Ex Lion Tamer

Why do you think he has failed at every job since?

It's the kind of situation that needs a single minded ideologue like Martin really

Like Mourinho and Wenger 🤔

I'm sure these sorts of conversations happen all the time. Call to the agent, not interested, move on

It's not a good thought is it! He has to be shipped out you would think, even though he could probably do well in the champ for someone like Luton

Try and press against that and you'll be knackered after an hour. That's the theory anyway

I do think it's tough for teams at the bottom of the table to do but we're a big fish now and ought to be able to play it

The new manager hasn't even started yet!

Martin teams supposedly score a lot of their goals in the last 20 minutes once their passing has tired out the opposition

It's the number of passes that causes the opposition to lose focus and allow the goal. It's very hard to press for that amount of time. The only team huffing and puffing is the one chasing the ball all round the pitch

Liverpool were playing passing football decades ago so it shouldn't be that alien to people. Yes of course it has to be done well and lead to an end product

Not wanting to be a pedant but he was responding to a post where you said "playing out from the back". You're changing your argument now

He hasn't shown it for us but his passing looked really good on the obligatory misleading YouTube before he joined

I know the rumours have been that Diallo will leave, but of our players, I actually think he might be the most suited to the possession game

Has this been posted?

Yes it can look stupid when it doesn't work but it's also the most effective way to pull the opposition out of position and create attacking space. That's literally why the top teams do it. And in this league, we are one of the top teams

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Very interesting, helps me feel a bit more positive. A bit of Pochettino feel in terms of successful management despite player sales. Worth also saying that Koeman had bad runs with us but was a success overall

I'd go for Schumacher. Feels like we've decided a style of play and are now trying to fit a coach to it, rather than getting the best man for the job.

How many other players played under Fergie? Is Gary Neville a good manager? It's pretty much irrelevant compared to assessing their actual ability as a manager

I'm against Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney and Viera but think Carrick could be a decent shout

It's happening

I really don't think there's anything the captain can do if the manager isn't putting in place a strict framework of fines and punishments

We do need to transition from a counter pressing team to more of a dominant one that can break down a stubborn defence. As we're a big fish now, there will be more of these in the Championship

Except Nathan Jones had a track record of getting a team to vastly over perform. I'm not sure what this guy offers really