, 08/28/1966) attends Relay while preparing a mini preseason in Marbella with his new team, Wolverhampton . With his premiere in the Premier, he says he is not very aware of what is happening in Qatar. Although he is not surprised by the equality that is being seen in the World Cup, something that he believes has "simply consolidated".
He does not consider that Spain is not adapting to the new demands of football , he puts footballers ahead of any style and trusts Luis de la Fuente as the new coach because "he has had all the players in his hands"tag. And the Basque exporter is clear: "Penalties are not a lottery, but the execution depends on how the pressure is handled."
Didn't you feel like being calm after your departure from Sevilla?
We had planned to enjoy the World Cup in a different way, take a breather, reset, but after a month, things changed personally and professionally. They convinced us to get on a project and, despite knowing the difficulty and the place in which Wolverhampton was, we came with great enthusiasm because we believe that we are going to achieve it.
What did you see in the Wolves, considering that they are last in the standings?
First, a lot of conviction in us. And then the structure that must be generated in a club. In addition to economic availability to help in the winter market. Those three legs have coincided. Also the knowledge of people inside. We really wanted to start an experience in England, although we had already had the opportunity to jump on the Premier bandwagon many times.
Did he end up very worn out from Seville?
Football is very intense and in the final stretch of the journey in Seville there was even more that intensity. It is part of soccer. We were practically at the beginning of the season, there was no wear and tear at the end. They have been three extraordinary years, historic heights have been achieved, one of those that had never been achieved before. We are left with the positive part, which was 95% of what we experienced in Seville. I am very grateful to Monchi, who was the one who took me and for whom I only have words of affection.
"We are left with the positive part, which was 95% of what we experienced in Seville.
With your latest experiences, do you think that the emotional management of the players is almost more important than the merely football?
The job of a coach is very complex and complicated, it has many legs of the same bench, many edges. There is a lot of emotional management, especially with young people subjected to pressure from the media and different from that of people their age. Each time the teams work better, with highly trained people, and in football there have been no distances between teams for a long time. There is a lot of equality.
Is that equality what we are seeing in the World Cup?
It's been like this for years, it seems we're surprised. Every time everything is more consolidated and prepared, all the countries, teams, coaches, physical trainers. There is less and less time and distance.
What has Spain lacked in Qatar?
I haven't seen all the matches, not even the one between Morocco and Spain, but they have tried what they believe and they have done it brilliantly in recent years. I can tell you about many games where the top teams have been left out. Soccer is the only sport in which being infinitely inferior, you can win. In a World Cup it has even more value, because in a league, the 38 games will put you in your place. Spain had a great team and coach, but they were not able to score a goal against Morocco and lost on penalties. It has happened to many teams.
Lopetegui comments on Spain's role in the World Cup.
Is Spain adapting to that verticality or the physique that we are seeing in other teams?
It can be a topic. Spain has been vertical, it was against Costa Rica and in many other matches. When I arrived they already asked me about the same thing. Their footballers play in teams that are vertical. In Spanish football there are 55 different styles, it is very general to talk about the style of Spain. The game is very universalized and there are few new features. In England and Germany there is more economic capacity and the best are signed, that conditions a lot. There have been years in which the Spanish have led in European competitions, and that will happen again.
For Lopetegui, style can be a cliché.
Which is more important: style or players?
The players set the style, they are the protagonists of the game and from there they interpret it as the coach tries to convey to them. The footballers are the most important thing, then you have to order them. The system is not definitive, but rather the style. Flair is what a team does when it loses the ball. When they have it, if they defend with a line of five or four, if at that moment they are more vertical with the risk of losing and suffering more cons, there are others who keep the ball until they find the optimal moment to play, they have fewer losses, but they stress the opponent less defensively. It depends on which players, you can have one style or another.
After the last batches that we are seeing in the World Cup, are penalties a lottery?
The lottery is simply when a ball comes out and it's your turn. You have to execute the penalties well, they can be trained in the beating, but not the moments of those executions. That is to say, it is not the same to take the fourth penalty in a friendly than in a World Cup. What counts is how it affects the pressure. That depends on the execution.
Do you still ponder the emotional aspect of the technique of taking a penalty?
The goalkeeper must have knowledge of the pitchers, but then there are many factors. There are some players who enjoy that pressure, who are getting closer to the penalty spot and are thinking "this is my moment". For others, it is a torment. The goalkeeper has less responsibility because if you miss nothing happens, but if you save it, you are a hero.
What conclusions are you drawing from this World Cup?
It's just that I'm so focused on the Wolves that I look at the World Cup out of the corner of my eye. I have not seen a complete game, only moments. But the consolidation of a reality of recent years: equality. All the teams go with good footballers, but each time with better physique, and that is not a matter of size.
Is it more natural for the Under-21 coach to take charge of the Absolute, as it was also in your case?
I had already been at Porto for two years, but Luis de la Fuente is highly prepared, he has been there for many years and knows the lower categories perfectly. Most of the players have passed through his hands. It is true that, having been on both sides, you realize what it is like to live with such short competitions, those who have not been there do not know about that specificity, and Luis knows it. Although the Under-21 of the Absolute changes a lot due to the repercussion. The footballers are already established, they are at another moment in their career, etc.
"Luis de la Fuente is very prepared".
Is it easier to be a coach than a coach of a club?
It has nothing to do with rhythm, contrary to what I speak with many coaches. In the end it depends on how you take the profession. The question is that as a coach you have very few intervention windows, and you must be able to do it in an outstanding way. It is something very specific. For example, I have two months to work on a three-day competition.
I ask you for three proper names to join the Wolves: Felipe, Cunha and I add that of Isco, who has recognized that he went to Sevilla for you.
All three are excellent, if any of them join, I will be happy to answer you.
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Brilliant interview. And isco???Lopetegui: «Es un tópico que España no sea vertical, cuando llegué ya me lo preguntaban»
El exseleccionador español, que afronta nuevo reto en la Premier con el Wolverhampton, habla con Relevo.
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