The Managerial Dream

[Lanolin]

Wanting him gone is ridiculous. Saying he hasn’t done a great job so far isn’t. NI body was saying ‘wow I reckon we might make the top half now’ when James signed, but now people are making out like that’s the best we could possibly expect. It’s not, and we all know it deep down. He should get as long as we can give him because what else are we going to do, but a year in he’s been pretty underwhelming.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Ralf Rangnick

 

[degsy]

Good evening Grand Old Team. It seems the plotters are gathering pace in trying to oust Don Carlo. These Geordie infiltrators seem not to know what patience is, and demand instant success.

When they return to the Old Lady and try to force Mr Ancelotti out of the club, it seems that they have 2 stand out client’s to take the hot seat:
- Senior Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera, a fine character who has the strongest knees known to man. He also likes a good cuppa tea, or coffe (it could be bovril, we simply don’t have the info to make an informed statement)
- Herr Ralph Hasenhüttl, the wannabe Klopp even though he’s not German (mmm what other Austrian tried to be German, a slippery road indeed). Has turned Danny Ings into Mbappe and loves a tracksuit. Bit of a tit, but not as much of a tit as his idol. Less teeth as well

To complete the dream team it has been established that Sir David “I’ve won nothing in my managerial career” Moyes be installed has the man to oversee our transfer fortunes.

So the question needs to be asked, replace Don Carlo and install the dream team; yay or nay

Yay obvs.
If you're going to 'K it up - do it properly or don't bother

(tbh, I did say Bielsa when Silva went...never underestimate the power of strong knees)

 

[TheBigIguana]

Wanting him gone is ridiculous. Saying he hasn’t done a great job so far isn’t. NI body was saying ‘wow I reckon we might make the top half now’ when James signed, but now people are making out like that’s the best we could possibly expect. It’s not, and we all know it deep down. He should get as long as we can give him because what else are we going to do, but a year in he’s been pretty underwhelming.

The thing that worried me, and still worries me, is that he wouldn't be able to pick a system and build us into that system. We desperately need that because we don't have enough good players to just figure it out now. We need something that we are aspiring to be and then we can train, play and recruit to that vision. OK the results aren't there, but if we were playing 4-3-3 every week and we could say "a DM would fix this" or "a better RB could add that" then you could see the end point and see where we want to be in a year or two results or not. I don't feel that way right now. And continuity does matter.