19 Mar 2015 08:03:09
I get really pissed off with all the knockers of Bobby.
Yes, we have not been as good as last year. Mainly too many draws. Many could/should have been wins!
Why was the system played last year OK and this year not?'Cos the other teams had found us out! They countered our play, closed us down earlier which resulted in too many 'lost balls'.
Finally, who is going to replace him?
It's easy to sack a manager. Hard to find " a better" replacement.
Come on you knockers name, names. Who would be better than Bobby?
19 Mar 2015 08:54:58
Klopp, mourinho, pellegrini, ancelotti and the wolfsburg manager, you didn't say they had to be realistic
19 Mar 2015 09:14:00
Have you seen where we re in the league? Any manager no matter who you are is going to get stick and probably the sack if you perform in the league the way we have this season.
I actually think we should have lost more games than we have and thought that last season a well.
Last Thursday we were playing the normal Martinez way of patient sideways passing until the crowd screamed at Barry to release the ball. He did and it fell to Lukaku and for the first time he had the chance to run at the defender. The crowd jumped on it and started cheering, the players reacted and we haven't looked back since.
This wasn't a piece of tactical genius or even instigated from the manager. If you look at the Newcastle game we started the same old way and again the crowd booed a sideways pass to get the players going.
So no, I don't give the manager any credit that after 8 months of saying I won't change my philosophy after every defeat, the crowd and players forces a change in his tactics. Baines on ITV pretty much said the same thing.
If we finish 14th this season (hopefully) then we will lose 12.4 mil in TV rev from last season. When the new TV deal comes in we would lose 27 mil in revenue. You can kiss the potential stadium and big signings goodbye. That's the price of being stubborn.
As for who would take over. I wouldn't be so keen to rush it and take the first manager that comes along but probably one that has genuine experience of managing a big club or a manager that hasn't just relegated another one. I like Bobby as a person but as a manager you have to be flexible in every way and that includes philosophies.
19 Mar 2015 09:39:59
''Hard to find a better replacement.'' Only if you leave your blinkers on, take em off there is a big wide world out there!
'' Who would be better than Bobby?'' Ok My Aunty Dora's cat for one! on the basis he's very unpredictable at times ;)
''Cos the other teams had found us out! '' I'm tellin yer this cat wouldn't let this happen mate, full stop!
19 Mar 2015 09:52:08
Wow Blue' that's one of the best posts I've read on this site. I can't dissagree with any of that tbf
19 Mar 2015 11:13:43
Steve Mcclaren would have been a good bet. Even Tony Pulis if we had sacked the fraud early enough. If the OP is happy with what the manager is doing then let him be, obviously prefers relegation battles over top 6 challenges. His tactics are one dimensional and mundane. There is no variation in play when things aren't going well and as for Plan B, bobby just thinks that's a rapper from down south!
19 Mar 2015 16:37:49
bloody hell WOKKER, what do you drink when watching this dross that Mr Bean as been serving up all season?
is it legal (the drink that is?)
got to get me some!
19 Mar 2015 17:23:18
Still no sensible replacement mentioned. Pulis, McLaren. Good God . No I am sure you were having a laugh.
Let's be more positive . A good win 2nite and again on Sunday and we will all feel much better. Still possible to finish in top half which is not the target I would prefer.
19 Mar 2015 17:24:36
Just hope I'm drinking to another win 2nite