Ronald Koeman discussion

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AndyC said:
Ronald Koeman for me is a manager who demands and doesn't appear to have any favourites.

He's shown he's perfectly prepared to rest/drop players who show indifferent form, and he's shown he's prepared to be (constructively) critical when he feels it necessary to remind players not to think they can rest on their laurels or get carried away with media or even crowd hype.

He played at the very highest level and rightly, believes he's been entrusted to take this club to those same heady heights... and given the resources, I am of the opinion that he will do.
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Spot on.

He's a proper proffesional in every sense of the word.

Doesn't appear to have favourites and it would appear that bar Lukaku ( due to no other option ), no player is undroppable.

You can almost see the players growing into his methods and the team starting to blend properly.

We aren't there yet, by a long way, but hopefully a decent transfer window with additions in the right areas, will see us as real force to be reckoned with and hopefully persuade Lukaku to stay for a least one more season.
 

Groucho said:
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Lets be honest here, he has completely wiped the face of every dissenter on here in the muck this season.

Remember the fury on here about him not giving kids a chance?

Once that was blown out of the water then the new angles of attack started. However he has completely smashed the Barkley myth of "ruining him" out of the ball park too, as he is in the best run of consistent form since Christmas in his time in the blue shirt.

Now apparently we are a one man team (Lukaku)....despite the fact we have more goalscorers than any other team in the league in the squad.

The only thing that can be aimed at him, was the bad run of results in Autumn, you know when he was giving a chance to some of the garbage bought by the last manager to see if they were up to the job, whilst at the same time bedding in some new players such as Williams and Bolasie, who also took unprecedented amounts of stick because they were his purchases.

Defence is massively improved, best home record in how long?

Anybody still questioning him and not getting behind him have serious issues, end of.
 

I have total faith that Koeman will reinvest the money from player sales well in the summer.

Deulofeu: £10 million
Niasse: £10 million
Cleverly: £8 million
Mccarthy?: £12-15 million?
Lukaku?: £85-100 million
Barkley?: £30-35 million

If those leave we could have £150-180 million to reinvest in the squad. Personally I think Ross will stay but all the others go and I trust RK to mould the squad well.

Walsh needs to earn his crust this window, hit and miss so far tbf
 

Thomasc said:
Lets be honest here, he has completely wiped the face of every dissenter on here in the muck this season.

Remember the fury on here about him not giving kids a chance?

Once that was blown out of the water then the new angles of attack started. However he has completely smashed the Barkley myth of "ruining him" out of the ball park too, as he is in the best run of consistent form since Christmas in his time in the blue shirt.

Now apparently we are a one man team (Lukaku)....despite the fact we have more goalscorers than any other team in the league in the squad.

The only thing that can be aimed at him, was the bad run of results in Autumn, you know when he was giving a chance to some of the garbage bought by the last manager to see if they were up to the job, whilst at the same time bedding in some new players such as Williams and Bolasie, who also took unprecedented amounts of stick because they were his purchases.

Defence is massively improved, best home record in how long?

Anybody still questioning him and not getting behind him have serious issues, end of.
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Summed up perfectly mate ;)
 
kithnou said:
I'll give him the benefit of doubt until he gets the squad he wants (and we actually have a "BIG" transfer window), but he has "bottled it" in at least 3 big games this season, and that has left a scar.
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We haven't bottled it in any games this season.

We've been beaten by the better side on two occasions (Spurs and RS away) and were incredibly unlucky in the home derby (albeit we did play very badly in the second half as a result of McCarthy getting injured).

Messed up in the cups but it wasn't due to fielding second-string line-ups. The players weren't good enough on the days in question.
 
The Rhino said:
I have total faith that Koeman will reinvest the money from player sales well in the summer.

Deulofeu: £10 million
Niasse: £10 million
Cleverly: £8 million
Mccarthy?: £12-15 million?
Lukaku?: £85-100 million
Barkley?: £30-35 million

If those leave we could have £150-180 million to reinvest in the squad. Personally I think Ross will stay but all the others go and I trust RK to mould the squad well.

Walsh needs to earn his crust this window, hit and miss so far tbf
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I hope all the players leave so we have £200m to spend
 
BlueToff said:
We haven't bottled it in any games this season.

We've been beaten by the better side on two occasions (Spurs and RS away) and were incredibly unlucky in the home derby (albeit we did play very badly in the second half as a result of McCarthy getting injured).
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I'm not an advocate of the phrase 'bottling it', but personally how we played (or did not play) at Analfield would adequately fill that description.

They were the better team on the day no doubt, however they certainly did not play well or were forced to play anywhere near their peak ability.

Why? Because we did not turn up on the day. People may mention injured players etc but those who did play bar one or two were shambolic.

Spurs on the other hand were the better side and perhaps our tactical naivety with the way we set up gave us too much to do in the second half.
 

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