Ronald Koeman discussion

[TheCount]

One thing he did wrong IMO was not getting Barry off as soon as we conceded the first.

it wasn't his fault, like, but we needed to get up the pitch.

when he did make the change, though, it worked and was an excellent switch.

he won't be happy about the defending

Agree, but he made the change when we settled.

Haha that's why I said attacking play. Not sure what was going on at the back. They throw bodies forward Bournemouth, a bit reckless as they don't have good enough defenders to go one on one.

 

[MikeH72]

Subs were perfect again by the way.

 

[nsno-chris]

Subs were perfect again by the way.

Yep, changing the formation to solve the issue

 

[DanEFC92]

Subs were perfect again by the way.

Dunno. Thought Barry should have come off.

 

[MikeH72]

Yep, changing the formation to solve the issue

Lookman had faded out the game and was struggling when they were pushing on in the second half. Took him off at just the right time, none of this leaving it til 75 minutes. In-game management 101 from our little ginger legend of football.

 

[ianefc]

Dunno. Thought Barry should have come off.

Agree. I was way too nervous, considering the HT score. Barry seemed to be getting the run around.

 

[Deco]

Koeman looked on while Lukaku got the job done on his own.

Oh dear mate lol

So the sub that Koeman made when Holgate came on for Barry didn't change the game?

Or did Holgate sub himself on?

The fact is that we're in brilliant form and Koeman has players like Ross and Rom playing as well as they've ever played.

You have to give him credit for how we've played since the loss at Watford.

 

[MikeH72]

Oh dear mate lol

So the sub that Koeman made when Holgate came on for Barry didn't change the game?

Or did Holgate sub himself on?

The fact is that we're in brilliant form and Koeman has players like Ross and Rom playing as well as they've ever played.

You have to give him credit for how we've played since the loss at Watford.

Sounds like the last two seasons when Lukaku single handedly kept us out of relegation battles while our bright innovative young manager looked on clueless.

 

[Milk]

All of us should offer us a short prayer on a daily basis:

"Oh Lord, please make sure Luis Enrique stays in his job for the next 5 years"

 

[MikeH72]

Dunno. Thought Barry should have come off.

Possibly could have come off earlier yeah, but Davies coming on as legs in midfield worked a treat. There was a period when we couldn't get the ball off them, and the game was passing Lookman by at that point so I think he got it right taking him off.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

we will still have our downs with him, we'll lose a match or two this season but it's important to stress just how much we've improved with him.

I was very, very doubtful when we got him, but he's completely convinced me he's the right man for the job. We are getting there.

We can get europe this season.

 

[jinkyali]

I was pleased that about 5 minutes after their 2nd goal that collectively the side sort of drew a deep breath, and just calmed the thing down. Kept the ball for a bit, it slowed the match down, and took the sting away.

Work in progress, but progress it is.

Was great

 

[ianefc]

 

[ianefc]

Martinez 15/16 played 37 won 10
Koeman 16/17 played 24 won 11

 

[Goat]

Martinez 15/16 played 37 won 10
Koeman 16/17 played 24 won 10

We have won 11 Ian.