2019/20 Carlo Ancelotti

[Abraders]

We played much better under Dunc (I think it's fair to give him credit for Burnley and Newcastle) The reason being that we were positive and got the ball forward quickly to in-form strikers.Unfortunately, an Italian manager (coming from the Italian League as well) will instinctively play a slow(boring ?) style--endless passing to and fro at the back,starving the attackers etc.. This was always going to happen with this appointment.The honeymoon period won't last long if we have to put up with these tactics for long.The players didn't look bad under Dunc,because the style of play suited them.We are now trying to put square pegs in round holes,and it will never work for the team or the fans.A tactical re-think is required urgently !

I think we played pretty poor under Dunc. He got the results but the energy put into those games was never sustainable and we did actually look poor. It's not fair for you to credit Burnley and Newcastle to Dunc at all because we played very differently and much better under Don Carlo in those games

 

[canuckblue]

I think we played pretty poor under Dunc. He got the results but the energy put into those games was never sustainable and we did actually look poor. It's not fair for you to credit Burnley and Newcastle to Dunc at all because we played very differently and much better under Don Carlo in those games

I think the one you replied to is another lurker sweating the fact we have a world-class manager who will turn our fortunes around.

 

[Abraders]

I think the one you replied to is another lurker sweating the fact we have a world-class manager who will turn our fortunes around.

Ah makes sense.

 

[Lelouch]

Don't think it's just his fault, myself.

Certain managers not giving youth a chance is also to blame, yes.

 

[davids]

I think we played pretty poor under Dunc. He got the results but the energy put into those games was never sustainable and we did actually look poor. It's not fair for you to credit Burnley and Newcastle to Dunc at all because we played very differently and much better under Don Carlo in those games

Just gave us the bounce that was needed,if we'd lost the games Ancelotti would have found it far harder to lift the team.This shower are supposed to be top athletes and should be able to sustain energy levels for 90m every week,but then that's another story.

 

[Abraders]

Just gave us the bounce that was needed,if we'd lost the games Ancelotti would have found it far harder to lift the team.This shower are supposed to be top athletes and should be able to sustain energy levels for 90m every week,but then that's another story.

The way we played under Dunc was erratic and invited fatigue and injuries imo. It could have easily gone another way too (the results). Agreed it was the bounce we needed for the entrance of Carlo though

 

[davids]

The way we played under Dunc was erratic and invited fatigue and injuries imo. It could have easily gone another way too (the results). Agreed it was the bounce we needed for the entrance of Carlo though

And yet the other lots kids ran us off the park second half. Think attitude comes into it with our squad.

 

[Abraders]

And yet the other lots kids ran us off the park second half. Think attitude comes into it with our squad.

Psychology too. Defeated before they go on the pitch!

 

[14towestham]

I think we played pretty poor under Dunc. He got the results but the energy put into those games was never sustainable and we did actually look poor. It's not fair for you to credit Burnley and Newcastle to Dunc at all because we played very differently and much better under Don Carlo in those games

I think people have been watching too much Everton and not enough Lpool/City/Top Teams.

`The enegy and intensity under Dunc is unsustainable'. Lpool are the best team in the world right now because they combine fantastic talent with what looks like unsustainable energy, power and drive but it isnt. Their manger demands it every game.

 

[14towestham]

If the plan was not to play it out from the back, what was it?

The gap between our centre mid and DCL was always like the English channel.

What was our plan when the long balls in the channels were intercepted? Allow Lpool youngsters to dominate possession?
Ancelloti must know from watching tape how slow and inadequate in tracking/tackling Gulfy/Scheid are.

Surely when he saw their team full of kids the number 1 priority was to get bodies in and try to establish control in the centre of the pitch??

 

[Toffeelover]

I do not blame Carlo a manager has to pick the team from the squad. In our case it is 24 bin lids, so we end up with a team of 11 bin lids and how do they play, why like bin lids.

 

[Abraders]

I think people have been watching too much Everton and not enough Lpool/City/Top Teams.

`The enegy and intensity under Dunc is unsustainable'. Lpool are the best team in the world right now because they combine fantastic talent with what looks like unsustainable energy, power and drive but it isnt. Their manger demands it every game.

Our game Vs Chelsea when we won 3-1 compared to any Liverpool game were absolutely not the same in terms of intensity imo

 

[Deleted member 38674]

I do not blame Carlo a manager has to pick the team from the squad. In our case it is 24 bin lids, so we end up with a team of 11 bin lids and how do they play, why like bin lids.

So Liverpool's line up had more ability than ours did the other day? That's why we lost? Because they had better players?

Or is it true that 'inferior' managers have taken far worse teams to Anfield, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge, Etihad, Emirates and, having played against stronger teams than we played against on Sunday, and not just competed, but actually got a result.

Isn't it actually Carlo's job to get that right? He picks the players, he motivates them, he organises them, he chooses if, when and how to play them and the results are ultimately his responsibility.

Why not just call it like it is? It's a game we should have won and we played terribly, that's on the manager just as much as the players, if not more so.

 

[Joey66]

I just feel if Dunc had been in charge we would have not lost that game.... Just a feeling , and also why did he declare right from the off no matter what results he got he never wanted the job?

 

[andy4efc]

I just feel if Dunc had been in charge we would have not lost that game.... Just a feeling , and also why did he declare right from the off no matter what results he got he never wanted the job?

We wouldn't have got 6 points before it though in the league.

Ferguson did a great job installing some fight and energy, but tactically. We had a bit of luck against Chelsea, never got going against an awful Arsenal side who were there for the taking. Got a 1-1 draw after leading the game against United, who again, nothing special.

Note I am not criticising Ferguson for his temporary reign, We would have all have bitten off hands, legs, arms to get the points and reaction he got from the players, but tactically we we're very simple and not a huge threat going forward.

Had CA had some time with the group and brought in some of his own choices, we'd have won on Sunday comfortably.

Regardless of that, we had FOUR clear cut chances to take the lead in the first half, we didn't take them. We go in first half 2/3-0 up we've won the game and ended the voodoo. Players have to take the blamef or what was a cowardly, energyless, dull performance.

FOUR EFFING SITTERS.