Ronald Koeman discussion

[blulouie]

Cap in hand gets kick in teeth. Twas ever thus.

Set up to meekly offer a rearguard action and that will embolden the opposition to dominate you.

It;s why I believe Koeman will always fall short of the extra points we need to get top four while he's here. It's his instinct to defer to teams he sees as superior.

lollollol haha you are consistent if nothing else Dave.

Negative when we win.

Negative when we lose.

Edit....come to think about it Negative even if we dont have a game.

 

[davek]

...I might be wrong but I thought I heard in commentary that he was the last manager to win a league game at Spurs.

He did well last season in big games.

 

[davek]

Agree we shouldn't set up to meekly defer to the opposition.

Disagree that it is necessarily Koemans instinct to do this

I'm judging since arrived here. At Southampton there might be a different mindset that the microscope is not on you as much and you have a free hand to go for it. Here he is under that microscope and I think he feels the need not to get a tonking...especially after Chelsea-geddon.

 

[davek]

lollollol haha you are consistent if nothing else Dave.

Negative when we win.

Negative when we lose.

Edit....come to think about it Negative even if we dont have a game.

I'm being constructive. Set up for a draw against decent opposition = get handed your arse.

 

[blulouie]

I'm being constructive. Set up for a draw against decent opposition = get handed your arse.

No Dave its negativity all the way with you ...every post....every thread.
Just beaten by a better side today.
Consistent tho.

 

[davek]

No Dave its negativity all the way with you ...every post....every thread.
Just beaten by a better side today.
Consistent tho.

We are god enough to get a point down there. He just bottled it on the day. It happens.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Theres no two ways about it. If Moyes had pulled that lineup and subs there'd be some after his head. It's knife to a gun fight. We've got the players now where we don't need to do it either. There's just no excuse, I hate seeing Everton do this, there's just no need because they end up losing the game anyway.

 

[blulouie]

We are god enough to get a point down there. He just bottled it on the day. It happens.

We got beat by a very good side unbeaten in beards on their own patch ....yep it happens.
Move on eh ...West Brom 3pts

 

[streeky]

I should hope not.

If Koeman was picking players simply so that they could "hang themselves", either now or earlier in the season, I would want his instant dismissal.

That would no no way to pick a team in the EPL.

He needs to know who he takes forward next season, he can't do that with them sitting on the bench.

 

[streeky]

We lost 3-2 to the team in 2nd place and the know it all jarg manager and tactic experts are out in force again.

Get real mate, did you watch the game.

 

[Khalekan]

He needs to know who he takes forward next season, he can't do that with them sitting on the bench.

Quite.

But giving players a chance to show what they can do is a long way removed from playing them so as they can "hang themselves".

 

[streeky]

Quite.

But giving players a chance to show what they can do is a long way removed from playing them so as they can "hang themselves".

Ok point noted, but do you think barry did himself any favours today?

 

[Khalekan]

Get real mate, did you watch the game.

Indeed.

3-2 flattered us

Same way the 1-1 draw at City was an aberration of epic proportions as City should have won 6-1.

Or more

 

[Khalekan]

Ok point noted, but do you think barry did himself any favours today?

No he did not.

Even worse, he did EFC no favours either.

It was a bizarre selection and one I never saw coming.

Now, I was expecting a stiffening of the midfield and posted earlier in the week that I thought Jimmy Mac would replace Tom Davies and that Mirallas would have come in for little Lookman.

But Barry?

His inclusion never even occurred to me

 

[Slippin Jimmy]

5 defensive midfielders played for us in that game, what is it about us and bloody defensive midfielders