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hell of a formation

PD is better in every area for me.

Well, at the end of the day, I'd rather he walk if he's truly unable to do this job versus sticking around like a bad smell like Pardew and Carver.

Well, now that he's getting a ton of flack by the press/media etc right now - he's got a job to do - a home cup match in which we need to go out there and win by 3-4 goals. He then has to go away to City and put in a battling performance - players need to look like they give a fuck. Then he's got a home match after that versus Chelsea. Big few weeks.

Shearer, Speed, Barton, Nolan, Harper and Bellamy type players are dieing breed it seems these days it seems. Obviously quality and personalities.

In my opinion a football man (from a coach) is someone who's worked himself through the game, good on the training pitch, good with with youth development, had some football career before this, sort of lives and breaths the game. It's on odd phrase, I know... I'd correct myself here and say I think the job is too big for him in that there is more wrong internally than I think anyone realizes, it's a club culture that's been watered down and boiled to nothing. He's got supposed rotten eggs, no leadership, players whose youthful exuberance or individuality been coached out of them, confidence is either sky high or rock bottom,...i think it needs to be said more, but the DEVELOPMENT of these players who have been signed over the past few years has been next to nothing; players don't get better or improve, they just get worse. Stagnation, lack of ambition from the boardroom, a prior coaching team who couldn't develop talent, who had a defeatist style mentality etc - that's all been stuck in these guys' minds for far too long IMO.

Why? Playing abroad for the first time in his career. Six league games in and you're about to write him off? No wonder your posts are laughable most of the time. Because maybe he watched him for Marseille and saw why the Marseille fans were delighted to see him leave. You complain about other posters but you come in here and think you know everything. I've followed his career since he was linked with us originally and have watched him - he's a great player who looks a bit deer in headlights right now. He's had ups and down for sure, but when a man like Bielsa praises him and such I respect that. It's madness to write any player off this early unless said player is having mares beyond belief - he dominated a s*** league cup game, he's created a few things here and there, then not on others, played some awful set pieces followed by some decent, and has been attempting to be very creative. He'll learn.

He needs to get Siem De Jong out there from the start for 1 thing. He needs to have Perez and Thauvin out wide for another. He needs his central midfield to probably be Gini/Sissoko. And he probably needs the full backs to provide minimal up the pitch attacking support.

I'm in two minds here: 1) I want to like him, I think he seems like a real good honest football man who is likely a very good coach. Seems to know the game very well. I think he's trying to implement a good plan and system but he hasn't got the idea on how to FIT the players into that. He's bottled some big decisions and I'm a bit lost on his team selections still. Although we were losing 2-0, and people may say he was "hiding" in his technical area, if you caught it on TV, he was literally with Cathro scribbling away at his giant clipboard and assuming at face value here, was trying to conjure up something. He's trying, he may be failing, and he may ultimately fail, but he's trying. 2) We still look crap, we still haven't scored, we take a step or 2 forward we take 2-3 steps back in terms of results or performances. I've not a clue how he's going to solve this team selection thing - my gung-ho formations are likely not ever going to work in reality. I still think he needs 5 players minimum; anyone will. We are horribly unbalanced side and we lack a strong spine in our team. I believe he will ultimately not meet our expectations (which are low, I think), and I was never for him - I was only for him when it was official and I had to back him My overall bold call here is that the job's maybe far too big for him and he'll walk or get sacked sooner than people realize. I hope I'm wrong and he turns it around b/c like always for me, just want to enjoy my club again.

the fuck happened these last 2 pages.

While we were bad in the first, we were worse under Carver and Pardew. Anyway I'm struggling to see where this team goes but I'm going to try and remain optimistic that we'll have an ah-ha moment and turn it around.

He showed a ton and was bypassed.

He's a good player, people need to chill the fuck out.

He'll get better, people just need to realize he's never going to be beating people for fun like Hatem. Nobody will.

Unfortunate to have have to bring him up here. Thauvin didn't do too bad today but wasn't good either. He ran himself ragged though, which was nice. But days like today make you realise just how easy it was for Ben Arfa to find and make space for himself. im with this.

We need to fix the left side Immediately. Whether Aarons at LB, Aarons at LW or something. January 1 we need to sign Jetro and get him in there.

He needs to re-think the formation, and he needs to get working on getting more signings in January, like immediately. He needs to re-think the midfield 2 and should be kicking himself for letting Abeid go.

Weird post Shayno

I'd play Aarons at left back before Haidara.

He needs to get on the ball more, and needs to get on ball early in the game.

Might as well play Aarons at left back until PD is back and till January. Need to sign a fucking left back man.

"Loved that Sammy winner against Moar-camby, man" "................................................................................"

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Ian Woff is good peoples. Nothing beats my pronunciation of Morcambe as Moar-camby

Yeah, I imagine he'll get a move to another club, but we know the mad bastard may fall in love and never want to go anywhere.