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2020/21 Carlo Ancelotti

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kenada_blue said:
It's as though people think players who have failed under lesser managers can somehow become different players under a genuine class manager.

A dud is a dud and we have a lot of them in the squad.

He'll get backed in the summer.
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Got to disagree with that to a point. Players who have looked ordinary under certain managers have turned into good ones under other managers. This has happened in football for decades.
 
We are a very mediocre team. Talk of top 4 was always ludicrous to me, there are a lot of very good teams in the league this season and only very rarely have we looked like one.

Last night we had 9 of last seasons players in the team - a season where we looked like a relegation outfit until Carlo came. These things take time.
 
gazzaa2 said:
The goalkeepers are killing us. Like all good managers Carlo is trying to build from the back (Pep has done it this season and it's why they'll walk it again) but it falls down when you can't rely on your goalkeeper and they make the defence nervous.

A commanding keeper is essential.
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It should be the number 1 priority even before a right back.
Just get rid of Pickford.
 
Sharpies volley said:
Got to disagree with that to a point. Players who have looked ordinary under certain managers have turned into good ones under other managers. This has happened in football for decades.
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Not sure what else he can do with some of these jokers at our club in all honesty. Some of them have played under 3/4 different managers now and still revert after the honey moon period. It’s literally like trying to squeeze blood from a stone with most of them.

The only solace this season so far has been that at least all of his signings made in the summer have contributed well and improved us. It shows that if given money to bring in his own calibre of players we can improve and he will improve us.

Even if we decided we wanted to go for an all out pressing, aggressive in your face approach after one or two injuries we’re right back to square one, same old wasters, same old turgid performances.

Club has too much rot within the squad.
 

kenada_blue said:
It's as though people think players who have failed under lesser managers can somehow become different players under a genuine class manager.

A dud is a dud and we have a lot of them in the squad.

He'll get backed in the summer.
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I worry that Ancelotti in two of his three signings (Allan and James) doesn't see that if you add 2 no-paced players to a first team that is already lacking in pace it will catch up with you.

This is basic stuff in the PL: any player you sign must have a serious turn of pace. Yes, you can get away with carrying one in a first team who has great technical ability and is essential in getting a team to play a certain way, but by and large we are more reliant on no-paced players than most other teams in the top half.
 
Egil Olsen said:
Here you are wrong. We have an identity. Just because we do not like that identity does not mean we do not have an identity. We play the slightly more modern version of Catenaccio, where we prioritize a reactive approach and the main focus is to prevent the opponent from scoring goals. We therefore prefer not to have the ball, and rather wait for a chance on set pieces.
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A version of Catenaccio?

Oh, right. :coffee:
 
Jim Hopper said:
Not sure what else he can do with some of these jokers at our club in all honesty. Some of them have played under 3/4 different managers now and still revert after the honey moon period. It’s literally like trying to squeeze blood from a stone with most of them.

The only solace this season so far has been that at least all of his signings made in the summer have contributed well and improved us. It shows that if given money to bring in his own calibre of players we can improve and he will improve us.

Even if we decided we wanted to go for an all out pressing, aggressive in your face approach after one or two injuries we’re right back to square one, same old wasters, same old turgid performances.

Club has too much rot within the squad.
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Yes mate I agree with you that some players are not good enough and never will be. But my point is that good managers can improve certain players. That's what good managers do. Klipperty did it with quite a few of them lot. Before he spent big on the spine of the team. Clough was a prime example of getting the best out of a gang of over the hill journeymen.
 

Sharpies volley said:
Yes mate I agree with you that some players are not good enough and never will be. But my point is that good managers can improve certain players. That's what good managers do. Klipperty did it with quite a few of them lot. Before he spent big on the spine of the team. Clough was a prime example of getting the best out of a gang of over the hill journeymen.
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Out of pure curiosity, who exactly??
 

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