cyril C
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ETH is, perhaps the worst manager that I have seen beside Moyes. LVG may be boring, but we had a team and a style of play. Mourhino may be poisonous but we had the most tactical and discipline team ever. Ole 1st season may be simplistic but effective, 2nd season lost his plot. This team, under ETH, play like a pub team without teamwork, always relying on individual talent. How can you blame players 3 season down the road?If the hierarchy really does favour a more dominant brand of football it seems to me quite obvious that Bruno at #10 is far from ideal, but then again, the same hierarchy caved into his demands without the slightest need to do so. So maybe the hierarchy isn't as on it as we'd like to think.
A few people keep suggesting three at the back, but we neither have the wing backs, and it removes our best attacking players (Garnacho and Amad). I'd love to see us going forward with a 433 formation utilising Casemiro as a box to box midfielder with any of Mainoo/Eriksen/Mount as the ball carrier/creator, covered by Ugarte shielding the defense. I think this will immediately translate to better ball retention, better defensive shape, though of course it may lead to less chance creation, which is really where the style of play comes in which is a head coach's responsibility.
I'd also hope for much quicker passing / fewer touches in our build up, which obviously requires better team movement. Every time Maguire is playing I count how many times he touches the ball before he passes and how long he holds onto the ball, and it is creeping into Martinez' game too.
What do people want to see under a new temporary manager?
I for one still favour performances over results, working on perfecting a style of play over pragmatism, so I hope there is actually a coherent vision within the footballing structure.
Back to the thread. Can anyone pick up the mess and turnaround with existing squad. Always, anyone with experience and talent.
Tuchel won CL with the same Chelsea squad. Even Spurs manager, after losing Kane, with little new addition, can utilise existing squad. I am not saying Spurs manager is very good because I hate manager that ignore defense, but his player development certainly get my attention.