Glasgow_Saint

Eh quickness? You posted on the WHU forum last week.......? Just typed "Olallana forum" into google and they you were.... you really have too much time on your hands mate WHU - http://kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=149299&start=1260 Man City - http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=7441873&sid=7ee8d1a640bc67cba37a3712e8d6940a Nottingham Forest - http://www.forest.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=26712 Not 606 - http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/245926-Nicola-Cortese-s-next-job-will-be/page7 LFW - http://loftforwords.fansnetwork.co.uk/forum/79253/page:3 Rochdale - http://rochdaleafc.fansnetwork.co.uk/forum/79253/page:2

Yes and a great job you do...... You really showed them WHU fans whose best http://kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=149299&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=1240

David Weir was manager for the 1st 13 games. He was sacked in October

Id take Kasper Schmeichel in the summer.... Out of contract too

Shaw is on for 2nd half

Sterling had a good half

Andre Villas-Boas Murat Yakin Roberto Di Matteo Paul Clement Neil Lennon Steve Clarke Nigel Adkins Jurgen Klinsmann Karl Robinson Uwe Rosler Nigel Pearson Michael Laudrup Cadajfu imho Or how about Javier Aguirre? He took over from the great mopo when Espanyol were rock bottom of la liga. He turned them around, kept them up and now has them sitting nicely in mid table. Espanyol are playing some great football with a very very average squad

post of the day - thank you Dr

Evidence? How about the results? First 11 games W6 D4 L1 Goals against 5 Last 17 W4 D5 L8 Goals against 30 Out of both cups How much evidence do you need? I am happy to hear other explanations - so far the favourite was "Its the strikers fault" Olallana then showed us the Jay is actually one of the most prolific in the league. Next fav was injuries - all clubs get injuries, have ours been any worse than other clubs? Im just looking to understand why we had such a good start, but then transformed to a relegation form side for the last 17/18 games?

Mopo brought his own team of "experts" with him and its him and his team/experts that have decided/insisted upon our high press/ intensity style + double training. He cant get the credit when things are going well (1st 11 games) and then blame Les Reed (what!?) when things are going bad (last 18 ) We knew the style of play mopo would adapt before he'd taken a days training as we saw the way Espanyol played previously. It was a mistake to enforce this style of play on such a small squad. He tried it at Espanyol - I didn’t work (Squad too small) he's now tried it here and its not worked with consistency (Squad too small) to persevere regardless shows a lack of tactical flexibility and an inability to get the best from the squad you manage. If I was able to predict the loss of form and player fatigue in October – why couldn’t mopo?

Dr Kucho is well a Dr so more qualified than most on here? I had posted earlier in the season that our style was not sustanable - our drop in form and clear signs of player fatigue would suggest I am right?

I’ve said it before, but ill say it again. Mopo seems to have one way of playing.... high press / high intensity. It was clear to us (me at least) that this was not sustainable for a full season..... As I said earlier in this thread - teams like Barcelona can do it as they have big quality squads allowing rotation - we on the other hand clearly don’t. As I have said before - if it was that easy every club would do it. Happened last season and its happened this season, players are simply exhausted. If I could see it – why couldn’t mopo?

No no no they must be shattered, they have such a small squad!! How are they coping? Hull lost to Newcastle this week just becuase they were away to Brighton 2 weeks earlier in the cup.

fits

The Dr thinks different

Did I hit the nail on the head back in October?

Are you now saying our poor form isnt because of the strikers? Its hard to keep up......

3 international strikers (2 England 1 Italy) all struggling under mopo....... Coincidence?

So we cant blame the strikers for our poor form?

Posted a thread on this back in october while everyone was getting carried away with winning the league. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?47397-Endurance

We still have mopos top 8 bonus, i mean ALL to play for

So the squad is better, the players are better....... but the results are worse. Can you see why I started the thread now?

Doesnt help - but Waze is a good free satnav (App) if you have a smartphone?

Does Mopo have a better squad than Adkins did?

Your a poster I respect dig dig and a posters whose opinion I value. Your above comment is right.... he does have a relatively small squad. However someone recently posted some stats that showed that over the last 18 games mopo's record is worse than Adkins (last 18 ). Nigel of course was working with a much much weaker squad than Mopo so how did he (NA) get the sack (+ comments saying he was out of his depth etc) but mopo is doing a "bloody good job"? Mopo last 18 W4 D5 L9 Adkins last 18 W5 D7 L6