Smirking_Saint

In fairness to him I think 3 atb makes all our CBs look terrible He isn’t as bad as the hate he gets

The team structure was SO much better when we went into a 4222 yesterday, so Im really puzzled why Ralph made the 'difficult to learn' remarks during the fans forum. It ensures responsibility is taken on the pitch, the majority are used to it and we looked dangerous. Leicester look in disarray but they are still dangerous, and Vardy will likely get his yearly goal against us --------- Bazuno----------------------- KWP - ABK - Salisu - Perraud (djenepo) -----Lavia -- JWP ---------- S Armstrong ------Aribo---- -------Che ----Mara------- Im really hoping Ralph learns from how yesterday ended and goes with this, special mention as well to Adam Armstrong that looked excellent yesterday and could certainly be a strong option from the bench

4222 works best, thats how we have played our best football and even showed yesterday that we were at our most dangerous in that tactical set up. We played 3 in the middle in our 352 games, and we were still being over run, more players in a certain position doesn't necessarily mean more confidence in that area, we had 3 CBs and 3 CMs in our first 160 odd minutes of the season and looked structurally awful Go back to the 4222, play our best eleven, accept that ROMEU might be dropped, or Lavia might be dropped and go from there..... Im not convinced Mara is an out and out striker either, Che was a handful yesterday, I'd like to see him continue there

Ive always felt that there is a good player in Iheanacho, good athleticism, good technically I wouldn't be completely against it at all, if we can get the best out of him then it's a good deal

Agree, 532 doesn’t suit our better players at all, plus all the tactical nuances

I can’t see how he survives this long term really, especially because we have a difficult August Ultimately Id take stuff like this with a pinch of salt but there’s too much coincidental bits of news a corroborating rumours coming out of the club, also explains the downbeat and defensive ‘vibe’ around the forum yesterday Id go one more and say its not just Ralph at risk here though, wouldn’t surprise me at all of Semmens’ neck is on the line too The only thing that baffles me is why we’ve let him go through a pre season and likely have a say in some of the players coming in

Well, yeah, in that respect I agree, thought you meant in general sorry

We have Tino, Perraud and KWP

Well that was quick Explains the hostile, defensive attitude last night

Probably yes 😂

Can he play wingback 🤷🏻‍♂️

The Athletic is pretty high up there as far as journalistic integrity is concerned, I know Dan/Carl used to ensure that there was truth in rumours before any info was released and many ‘rumours’ were not used as there wasn’t enough public info to corroborate it So yes… Id say in this case ‘no smoke without fire’ is a reasonable term to use

That is a fantastic signing to fill the Raphinha hole and at a good price Im hoping Tella to Burnley means we can go back to City for Delap, although again he is unproven… Id prefer Nmencha or Kaladjzic Id also again like us to look at Kouyate, Brooks or Zagadou.. all good, free CBs with decent pedigree

I don’t get how 4222 is an any more difficult system then 532 tbh… but thats just me We also play this also almost suicidally high line.. the WBs were basically camped on Spurs/Monaco’s by line and even 2 of the 3 CBs pushed up and played as narrow FBs at about 30/40 yards out from Spurs goal… I appreciate the pressure we put them under but as per usual it is so fragile on the break… I can’t see hiw it was coached particularly well either, Djenepo/KWP kept being overloaded as the MF 3 stayed pretty central, AA despite his efforts looked lost and we just allowed cross after cross into the box Finally, and I say this about most 3 atb teams.. if you don’t play 3 atb consistently with the same back 3 then its just confusing, in a 2 atb you know its you and your partner and you adjust responsibility accordingly, in a 3, and we saw this Saturday, it introduces a bit of confusion as you second guess who is marking, who is attacking the ball, who is covering etc… so in that instance Im not convinced what we are playing is any more ‘defensive’ If he was defensive solidity then we should go 4 atb with a double pivot ahead but thats just me, it also suits our players better.. considering we have arguably 3/4 defensively minded MFers, 2 good No.10s and 2/3 bang average wingers.. with only 2 FBs 🤷🏻‍♂️

Because I suppose you need contingency for the new manager We will likely spend more this window still aswell

I think the ‘vibe’ was because they maybe expected a friendlier atmosphere after the spending and the coaching spruce up, as evidenced by some of the replies they gave.. but like some have said, after the inconsistencies of the last couple of years and Saturdays 4-1 tonking it’s baffling that they didn’t turn up prepared My gut feel is that the management team has been read the riot act, as I said previously, SR are not at all comfortable with a potential relegation of their primary club for the multi club model, whether we’ll see a reaction remains to be seen Having been in the same room as Rasmus a couple of times he seems a typical, new age investor/business guy and almost certainly doesn’t suffer fools (he also seemed a bit of a nob but there we go) I think potentially the management team is on borrowed time, Im not personally convinced Semmens has done a particularly great job as CEO outside of the SR investment and Steele, the couple of times Ive heard him talk never seems clued up about issues he really should know the answers too

Appreciate his support, but; Can you remind him its not all about him and there’s other people looking to ask a question?

I actually looked at his percentiles after this and didn’t appreciate how wank he actually was so I appreciate the heads up 😂 3 CBs though, I really like the look of and are all free transfers are; Axel Zagadou - 23 yr old ex Dortmund, tall and imposing, French youth international… Roma sniffing around so unlikely John Brooks - 29yr old ex Wolsburg CB, tall, athletic, decent on the ball. Likely looking to push for a USA WC place (German/USA). (My preference) Cheik Kouyate - 32yr old ex Palace CB/DM, his passing percentiles are rather uninspiring so may not fit us completely but is a dominating CB with premier league experience, probably a decent stop gap that adds steel to the back line

Jason Denayer is being released by Lyon.. not really sure why, Im fairly sure he had a good season there last year Time to get a two for one on him and Dembele please Ralph Could do an awful lot worse

I can go along with this, was happy to give RH the benefit of the doubt and a bit of time this season, new coaching team and players… but we just reverted to type on Saturday, capitulating too easily and again Ralph plays players out of their positions.. its baffling and Ive had enough of it Ive been consistently Ralph in but Im just tired by it all

Im not going to lie… was only when I started writing it up I realised just how light we were in wide positions, especially the right 😂 Pretend I wrote Redmond

You realise its a new season and your opening line works both way ? Anyway…. Id like to see a return to a 4 at the back, be it 4231, 4312 or 4222… we have the players for those roles… simply put, 352 just means we’re sticking square pegs in round holes… I also despise 3 atb formations, it gives you a false sense of defensive security but all it does is removes responsibility for marking etc and you get what you got Saturday.. everyone expecting someone else to do the necessary We need a response and quick, I want to see a commitment from the off, back to our trademark press and for fuck sake play players in their positions…. ————— Bazunu ————— KWP - ABK - Salisu - Perraud ——— Lavia —- JWP ———— —Arma—-S Armstrong —- Aribo— —————Adams ———

He has until November and his replacement won’t come from within, we also have a January kitty

Crocker is the DoF… spin it however you want

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