Spurs want Rodgers to replace Arry - Sun article

[sloth]

Dont agree, off the ball and defensively they looked poor IMO. Their primary form of defence is to keep the ball. When they lose it you can get at them. I acknowledge that Rodgers doesnt have the resources and has done well so far but again, I think they get a slightly easy ride due to style of play and I would like to see them second season in if teams work them out a bit.

I haven't said he was the finished article, In fact I said I dont think he was ready for us yet and would like to see how he does over 2-3 seasons. He is certainly one to watch though.

They are pretty good defensively, they've conceded 39 goals this season, which is three more than us or Chelsea and two less than Arsenal. The play in a very similar way to Barcelona, which means yes they try and have a lot of possession, and in doing so in the 40% of the time they don't have the ball they can afford to press, which they do.

Where they are weak is in defending set-plays. I haven't seen enough of them to know why, but Rodgers suggested yesterday that height was an issue. I suspect having four of their main five defenders signed when they were in Leagues One and Two is also a contributory factor.

They are also vulnerable to turn-over ball, this is because they play their possession game quite deep, and take risks, if caught out then the opposition is often winning the ball back in a dangerous area.

But anyway, when all's said and done defensively they're pretty good. As good as most sides.

The real point however, is that they're playing this style with journeyman pros. I cannot stress enough the significance of this. When Harry was in charge of journey-man pros he got relegated, and then in the Championship with Southampton he stayed relegated. Look at Wolves this year, or Wigan, Blackburn, Villa, QPR, Bolton. That is the level they should be playing at, that is what journey-man teams look like. In fact they're more journey-man than those teams because Swansea are 50% players from the Championship and below (36% from Leagues One and Two). So yes they have weaknesses, but honestly, in any but the most recent of times we as Spurs fans would be crowing if a team of ours had played like theirs is this season.

On the 'finished article' thing, sorry about that, wasn't really directed at you, but at the general tenor of some of the posts on here.

 

[rich75]

They are pretty good defensively, they've conceded 39 goals this season, which is three more than us or Chelsea and two less than Arsenal. The play in a very similar way to Barcelona, which means yes they try and have a lot of possession, and in doing so in the 40% of the time they don't have the ball they can afford to press, which they do.

Where they are weak is in defending set-plays. I haven't seen enough of them to know why, but Rodgers suggested yesterday that height was an issue. I suspect having four of their main five defenders signed when they were in Leagues One and Two is also a contributory factor.

They are also vulnerable to turn-over ball, this is because they play their possession game quite deep, and take risks, if caught out then the opposition is often winning the ball back in a dangerous area.

But anyway, when all's said and done defensively they're pretty good. As good as most sides.

The real point however, is that they're playing this style with journeyman pros. I cannot stress enough the significance of this. When Harry was in charge of journey-man pros he got relegated, and then in the Championship with Southampton he stayed relegated. Look at Wolves this year, or Wigan, Blackburn, Villa, QPR, Bolton. That is the level they should be playing at, that is what journey-man teams look like. In fact they're more journey-man than those teams because Swansea are 50% players from the Championship and below (36% from Leagues One and Two). So yes they have weaknesses, but honestly, in any but the most recent of times we as Spurs fans would be crowing if a team of ours had played like theirs is this season.

On the 'finished article' thing, sorry about that, wasn't really directed at you, but at the general tenor of some of the posts on here.

Bit disingenous...... Soton were in the shit when he took over, got relegated and then left a few months into the new season after getting the hump with Woodward turning up as far as I remember

 

[Mr Pink]

Dont agree (sorry, not meaning to disagree with everything you post today :razz, I think they get a slightly easy ride because of the easy on the eye football. The amount of errors was substantial. They gave the ball away in dangerous areas on numerous occasions that on another day and another team will get punished, couldnt get near the likes of Bale and Ade at times, and the two headed goals we would be going bananas about on here if that was us. We could and should have won by a bigger margin IMO.

Yes mostly in the first half, when we played them at their own game and pressed the fuck out of them high up the pitch. They won't have experienced that level of intensity to often this season, they're usually the ones benefiting from doing exactly that.

I want more of this, Rodgers is the man who totally gets this...again, that's the whole point.

 

[Misfit]

I want Rodgers. Bring him to me!

 

[StartingPrice]

At his experience level he is still a big risk. He isn't the first manager to finish mid table in their first season in the Premier League after being promoted.

No, he isn't, but he is one of the few that Mourinho made a specific point of asking to work with him. And from what we have heard of him, he is the one who seems to stand out a country mile in the way he is prepared to go above and beyond, to go the extra mile to make him self the best that he can be asa a manager, and a real force as a manager.

Any appointment would be a risk - some less than others. He is probably a bit more of a risk than some - but he also looks like someone who really may have the potential to take over a club and shape it top to bottom, ala Beetroot Head. The counter-risk is that we need a manager, ignore him and someone else in who is either a flop or a short-term success, while Rogers has another good season, and then Citeh, United, Liverpool or the Goons are looking for a new manager, appoint him and he goes on to be phenomenal.

Sometimes you have to take risks - no-one is guaranteeing he would be a success, just that he has a lot going for him, and very for top level coaches would be available and prepared to come to us, and they would still carry risks anyway.

 

[Misfit]

Maureen, Ancelotti, Rodgers, in that order.

Rodgers it is then. No more needs to be said. I have spoken. Besides, Rodgers would at the very least mena that Benitez doesn't get the gig. Major bonus there. I wish some effing Spanish club wuld hurry up and employ him already.

/awaits a barage of love

As for liverplol, they'll go for someone like Unai Emery most likely. Ticks all the boxes, isn't Engish/Bitish, won't buy English/British players and has dreamy, slicked back hair. Get some donuts into him pronto, and they'll have their new Messiah.

 

[StartingPrice]

Maureen, Ancelotti, Rodgers, in that order.

Rodgers it is then. No more needs to be said. I have spoken. Besides, Rodgers would at the very least mena that Benitez doesn't get the gig. Major bonus there. I wish some effing Spanish RESTAURANT wuld hurry up and employ him already.

/awaits a barage of love

As for liverplol, they'll go for someone like Unai Emery most likely. Ticks all the boxes, isn't Engish/Bitish, won't buy English/British players and has dreamy, slicked back hair. Get some donuts into him pronto, and they'll have their new Messiah.

FYP :wink:

 

[Misfit]

Ta love, and also ta for ignoring the typos. It's my laptop's blyddi keyboard. You have to practically use a mallet tethered to an angry God to generate a force sufficient to press some of the keys down.

 

[StartingPrice]

Dim probs :grin: