MRTA7:


All that one na story. He has coached himself out of a job. I trust Sir Jim. He won't fall for nonsense.

CrystalTiger:
The number of kids playing for Loserpool now ffs..Proper playing pattern is so important..

AdisaOwala:


I swear

The unknown names wey dey standup to Chelsea eh

Modified

Liverpool scores

CrystalTiger:
The number of kids playing for Loserpool now ffs..Proper playing pattern is so important..

CrystalTiger:



ETH has to go.. There's absolutely no excuse anymore 😭

andrewbaba44:
E don tay wey I hear Bruno fernandes hype ,same player that’s better than kdb ,Abi Bruno don retire from football 😁

Ballzproblem2:
finally peace for today , tommorow real men play.

Jodera:
The right direction is the recruitment process and thingy Sir Rj is setting up na

Jokerman:


As Xavi dey comot, come carry 7hag

eph12:

I don't trust someone that has repeatedly said everything is good and fine, while delivering disasterclass even when he wins. It just tells me he does not have standards

odizeey:


Yeah. Una don come win EPL or UCL with am?

Jodera:

Maybe Una fit win am afterall Ten Hag get more matches and silverware experiences than Arteta na.

But then, everything needs to be resolved at the top first for coaches to thrive

Jodera:




But for real, imagine say we sack Arteta na, by now we for don dey do hire and fire anyhow with lots of money spent.

SIr RJ seems to be getting it right in the recruitment and football sides of things upward for any manager to excel, exactly what arsenal did when the recruitment side was suffering too and Arteta was the one handpicking players himself (just like ten Hag now)

Why not wait and see how he'll fare when the recruitment and stability is there for a manager to strive?

One thing is certain, if Sir Rj Is serous, Most of these players will be gone(including the one Ten Hag signed), same way Most of our players too were gone including the one Arteta signed at first too.

FBS:

I still think Arteta bought himself some space by winning 2 trophies? in this first season.
Why would you sack him?

Jodera:

Ten Hag also bought himself some space by winning trophy and taking them back to champions League. The issue is what happens after that?. Both played terrible football, like very very terrible football and results aren't showing on the pitch after some acquisitions so the fans are rightfully asking them to be sacked.


I'm just giving reasons why Ten Hag might not be as bad as he's presently showing because of how the environment is. Afterall we all saw how coveted he was in a stable environment

odizeey:


Okay. What has the Arteta done for you guys other than beautiful football after the terrible football with trophies.

Maybe he shouldn't have stopped playing teribble football.

We want trophies and good football. We don't want one. We want both.

Jodera:
I also say it here that Ten Hag have experience trophy -wise in managing his team compared to Arteta so yeah, there's high probability that with a stable and good environment he'll deliver trophies as well as good football quickly compared to Arteta

As for Arteta, we're already done in setting/playing the good football , the next is trophies which we're in that phase and we're already gunning for.

All these things is about Process sha. That's why the perfect model I always admire and look up to is Klopp and Liverpool. I remember defending him even when others are calling him bottler. Now, he's rated as one of the best or top 2 coaches in the world

odizeey:


Ten Hag has one ego that will destroy him. Apart from that, he should be fine.

He should go and let his ego finish him somewhere else.

Jodera:


Fair enough then

CrystalTiger:
The number of kids playing for Loserpool now ffs..Proper playing pattern is so important..

"It's about performance. They defend like a team I've never seen before. They like to press high with a deep block.

"It's impossible. They like to do two things at the same time. You can only do one or the other.

"We're all pressing high or we're all defending deep. They're trying to do both."
--- Carragher

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13081781/man-utd-gary-neville-believes-man-utd-have-already-made-a-decision-on-erik-ten-hags-future

afrodoc2:


We have said this before on this thread.

3-4 people will be pressing high while Maguire, Varane and co will be dropping deep at the back leaving Casemiro and Mainoo who are not speedsters to cover an area the size of Texas.

Mad tactics.

patrickmuf:
How is it that folks here can spot the issue in our tactics and gameplay but ETH and his coaching staff can't or probably don't know how to address the issue?

From the time of Ole, we have been talking about how the team's pressing is disjointed and the lack of movements, something we all thought ETH would fix but no, he has done little to address these challenges. Our pressing is still disjointed, our players still don't understand the concept of movement into space to open up passing lanes which is why we struggle to recover possession when we lose it and also struggle to retain possession when we have the ball.

ETH seems confused about what he wants from the team. Liverpool is the best transition team in the league but that does not mean they don't keep the ball well enough and this is thanks to the constant movement of their players into space.

I watch our games and see Dalot drifting into midfield (ETH copied from the other top managers) but that's about it, you don't see why Dalot pushes into midfield because the essence of the move is lacking in our play. At City or Pool, the extra player in midfield gives them an extra passing option in midfield and also frees up an extra body to push up high up the pitch but in our case, Dalot will slot in as an extra body in midfield yet instead of keeping the ball knowing our numerical advantage in the middle, we still end up rushing a quick pass forward...Our own transition football leaves a lot to be desired, it seems to encourage midfielders like Bruno and Casemiro to rush the pass when a simple pass to a player close to them is the better option.

ETH should go with his nonsense transition football, he doesn't know what he is doing at this point...