Sorry but, the Sanchez comment is just baffling and completely unnecessary. If it's supposed to be a subtle barb at the owners, it doesn't hit the mark; if it's what Ole believes, then he should keep it to himself and not stoke an already incensed fanbase; if we're going to try and move Sanchez on in the summer, then these comments also serve zero purpose.
All window we've been twiddling thumbs on the will we/won't we 'saga' pertaining to incoming transfers... to this point in time, we've actually got a score of -1 as another 1st team squad member has departed from our squad with no replacement in sight. So at a time when our squad arguably needed 2, maybe 3 signings added to what we had, we've actually taken away a player who was still getting playing time.
Whether Young was good enough is irrelevant here as one of the key roles of a squaddie is enabling others to rest whilst allowing tactical reshuffles and flexibility - even if 1:1 they are expendable, that is only in light of a replacement taking on their role(s). By not even replacing Young (to this point) more load is placed on those who remain. When broken down, that's: one injury prone fullback; one seriously overworked fullback; a kid who needs to be handled correctly and the wildcard that is Dalot.
Ole is going to take all the flack for potential overplaying of the kids; any injuries accrued via obvious fatiguing, and further to that, throwing kids in, and keeping them there, is a notoriously rocky road, which is even difficult to do in top teams performing well hence why you see kids usually dropped into the side for the odd 20 minutes when games are won and for league cup games. The psychological demands in a team that has the fans backs up is also potentially damaging - again, something Ole will be held culpable for - 'breaking' youngsters by incorrect utilisation has been a thing in football for far longer than Ole has been a manager.
I understand fire-fighting to a degree, but beyond a certain point, it is Ole that looks like Comical Ali, and it is Ole being set up as the fall guy. This is not about whether he is a competent coach in terms of tactics and campaign navigation, but something that has more damaging consequences to: the squad (short term); the kids (potentially long term) and Ole's reputation, as beyond a certain point, he begins to look like a company shill if he's prepared to blatantly lie to the fans on their [upper management] behalf.
His last press conference takes him down a different path to what we've heard to this point in time - throwing incendiary devices into an irate throng of supporters doused in rage is a crazy thing to do, so why would he do it? What sense does it make? There is no positive spin to put on mentioning a catostrophic failure and wage burden coming back to the club to get another shot.
All window we've been twiddling thumbs on the will we/won't we 'saga' pertaining to incoming transfers... to this point in time, we've actually got a score of -1 as another 1st team squad member has departed from our squad with no replacement in sight. So at a time when our squad arguably needed 2, maybe 3 signings added to what we had, we've actually taken away a player who was still getting playing time.
Whether Young was good enough is irrelevant here as one of the key roles of a squaddie is enabling others to rest whilst allowing tactical reshuffles and flexibility - even if 1:1 they are expendable, that is only in light of a replacement taking on their role(s). By not even replacing Young (to this point) more load is placed on those who remain. When broken down, that's: one injury prone fullback; one seriously overworked fullback; a kid who needs to be handled correctly and the wildcard that is Dalot.
Ole is going to take all the flack for potential overplaying of the kids; any injuries accrued via obvious fatiguing, and further to that, throwing kids in, and keeping them there, is a notoriously rocky road, which is even difficult to do in top teams performing well hence why you see kids usually dropped into the side for the odd 20 minutes when games are won and for league cup games. The psychological demands in a team that has the fans backs up is also potentially damaging - again, something Ole will be held culpable for - 'breaking' youngsters by incorrect utilisation has been a thing in football for far longer than Ole has been a manager.
I understand fire-fighting to a degree, but beyond a certain point, it is Ole that looks like Comical Ali, and it is Ole being set up as the fall guy. This is not about whether he is a competent coach in terms of tactics and campaign navigation, but something that has more damaging consequences to: the squad (short term); the kids (potentially long term) and Ole's reputation, as beyond a certain point, he begins to look like a company shill if he's prepared to blatantly lie to the fans on their [upper management] behalf.
His last press conference takes him down a different path to what we've heard to this point in time - throwing incendiary devices into an irate throng of supporters doused in rage is a crazy thing to do, so why would he do it? What sense does it make? There is no positive spin to put on mentioning a catostrophic failure and wage burden coming back to the club to get another shot.
