Pep Ljinders appointed as assistant coach | James French joins as set-piece coach (p15)

[Centurions]

Not seen anyone report a fee for Bettinelli. Considered Nypan, but then it is 6 players rather than the 5 stated, so it is still being a bit bendy with the truth for the sake of a headline, which was the point I was making.

If we have to shoehorn figures in and have this discussion, to make the headline fit, then my point stands imho

Ahh, it's within the article rather than the headline but I never thought of adding the number of players up anyway so fair do's.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

The lesser spotted John Stones kicking a ball, good to see.

Sadly, shortly afterwards his leg fell off so he is now out for a few months :-)

 

[69FACUPfinal]

I don't know about you, but I was a big Chelsea fan until 2012

Many of us were and are ready to revert back, I mean see the light when this oil cheat team get relegated to the conference.....

( FWIW I've been a City Blue since 1969, but did that tine ever exist, footy certainly didn't!!!).

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

There was a point during the game yesterday where Pep was staring into no man's land during a break in play and Ljinders tapped him on his leg, excited to give him some tactical feedback. Loved that and it's what we missed last season - one of the staff to be proper invested in us

 

[johnny crossan]

I don't know about you, but I was a big Chelsea fan until 2012

Missed this, now noted & filed ;-)

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

Missed this, now noted & filed ;-)

And before being a Chelsea fan I was obviously a rag. Weren't we all?!

 

[Micky Blue]

And before being a Chelsea fan I was obviously a rag. Weren't we all?!

was there a brief Blackburn period in the 90s too like myself?

 

[johnny crossan]

And before being a Chelsea fan I was obviously a rag. Weren't we all?!

As a walking infant I was taken to the swamp alternate Saturdays by my older brothers (one of whom was a triallist there) but after 1957 only went with them to Maine Rd except for derbies. Also a regular Friday nighter at County.

 

[Gordyola]

Interesting use of offside by the defense yesterday seemed well drilled in its application down to Pep2 or James French maybe even Kolo?

 

[smith_tommy]

Interesting use of offside by the defense yesterday seemed well drilled in its application down to Pep2 or James French maybe even Kolo?

Think it's partly down to Ruben & Stones being the central pairing, they know each other well and have always been a good combo.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

was there a brief Blackburn period in the 90s too like myself?

I liked Blackburn - but that was short lived.

 

[Leeky]

Noticed yesterday Kolo had an ear piece a had a monitor in front, wonder if there was somebody watching higher up, tactical analysis maybe

 

[Rhapsody in Blue]

Maybe I’m reading too much into it but there certainly were some Liverpool elements in our play yesterday. Haaland’s second goal wouldn’t have happened last season. We would just have played it back waiting for Wolves to reorganise. Instead we saw a perfect, beautiful counter attack.

Also, it felt like we were willing to sacrifice some possession in order to get Wolves further up the pitch, giving us lots of space to hurt them. Very refreshing to see rather than the tedious possession play against packed defenses that we’ve seen over and over the last couple of seasons.

 

[mac]

Noticed yesterday Kolo had an ear piece a had a monitor in front, wonder if there was somebody watching higher up, tactical analysis maybe

Ordering a cake for Yaya from M&S

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

There was a point during the game yesterday where Pep was staring into no man's land during a break in play and Ljinders tapped him on his leg, excited to give him some tactical feedback. Loved that and it's what we missed last season - one of the staff to be proper invested in us

Ljinders could be our best signing. He challenges Pep.

 

[jrb]

He is already having a positive impact on our new style of play.

 

[waspish]

Think he has been working on our ofside trap with our defence looked very good Saturday

 

[TheGhost]

Transitions baby. Transitions. <does an Alan Partridge fist pump>

 

[supercity88]

Think he has been working on our ofside trap with our defence looked very good Saturday

Stones was exceptional. The goal that was disallowed he first of all instinctively blocked the shot and then got back up ready for the cross and took a big step out to play the runner offside. I feel like that was more about Stones' ability than any specific training though.

 

[wattle]

Was Ljinders there today? Didn’t see him in the technical area at all from my seat

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