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Surely he should just adapt his philosophy to fit the players we have.Enrique plays the football that we want. The problem with him is our squad needs a lot of work to do it his way.
Surely he should just adapt his philosophy to fit the players we have.Enrique plays the football that we want. The problem with him is our squad needs a lot of work to do it his way.
Conte isn’t going to go is he?
Have to say I’m so shocked that he has made it to Thursday. Thought he’d have been gone a n Sunday
At this point his position is completely untenable. There's zero chance he stays.
Surely he should just adapt his philosophy to fit the players we have.
Yeah - knowing Conte he won't make things easy. After what happened at Chelsea and the 26m payout Conte got for unfair dismissal, I imagine we're being very careful about how we handle the situation - especially since we're still currently sitting in 4th spot. Might be best just to put him on gardening leave until the end of the season?Surely it's just a matter of how he leaves the club now and what the financial compensation will be.
Its just incredible that Levy is so tone deaf to the fans and media, well he wasn't as he wanted to get Fonseca who actually completely suited the style of play we wanted to see but then he hired Paratici but didn't think that he doesn't fit with the philosophy and DNA of our club.Sad times indeed. Given Levy’s longevity it’s unbelievable that such a lack of clarity and identity about almost anything resides within the club. From the board, to the manager and including our best player there is not a single element you could say with confidence is going to be around in six months time.
I suppose the fact that managers like Frank and Glasner are both very fond of playing with a back 3 does at least show there's some thought behind those potential appointments, even if they wouldn't be popular picks among the fans.
This type of thinking is why I like Amorim as a potential option. We have the players to suit his style and system but he also plays in more of a front foot, attractive style than Conte. It wouldn't be electric, attacking football, but it would be a smart compromise that I think most fans would be able to get behind and wouldn't require a complete squad overhaul to work.
He did a really good job at Celta, that shouldn’t be overlooked. He completely changed the way they played.enrique has benefited from managing two established football systems, who really knows how he even manages
Yeah I agree with this. I think he ticks the most boxes, personally.Interesting article on The Athletic about this today, with a list of the potential candidates.
Amongst the suggestions of the usual suspects (and my God the menu is so much better than it was at the time of desperately scrabbling around and ending up with Nuno), was an interesting idea of getting shot of Paratici (which seems likely anyway), and getting Paul Barber back from Brighton and bringing de Zerbi with him - our Barber in charge of football operations and let Levy concentrate on his go-kart track.
De Zerbi does seem like the forward-looking, accepted-our-station candidate - progressive, young, aggressive, works within a budget, promotes youth etc.
Bit of a Poch mkII and would be my first choice.
Yep, and if he didn't then he'd be a failure just like ConteSurely he should just adapt his philosophy to fit the players we have.
FP has been brilliant behind the scenes with the youth set up, he's brought in some fantastic players and has also secured top talent such as Sarr and Udogie when a lot of top clubs wanted those players.
However, his managerial targets are somewhat worrying. Spoke to my source early this morning and was given a few more names to add to the two I've consistently mentioned (Tuchel & Enrique). The problem lies where FP has drawn up a list of potential managers, most of which don't play the kind of football Levy (supposedly) and us fans would like to see.
Again, it's all a bit messy where there are too many people involved in the process. It's highly likely FP won't even be here in 6 months time with everything going on so it's just a bit of a mess again.
There are so many problems behind the scenes, it sadly doesn't really matter who comes in as the new manager.
I'll also repeat what I already said last week, Poch would of course love to come back, but I'm told he has his sights firmly set on Madrid currently and there are too many people behind the scenes who would need convincing that bringing him back right now is the right thing to do.
Sad times
Levy has brought in 13 managers during his 22 years and of that 13 only one of them was given a contract extension. That's a fair old list of bringing in duds and/or pulling the trigger too early. I certainly don't trust his judgement on the matter.
I think it’s a lovely idea in theory but I think the reality of it would be too difficult to pull off. For a start I don’t see Di Zerbi leaving before the end of the season, if at all, and I would be very surprised if Barber would be willing to come back.Interesting article on The Athletic about this today, with a list of the potential candidates.
Amongst the suggestions of the usual suspects (and my God the menu is so much better than it was at the time of desperately scrabbling around and ending up with Nuno), was an interesting idea of getting shot of Paratici (which seems likely anyway), and getting Paul Barber back from Brighton and bringing de Zerbi with him - put Barber in charge of football operations and let Levy concentrate on his go-kart track.
De Zerbi does seem like the forward-looking, accepted-our-station candidate - progressive, young, aggressive, works within a budget, promotes youth etc.
We’ve also tended to do better when poaching a coach from a smaller club and getting them to step up and prove themselves - seems to generate fewer issues with Levy, motivates them and the players they bring in, you get a guy who feels proud and privileged to be here etc.
Bit of a Poch mkII and would be my first choice.
Or we could find a manager who's more adaptableSurely he should just adapt his philosophy to fit the players we have.
I think it’s a lovely idea in theory but I think the reality of it would be too difficult to pull off. For a start I don’t see Di Zerbi leaving before the end of the season, if at all, and I would be very surprised if Barber would be willing to come back.
I think at this point the whole world knows Levy just can’t help himself so the idea of being given free reign re football matters is a fantastical one. The Jose/Nuno/Conte trifecta will have probably gone some way to proving how badly run we are to many, maybe not to Lewis is his ivory boat but to those in the football world.
Plus on top of all that I think Brighton would fight tooth and nail to keep both at least a little longer. I know RDZ has a release clause but even so they will probably offer him a rise or something. Even financially I can’t see it being an easy deal to do.
Should be easy, Levy is such a good judge when it comes to these important decisions.Or we could find a manager who's more adaptable
Interesting article on The Athletic about this today, with a list of the potential candidates.
Amongst the suggestions of the usual suspects (and my God the menu is so much better than it was at the time of desperately scrabbling around and ending up with Nuno), was an interesting idea of getting shot of Paratici (which seems likely anyway), and getting Paul Barber back from Brighton and bringing de Zerbi with him - put Barber in charge of football operations and let Levy concentrate on his go-kart track.
De Zerbi does seem like the forward-looking, accepted-our-station candidate - progressive, young, aggressive, works within a budget, promotes youth etc.
We’ve also tended to do better when poaching a coach from a smaller club and getting them to step up and prove themselves - seems to generate fewer issues with Levy, motivates them and the players they bring in, you get a guy who feels proud and privileged to be here etc.
Bit of a Poch mkII and would be my first choice.
He must take after his son, after the excellent choice in fire alarm system….Should be easy, Levy is such a good judge when it comes to these important decisions.