Finland v England | Sun 13th Oct '24, 17:00 | Nations League

[KentBlue]

Id honestly give it mourinho at this point

I can't see Maureen bowing to the men in suits and doing what he's told. He'd ruffle more feathers again and just walk away with yet another huge payout.

 

[supercity88]

Id honestly give it mourinho at this point

I think the players we have would suit Mourinho's tactics. We're defensively suspect. So in trying to fit in a number of attacking players, we're causing the defence more problems. If we were compact and played on the counter we'd probably be more successful. We were much better under Southgate when we had Kane dropping in and players running ahead of him. Now we have a lot of players largely wanting the ball to feet, with no movement. We keep the ball but do very little with it. There are too many missing pieces for us to be a possession dominating side. We don't have the number 6, although Gomes looks a prospect. We don't have the goalkeeper which is fundamental. And we don't have the right balance in midfield otherwise. Bellingham isn't a player for a possession based game either.

 

[threespires]

You recon Chas likes Association Football?

I bet he f*cking hates it.

Didn't he once say something to the effect that he supports Burnley because it's a bit of a dump and he feels sorry for them? Think they gave him a season ticket too. I carried on supporting City out of pity for years but the club didn't pay for mine! Conclusive proof one rule for them and another for the rest of us!

 

[red 2 hats]

Just listened to an interview with Lee Carsley, if you close your eyes you'd swear they were interviewing Brian Horton, the same tone is un canny.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

I think the players we have would suit Mourinho's tactics. We're defensively suspect. So in trying to fit in a number of attacking players, we're causing the defence more problems. If we were compact and played on the counter we'd probably be more successful. We were much better under Southgate when we had Kane dropping in and players running ahead of him. Now we have a lot of players largely wanting the ball to feet, with no movement. We keep the ball but do very little with it. There are too many missing pieces for us to be a possession dominating side. We don't have the number 6, although Gomes looks a prospect. We don't have the goalkeeper which is fundamental. And we don't have the right balance in midfield otherwise. Bellingham isn't a player for a possession based game either.

I remember when Pep first arrived, despite his 'posession is the law' mantra, he was also coaching even people like David S. to play the ball a little in front of where people were about to go, rather than getting it right to their feet - where they would be stationary, killing movement and momentum.

The next two years we had the title and then
the centurions with insane points levels.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I remember when Pep first arrived, despite his 'posession is the law' mantra, he was also coaching even people like David S. to play the ball a little in front of where people were about to go, rather than getting it right to their feet - where they would be stationary, killing movement and momentum.

The next two years we had the title and then
the centurions with insane points levels.

Anyone else think the poor quality of football these first two months, at international level and, let's face it, club level as well, is due to the lack of any time at all for coaching? From three or four days a week on average maybe a decade ago to one day a week, or two if you are lucky, these days?

I can scarcely remember a game so far this season where I have said wow, great performance. Even City are just spluttering along.

Too many games ruining the sport, imho. Who'd a thunk it?

 

[supercity88]

Anyone else think the poor quality of football these first two months, at international level and, let's face it, club level as well, is due to the lack of any time at all for coaching? From three or four days a week on average maybe a decade ago to one day a week, or two if you are lucky, these days?

I can scarcely remember a game so far this season where I have said wow, great performance. Even City are just spluttering along.

Too many games ruining the sport, imho. Who'd a thunk it?

This is what Rodri commented on when questioned about the number of games. The quality will decline because energy levels will suffer. The Euro's was poor quality, the start of this season hasn't been particularly high energy and we've been fortunate a number of our best players have managed to come in and produce despite not having any pre-season. You can still see some are trying to get up to speed. The NL isn't a tournament many are particularly fussed about, and lots of managers are also shuffling the pack and managing workloads on their players.