Recent content by OrcaFat

Yeah, I agree there’s a lot of managers who could get a few more points with this bunch, but to me that’s not necessarily doing a better job. The job is to become the best. This is a huge task with multiple components. Whether we are getting 60 points or 65 is not going to tell us how “the job”...

Yeah, I agree there’s a lot of managers who could get a few more points with this bunch, but to me that’s not necessarily doing a better job. The job is to become the best. This is a huge task with multiple components. Whether we are getting 60 points or 65 is not going to tell us how “the job”...

I am serious, yes. We all see football differently and I don’t understand you either which is fine as far as I’m concerned. Putting the word “literally” in your post won’t suddenly confirm a great truth that the rest of us have been missing. In fact you literally missed the point. The...

True but with those two fit for most of the season, it would be a completely different story. They are the two humdingers.

Wrong. My standard is we must be the best. We all want the club to win, everything. That’s really the underlying point. The success we really want isn’t measured by how many times you feck it up in season 2. It’s “are we the best again yet?”. The answer to that will be “no” for a good while yet...

The season is a write-off in terms of league position but we’ve got the cup final to come and we can get a result there if we play our best and get a bit of luck. Either way, I think Erik is doing a decent job in the circumstances and will do much better next year. If we keep him, he’ll justify it.

Moderate success? I think the plan is to develop a style (and squad of suitable players) to step up from that. I don’t know if the methods are causing the injuries but I doubt it really (although could be a factor in some of the injuries I suppose). Truth is, to win, we have to raise and sustain...

Injuries have been quite bad. Main problem is the lack of quality cover in the key positions / key players. In that respect, the squad is a bit thin compared with most of the teams above us.

Sancho needs to move. Taking him back on his terms would be ludicrous. Regardless of his ability, his attitude has been poor. He could show that he is improving his attitude by requesting the privilege of returning on our terms.

Yes. But I don’t think it is simple to play so-called modern, elite-level, title-winning football. Getting all the age groups playing the same way is good but EtH has already said that he wants that. Learning to play specific roles / positions in modern football is not easy. SAF was great but...

I love this! We’ll never know whose fault it is when we still don’t win. We should pack the coaching department with the best young modern coaches, preferably low profile. Make one of them head of first team coaching reporting to the manager. Manager remains ultimately responsible for first...

Next manager needs the ability to win the league. Ideally he should be able to do it with shit players because, for the most part, that’s what he’ll have to work with.

Agreed. If he’s here long enough he will recruit the right players to play his way. On the whole the squad is heading the right way but he has the problem of high earners to get rid of which is tricky because of FFP. He’s trying to use these guys for now because I don’t think he can avoid it. He...

I doubt you find many fans who accept mediocrity from this club. The question is how to buck the trend of the last decade plus. If you look at the favourites to be the next Utd manager and honestly think they could have come in last year and got us challenging under these circumstances then you...

Shaw and Martinez are the ones we’ve missed the most. When they are fit and in the groove we are a much better side. Overall, we’ve had problems with availability across the board, especially repeated injuries after short periods of availability in key positions. Here I’m talking about CM and...