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2020/21 Carlo Ancelotti

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MikelsGoat said:
Most of the criticism comes from his handling of Gordon.

A player that will play most of his career in League One.
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He’s still only one injury or player losing form away from having to play Sigurdsson or Tom Davies in midfield, and Tosun or Iwobi up front.

Until those options change he’s not going to be sweeping all before him.

Can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, but Carlo knows that which is why he’s demanding ballers in every position.
 
Saint Domingo said:
He’s still only one injury or player losing form away from having to play Sigurdsson or Tom Davies in midfield, and Tosun or Iwobi up front.

Until those options change he’s not going to be sweeping all before him.

Can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, but Carlo knows that which is why he’s demanding ballers in every position.
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The issue is that he seems to be actually playing Sigurdsson out of choice and making him captain.
 

mikeh72 said:
The issue is that he seems to be actually playing Sigurdsson out of choice and making him captain.
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Italian managers don’t care about the captain, they just give it to whoever has the most caps on the pitch. Last season he had three fit central midfielders and still tried to drop Sigurdsson which Silva never did. He wasn’t in his starting line ups this season, and by all accounts he would have been happy to see him leave in the window if that sale had been arranged. Him being captain is irrelevant. If Gomes had stayed fit and in form Sigurdsson wouldn’t have started. If we had any other attacking midfield option other than Tom Davies, Sigurdsson wouldn’t be getting game time. It’s no surprise at all that even after buying Gbamin Gomes Delph Allan Doucoure James we are still in the market for midfielders. Ancelotti isn’t precious about Sigurdsson in my opinion, he’ll play him because his other options at the moment are just as bad but as soon as he has a better option Gylfi will be getting the shove.
 
In this day and age it is about coaching, old school managers are a thing of the past. It is about improving players individually, so they fulfil their potential. Above all it is about coaching your players so that the whole of your team is greater than the sum of the parts.

Carlo isn't a coach, he is an old school motivator who now works under a Dof.

Carlo was successful in an era of old-fashioned managers. In an era of coaches he has relied on the likes of Clement who has been an abject failure at Derby, Swansea and Reading as a manager was Carlo's pick as first team coach. We now have Dunc and Carlo's lad coaching Everton.

Carlo comes in wows players with his reputation and personality and initially does well. Then the lack of coaching and fitness work catches up with his teams.

It isn't about the lack of quality in the squad it is about the lack of quality in the coaching department.
 
gwladysnight said:
In this day and age it is about coaching, old school managers are a thing of the past. It is about improving players individually, so they fulfil their potential. Above all it is about coaching your players so that the whole of your team is greater than the sum of the parts.

Carlo isn't a coach, he is an old school motivator who now works under a Dof.

Carlo was successful in an era of old-fashioned managers. In an era of coaches he has relied on the likes of Clement who has been an abject failure at Derby, Swansea and Reading as a manager was Carlo's pick as first team coach. We now have Dunc and Carlo's lad coaching Everton.

Carlo comes in wows players with his reputation and personality and initially does well. Then the lack of coaching and fitness work catches up with his teams.

It isn't about the lack of quality in the squad it is about the lack of quality in the coaching department.
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isn't his son meant to be the one for all this ... highly rated
 
Saint Domingo said:
Italian managers don’t care about the captain, they just give it to whoever has the most caps on the pitch. Last season he had three fit central midfielders and still tried to drop Sigurdsson which Silva never did. He wasn’t in his starting line ups this season, and by all accounts he would have been happy to see him leave in the window if that sale had been arranged. Him being captain is irrelevant. If Gomes had stayed fit and in form Sigurdsson wouldn’t have started. If we had any other attacking midfield option other than Tom Davies, Sigurdsson wouldn’t be getting game time. It’s no surprise at all that even after buying Gbamin Gomes Delph Allan Doucoure James we are still in the market for midfielders. Ancelotti isn’t precious about Sigurdsson in my opinion, he’ll play him because his other options at the moment are just as bad but as soon as he has a better option Gylfi will be getting the shove.
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I’d like to believe this is true and will be convinced when I see it happen.
 

Liamliverpool86 said:
isn't his son meant to be the one for all this ... highly rated
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Highly rated by Carlo.

His son Davide came through the youth system at Milan retired when he was 20 and has then been hired as a coach by his Dad's teams ever since.

As a fitness coach at PSG and Madrid and then as assistant manager at Bayern, Napoli and Everton.

He has two kids called Nepo and Tism.
 
gwladysnight said:
In this day and age it is about coaching, old school managers are a thing of the past. It is about improving players individually, so they fulfil their potential. Above all it is about coaching your players so that the whole of your team is greater than the sum of the parts.

Carlo isn't a coach, he is an old school motivator who now works under a Dof.

Carlo was successful in an era of old-fashioned managers. In an era of coaches he has relied on the likes of Clement who has been an abject failure at Derby, Swansea and Reading as a manager was Carlo's pick as first team coach. We now have Dunc and Carlo's lad coaching Everton.

Carlo comes in wows players with his reputation and personality and initially does well. Then the lack of coaching and fitness work catches up with his teams.

It isn't about the lack of quality in the squad it is about the lack of quality in the coaching department.
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You make him sound like he was managing 50 years ago. He won the champions league in 2014.
 
Sverre Takleifbotten said:
This type of argumentation makes any kind of criticism and praise impossible. With this type of argument, neither the coach is responsible for loss nor victory. It's just a matter of calculation. Team A's players have the sum of 100, while Team B's players have the sum of 92. Team A will win no matter what.

It can also be discussed whether Southampton and Newcastle have a better squad than Everton. Think most neutrals disagree with this. Regardless, if you are the owner of a football club, then you should not spend a lot of money on paying coaches. As they are an irrelevant factor.
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I'd wager baring any disaster we fininish higher than Southampton & Newcastle.
 

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