Hugo Viana | Director of Football

Stelea said:
We dont gave a best team. We play with out of date tactics with a team full of average players. We have been sussed out for a long time now yet we continue to play the same slow side to side crap which renders one of our only class players impotent
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Cherki one of the most creative players in Europe. Marmoush one of the top scorers in Europe. Semenyo one of the top scorers in the PL. Reinjders one of the best players in Italy.
 
Ban-jani said:
What’s that? Pass it backwards and sideways slowly for “control”. Funny how we suddenly turned it on last 15 minutes and looked like scoring.

It’s direction.
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It's having the ball long enough to create an opening with numerical superiority then utilise it with quality.

The players Viana has signed cannot do either of those things.

They are technically bereft apart from Cherki.
 
Recruitment has been poor for many years now. Tixi included.

The transfer strategy of spending large amounts on 2 average/good players, when we only need to spend the full amount on one world class player has stopped our progression.

Haaland / Donnaruma have been our only world class player for ages.

The rest. Good. But not good enough.

Pep’s done his best bit this squad isn’t good enough.
 
daztrueblue91 said:
Cherki one of the most creative players in Europe. Marmoush one of the top scorers in Europe. Semenyo one of the top scorers in the PL. Reinjders one of the best players in Italy.
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Marmoush and Semenyo played in teams with totally different styles, the Italian league is shite and Cherki is a kid.
 
daztrueblue91 said:
Cherki one of the most creative players in Europe. Marmoush one of the top scorers in Europe. Semenyo one of the top scorers in the PL. Reinjders one of the best players in Italy.
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And how do they look for us? Cherki yes fine but Pep won’t play him / trust him to start games , Marmoush is average, not technically good enough and a Fanny but remarkably one of our biggest earners. Semenyo has come into a side who play slow boring fruitless football which is not his game and is more suited to a counter attack underdog side. Reijnders is simply a Ghost who always arrives too late.
For me, the best signing in Kushanov but only as a centre half
 
he had serious look today next to Pep. he had a short chat with media after the CL draw ceremony of how big game Real will be and what a close tie it will be. well if we dont win at home at least even if eliminated then this tie is significantly easier for Real then they have hoped for probably.
 
The players just aren't suited for whatever system Pep wants to play.

Remember earlier in the season when we sacrificed possession and played more of a counter attack style, what happened to that?
 
We are second and not for inexperience from a young squad and hurbris from Pep we would be clear of the tarquins.

6 points dropped at home to relagation batling teams and not killing off other teams we had on the ropes

The new players have the full potential to become a great team, the main recruitment failure was waiting till the treble squad were all old before recruiting the next squad, Txiki sat on his hands for 2 seasons and allowed Pep to insist we were ok squad wise until it left us where we are, a young squad not fully formed.
 
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wonder if he knew Ait Nouri will be inverted fb, Semenyo being asked to play like David Silva, he may have signed different players for those roles lol.

this thing we look at specific players doing well in a specific system eg Ait Nouri in a back 5 at Wolves as a marauding wingback specialist. or Marmoush who was brilliant in a counter attacking side, playing somewhat defensive style bbut using his speed to break at less organized defences almost zero low blocks and think yes this is what we need for Pep's slow as hell possession based tactics.

this has to fucking stop. Viana and Pep has to talk.

the first touch of Aguero, Mahrez, Grealish, KDB vs first touch of Semenyo, Haaland, Marmoush is night and day.
 
Bluewonder said:
Hate to break it to you, but the whole club was set up by Barca boys to play a pass and move style of football.

We won't be appointing Sam Allardyce irrespective of what you Pep out thickos want.
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One of the Barca boys is gone, the other is a bean counter and Pep is about to follow his mate Txiki back to Barcelona. Time for a change I think and Viana is clearly working on that instruction, don’t think he’s signed a single player who gets in a Pep team four years ago.

Hilarious you seem to think only Pep can get a team playing decent football, not that we’ve seen it for two years.
 
Bluewonder said:
It's having the ball long enough to create an opening with numerical superiority then utilise it with quality.

The players Viana has signed cannot do either of those things.

They are technically bereft apart from Cherki.
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Who Pep benches game after game, stop talking bollocks already.
 
Very very questionable signings - him and Pep are not on the same wave length

Semenyo - Bournmouth was his level...low technical ability and where does he fit in....he doesnt replace Haaland thats for certain and cant play any other position...
Reijnders - awful - said it before but possibly one of the worst players in the last 5 years besides Phillips
Marmoush - Doesnt fit.
Khus - he is ok but a long way to go
Guehi - starter at the moment but is he good enough to step up....a poor Real Madrid team says no
 
simon23 said:
Very very questionable signings - him and Pep are not on the same wave length

Semenyo - Bournmouth was his level...low technical ability and where does he fit in....he doesnt replace Haaland thats for certain and cant play any other position...
Reijnders - awful - said it before but possibly one of the worst players in the last 5 years besides Phillips
Marmoush - Doesnt fit.
Khus - he is ok but a long way to go
Guehi - starter at the moment but is he good enough to step up....a poor Real Madrid team says no
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If you are referring to Hugo Viana he only became director this past summer. So Haaland was not his signing, neither was Marmoush or Khus. Plus you don't think Pep (like Emery,Arteta etc) signs of on all the signings, he's not just the coach, never has been.
 
The squad or the Manager are not good enough
the good thing, they have been bought at resale amounts and the manager can be changed the problem he has, which is first
 
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