Steve Walsh - no longer our Director of Football

[BlueToff]

This time we have:

Me:Thinks Koemans had an average at best managerial career with some major disasters. Cant stand the long ball nor dropping Deulofeu and Holgate.

Ian: Thinks Koeman is the re-incarnation of Christ and sees long balls as total football...hated Martinez since he joined and saw him as the antichrist.

Dave: Who knows...

Bizarro: Somewhere mimicking Dave

Bluetoff: Rainbows and fairys...

Name me one example of where we have scored from a long ball this season Zat?

You know Lukaku's third goal vs Sunderland? There were 26 passes before Mirallas played the throughball.

Long ball my arse.

 

[orly]

Name me one example of where we have scored from a long ball this season Zat?

You know Lukaku's third goal vs Sunderland? There were 26 passes before Mirallas played the throughball.

Long ball my arse.

If that's how you like to spend your free time, no one is judging you here.

 

[Zatara]

Holgate played well - and looks like he could be a very good player. Regardless, our returning first-choice right-back (one of the best in the league) was back from injury, which means the need for a 19-year-old CB to play there wasn't as pressing...

To get a run of games you have to perform. I'm sure if we had an alternative to Barkley then Ross may also have found himself out of the team for a match or two.

I never beat Martinez with the Cleverley stick personally. We can do better and there's no way he should be starting every game, but with the injuries we had and the fact that he came on vs Bournemouth and added something to a poor display meant he had every right to start. Koeman clearly said it was to make us more compact (he said this in the pre-match interview).

Bolasie has been our best attacking player (behind Lukaku) this season. He's created very good chances every game he's played, despite his inconsistencies, totally making the 'no end product' argument invalid. He doesn't set the price tag and I think he's playing how most of us would have expected him to - he offers us something different to what we had before as well.

I agree with that on Barkley, but it is the fans who are giving him stick - even the media have laid off since Koeman himself has defended Barkley several times. That being said, Ross's form in the last few games hasn't been up to his usual standard and he needs to step up.

Well we aren't really in a false position at all. We've had more than enough chances to win games, even when playing badly, which we didn't take. It happens in football, just like how goals get disallowed (correctly in Palace's case btw).

We are where we are - the table doesn't lie. Were Leicester in a false position all of last season?

We finished 11th last year because we were the 11th best side, just as we were the 5th best side two years before that.

We've hit a rough patch and I'll be the first to say that we need to improve (and part of that will be the upcoming window where Walsh comes in) on recent performances. But I refuse to panic, or say that our season is over, based on one defeat and a draw - whoever it's against in the most competitive league in the world...

Compact = Negative.

 

[BlueToff]

Compact = Negative.

Hahahahahaha

 

[Zatara]

Name me one example of where we have scored from a long ball this season Zat?

You know Lukaku's third goal vs Sunderland? There were 26 passes before Mirallas played the throughball.

Long ball my arse.

You've proven my point...long ball to Bolasie doesnt work.

 

[anton66]

Are we going to have to endure reading about Mahrez, Kante and Vardy every time his name is mentioned, and how he is looking for then "next one"?

Yes, and at the same time totally ignoring our previous scouting network.

 

[Zatara]

Hahahahahaha

Option A - "But okay, right lads, were going to be more compact".

Option B - "But okay, right lads, were going to be more expansive".

Which is negative and which is positive.

Hint: Its strikingly obvious.

 

[The Esk]

I find it both interesting and encouraging that Walsh is now getting some publicity and visibility about his role at the club.

It seems with the benefit of hindsight, that his entry into the club at the height of the transfer window may have been quite disruptive and (without blame) may explain part of our difficulties and apparent change of strategy and targets in the latter part of the window.

All in all it suggests we will be better prepared for the January window, despite its limitations, and that is encouraging to say the least.

 

[Zatara]

I find it both interesting and encouraging that Walsh is now getting some publicity and visibility about his role at the club.

It seems with the benefit of hindsight, that his entry into the club at the height of the transfer window may have been quite disruptive and (without blame) may explain part of our difficulties and apparent change of strategy and targets in the latter part of the window.

All in all it suggests we will be better prepared for the January window, despite its limitations, and that is encouraging to say the least.

I think its very lucky Walsh pinpointed Gueye and brought him in. If not we would have seen far different results.

 

[BlueToff]

Option A - "But okay, right lads, were going to be more compact".

Option B - "But okay, right lads, were going to be more expansive".

Which is negative and which is positive.

Hint: Its strikingly obvious.

We've had two years of option B and it didn't work...

It's about a balance. Bringing in one more midfielder after Bournemouth (of all the teams) had overrun your midfield 6 days previously isn't negative, it's sensible.

 

[Zatara]

We've had two years of option B and it didn't work...

It's about a balance. Bringing in one more midfielder after Bournemouth (of all the teams) had overrun your midfield 6 days previously isn't negative, it's sensible.

It is about a balance...Compact is negative. Its clear against Palace we went with a negative lineup.

 

[ijjysmith]

Can't see us getting any more than 2 in January. And even that feels a lot.

 

[Moomin]

Can't see us getting any more than 2 in January. And even that feels a lot.

Enner Valencia on a permanent deal and Stephen Ward.

 

[Nil Satis Niasse Optimum]

I find it both interesting and encouraging that Walsh is now getting some publicity and visibility about his role at the club.

It seems with the benefit of hindsight, that his entry into the club at the height of the transfer window may have been quite disruptive and (without blame) may explain part of our difficulties and apparent change of strategy and targets in the latter part of the window.

All in all it suggests we will be better prepared for the January window, despite its limitations, and that is encouraging to say the least.

Sounds nice, but you can look at it both ways.

Your way, or the other way which was he had plenty of time to identify (he's surely got a huge list of players) targets and make suggestions to the manager, just the board refused to put their hands in their pocket to fund the moves.

We all saw how it turned out to be, yet again, sell to buy, so I guess this version makes more sense than your "hindsight" one above.

 

[granter79]

Option A - "But okay, right lads, were going to be more compact".

Option B - "But okay, right lads, were going to be more expansive".

Which is negative and which is positive.

Hint: Its strikingly obvious.

I love winning games. Hate losing 4 3.