Yeah part of that is winning games when you're not playing well. I grew up watching us play shit against the likes of Reading, Hull, Everton, etc and scrape late 1-0 wins and that be hailed as a sign of champions. If all we were winning was like this then yeah I'd be worried. But we do have our fair share of games where we blow teams away. So when we don't play well and win - that is something to be celebrated not denigrated.
I didn't do that
Or Mancini? I am done with Ole. The signs are just not there. Not buying a CDM is hard to comprehend. He is dependent on individual brilliance. Today it was Greenwood and de gea.
Genuine question for you, do you not think we improved after the subs and the fact we scored late on make you think that it might have worked?
I'm thinking more about the positivity around the club/forum.
This is what I think.
I agree. We have some of the best players in the World in their positions and our players still look so disjointed, the pressing is unorganised, movement off the ball to create passing lanes is non-existent, players taking too long and too many touches on the ball due to lack of movement etc. These are all issues that lay at his feet. This isn't a bloke that just rocked up, he's been here for considerable time now. It's simply not good enough that shite teams are far quicker and penetrative on the ball than us, that press better than us.
I am following my team, I don't watch all games others. And what I am seeing is a very good squad that should be doing better. It's nearly 3 years now and can any of Ole supporters seriously say that we are playing better than we were when he took over? We have a much better and healthier squad thanks to Ole of course and I said multiple times here that I generally like his work on improving the squad, atmosphere around the club etc. It's a much happier place now than what we had with Jose. Unfortunately he just doesn't have what it takes to be a top manager and our coaching staff around him doesn't help either. I don't get why some Ole supporters get so defensive when people question our coaching staff's qualities.
Great. Maybe in two weeks Newcastle will put the same chances away that Wolves did. Maybe they won't. Maybe we'll turn up for the first half. Maybe we won't. This has been a recurring theme for the entirety of his tenure. If there's enough quality in the squad you get a nice little top 4 challenge playing that game, but you won't win the best league in the world.
No. That’s not what you said.
I wouldn't want that cnut Mancini anywhere near this club.
When Ole took over - did you expect him to challenge the league in two years against City and Liverpool?
So Ole is Fergie MK II?
Every single week its the same story, that's not grinding.
That is grinding.
It can be exasperating posting here sometimes.
Every single week? With such a team? Against opposition that we should be easily defeating?
Away games I don't mind. This is not farmer's league ffs.
One off game is different from watching some problems repeating ton of games.
away games or home games, its grass and a ball. Shouting shouldn't make as much difference as we make out.Not a ridiculous comment at all. You thinking that the club could maybe have allocated funds differently this summer is a good example of a constructive comment that can lead to fruitful discussion.
Except it does.
Not yet. But he will be. He's already done more in 2 years than Fergie did in 5.
City who lost to fecking Spurs and Liverpool who needed a pen and a red card to get a draw at home?
Yeah a CM is a must especially if he doesn't fancy VDB and McTominay is gonna be out for a chunk.
You can't always get the players in the order you want.
I mean you can reasonably disagree where Ole will be in the future. But it's fact that he's achieved more in 2 years than SAF did in his first 5.
You're having a mare mate.
Tbf we didn't score from a chance but from a goalkeeper howler. We were better in the 2nd half than the 1st but they still created the better chances in the 2nd. The 1st we all decided to run forward and people forgot that Adama traore is one of the best dribblers in the world I guess? But it still wasn't good, and it still wasn't any sort of team play in the 2nd. It was all pure individualism, and when we were still looking open on the break, we kept throwing on more strikers to grind out a goal. We got the goal but like... it wasn't through a collective team pressure where we kept attacking. It was a goalkeeping mistake!
