Honest assessment of the Don Carlo reign so far

[davids]

Big statement is needed,maybe bite the financial bullet and loan our Icelandic star out to Doncaster Rovers,maybe that might shake some of them up.

 

[matty1878]

Yes he's totally unmarketable as well. We'll be paying him until he leaves on a free. That's comfortably over £50m for the pair of them in wages and fees, which is near-fatal for a club like ours.

we going bankrupt mate?

 

[Jebus_lives]

None.

This is a total mismatch.

There can surely be no respect fro Brands given the utter trip he's bought.

It does make me wonder who is setting the strategy between the two...

In theory it should be Brands as the DoF. But I can't see that practically with a manager like Ancelotti.

 

[tommye]

He's Carlo Ancelotti.
Even he can't turn shît into gold. Give him another 18 months and 3 transfer windows to recruit Carlo players then we can judge accordingly.


Still can't believe Carlo Ancelotti is our gaffer.

 

[tommye]

To be honest, this is true. The Iwobi signing has put us into major financial difficulties.

It hasn't but you know this already you l'il tinker

 

[heatmeiser]

I take it you're referring to West Ham United?

Nope. I think Brands and Woodward would get on like a house on fire. An awful, raging, destructive house fire.

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[davids]

It does make me wonder who is setting the strategy between the two...

In theory it should be Brands as the DoF. But I can't see that practically with a manager like Ancelotti.

Hence why Brands should have been passing Ancelotti And shaking hands on his way out.

 

[nsno-chris]

Should have gotten Eddie Howe in so we could be relegated to the conference and give the fans what they deserve

 

[Remember-the-name]

Will judge end of next season.

 

[davek]

It does make me wonder who is setting the strategy between the two...

In theory it should be Brands as the DoF. But I can't see that practically with a manager like Ancelotti.

Lip service will be paid to Brands. I cant see him here long term. The signings will be Ancelotti led, IMO.

 

[jazzy]

we going bankrupt mate?

Ask the Esk

 

[Furey1878]

Give Carlo like 3 competent players, I'm not even talking quality, just competent players with the desire and willingness to improve and he'll have us comfortably 15-20 points better off next season.

 

[Toffeelover]

Has to be viewed in the light of what he inherited in terms of players and the awful start to the season under Silva.

 

[Lanolin]

He’s a top class manager, he’s going to get - and will need - a lot of time to get things how he wants them, but i’d be lying if I said I was happy with what’s happened so far. There have been some truly appalling performances and as manager he has to take his share of the blame for that. I’m not questioning him, I don’t want him out, but I don’t think he’s infallible either.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Hence why Brands should have been passing Ancelotti And shaking hands on his way out.

I'm not so sure there is anything wrong with the DoF role or Brands doing it if there is clarify if what his remit is.

But, Ancelotti as manager brings with it an expectation that he is backed by the board and I would expect that banking to come in the form of proven talent (ie players that top 6 teams don't want to offload) and some scouted talented youngsters.

Glimpses of Brands while here, and his record before coming to us indicate he can unearth those players, but so far, he's shown a lack of innovation and strategy as DoF. Strategically we've bounced from one type of manager to another with completely different systems - which has left us unstable and needing to offload players unsuited to the current managers system. As for innovation, he seems to have continued the 'just buy top 6 cast offs' as a transfer strategy. High wages, low sell on value as we get them at the start/middle of their decline.