Don't know why you got so defensive over this but the quote: "neither by experience nor talent, had any managerial ability at all" is the official line St Mirren gave. But yeah, of course, what do I know? Just made it up after reading random Reddit articles.
It wasn't even a - say - standard bad run. There's a context there which his most vocal critics just refuse to acknowledge. Ole didn't implement a system that worked initially (in a honeymoon phase) only to break down spectacularly later on. If that had been the case, it would have been extremely worrying indeed. But it wasn't the case.
The problem is - as seen at Cardiff - it’s probably his usual style (not having one). He has shown so far that he tinkers too much. There lies the difference between him and say Pep and Klopp. From day one they have designated plan and a system and they follow it despite injuries or not available players.
That quote was attributed to come from his industrial tribunal ruling, not from St Mirren themselves. It's pretty clear in the article you're quoting from that the problems between him and St Mirren weren't down to his perceived ability.
No it wouldn’t. No one is laughing at Madrid for firing Lopetegui after a similar amount of games. ”Real Madrid has balls”, like Pochettino has said.
He didn't really "tinker", though. He abandoned his initial approach completely and reverted to something the players were familiar with (he was rightly accused for having the team play as they did under Maurinho - that's pretty much how it looked).
Everyone laughs at real Madrid’s management policy but yeah let’s throw out a club legend before he’s got his feet under the table because of the shite players that have got four previous managers sacked.
It's the disastrous finish to the season that caused a lot of heads to turn. If we finished on a good note we wouldn't even be having this discussion now. I'm still behind him even though our finish to the season pissed the feck out of me to the point where even I was thinking he should have been gone. I have since then calmed down and I'm willing to give him a fair chance but at the same time for me it's completely understandable how some are heavily doubting him.
It sounds like you are begrudgingly allowing him a *bit* of leeway. Obviously, the quality of those brought in along with how soon he can implement his system are of great importance. I guess my point is that we should really support him, give him a full season, two transfer windows before we properly evaluate him. If Dortmund and Spurs can give a full season and two transfer windows to Poch and Klopp, isn’t Ole owed the same? We gave a full season to Moyes, 3 to LvG, 2.5 to Jose.
Well to answer the last part of your post when he came in I was quite happy because I knew he is a fan of the club and I thought he would surely quickly identify the ones not good enough as he's watched every single game according to himself. He then went on to give Jones and Young extensions and that is where some of my worries began.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Let’s just give a manager time to build his own team for once. I honestly don’t think it matters that much who’s in charge as long as they’re supported and backed to the hilt. Pochettino and Klopp have had 4 years, going into their 5th now at their respective clubs while we keep swapping out every couple of years. Both of them wouldn’t have gotten that amount of time here if they were trophy less by the end of the third season.
Pogba's going because he and Raiola are cnuts and always have been, De Gea is obviously been unhappy with the club's fall from grace (especially after he already tried to sign for Madrid, only to have it fall apart), and I'd personally still back Lukaku for another season at least, but he's really got no one to blame but himself if he's sold.
This is exactly it- performances the last few months have been awful. Being outplayed by mediocre clubs at home & it doesn’t bode well. A manager should be progressing & not regressing.
If he does well with Wales in the forthcoming Euros qualifiers, I can seriously see him being in the frame. Not because he's a legend, but because he worked for SAF for years and some of the latter’s magic may have worn off on him.
You’re sort of right, but for the wrong reasons.
What I can find is that the bad run from 89/90 was longer than Oles. No wins between 18.november and 10.february. 48 points in 38 matches that season (1,26 points per match), whereas Ole now then has 40 points in 21 matches last season (1,90 points per match) and had a bad streak of 6 games with no wins at the end, loosing to Barca, City, Everton and Cardiff. What is really nice is that Ole is not going to get sacked. He is first having pre-season and then the next season will start, with him as manager. Another thing : I do not call it Nostalgia. I call it "back to the roots". Look at what Ajax has managed by being themselves and true to their identity of playstyle and club.
Well, that's sounds good.
Exactly. If you are a computer programmer and your code is failing, you don’t stick with it in fear of being embarrassed, you change it to make it work.
Yeah that was a grim run: P11, W0, D5, L6; only five goals scored. Lots of injuries*, though Ole has suffered with these as well. Before then, results had been wildly inconsistent, but there had been sufficient really good performances to preserve a certain amount of hope. In Ole's initial good run of results, it was really only the first performance against Cardiff that was brilliant.
And what happens if your prophecy doesn’t happen? Unless you have a crystal ball you don’t know the future
Then I’m wrong and I’m happy to be wrong.
This is exactly what I've been saying all along, give him till December and see where we're at.
If you cannot see the progression of teams Poch manages then I don't know what to tell ya. All typically done on shoestring budgets. At Spurs he is on negative expenditure, they play better football than us, routinely finish higher in the table, qualify for the CL, promoted youth prospects to 1st team, well coached, all players have improved individually, tactical flexibility, oh and did I mention they can actually play football? SAF descirbed him as the best manager in the league despite the lack of silverware. maybe just maybe, there is enough ability there to suggest that should he be backed, just like Jurgen, perhaps he could go to the next level?
When this coming season falls apart, be it in August or later, the excuses for Ole you can basically guarantee will be the following...
All those 'excuses' can and will be used no matter who is in charge come August, what if we signed Pochettino today and we're playing shit come August?
