Brussels, we don’t need to play like Man City, we just need a team that can pass to each other without giving the ball away all of the time. A new manager will hopefully come in with better tactics and find a way to get the team playing together. We have the players at the moment, but we don’t have the confidence that the players need, a new boss might give them that.Excellent post.
I'm in a dilemma about Rowett leaving (immediately at least). On the one hand, I get the impression that 1) he has taken us as far as he can and 2) the majority of the fans (and squad?) are turning on him. On the other hand, I still don't think that we will be relegated under him.
Moreover, any potential new manager will have to work with the current squad until, at least, January and possibly until the summer. With the best will in the world, even Pep isn't going to turn Murray into John Stones, Billy into De Bruyne and Bradshaw into Haaland and have us playing Man City style football.
I ain’t going to comment until the car park man gives us his two bob’s worth
Re the quality of football. Personally, I can't remember the last time we were 'easy on the eye'. Maybe Jackett's era? However, I was prepared (like most others?) to sacrifice a certain amount of excitement/ entertainment for stability and progress (in terms of league position). Up to now imo that's what we have got both under Rowett and Harris. However, we now seem to have stalled.Brussels, we don’t need to play like Man City, we just need a team that can pass to each other without giving the ball away all of the time. A new manager will hopefully come in with better tactics and find a way to get the team playing together. We have the players at the moment, but we don’t have the confidence that the players need, a new boss might give them that.
Agree totally, just my opinion tooI'm not one to clamour for the head of a manager after a few dodgy results and performances, but after yesterday it confirmed to me that GR & AB need to go.At the start of the 2nd half, the ball was played back only to be smashed up to not Watmore or Nisbet, but fucking Cooper, this alone showed me that the management team are desperate and devoid of real plans B,C,D etc.
NH took charge and restored some much respectability and Millwall ethos with little management ability, but I can remember some good games (not just the cup runs!), before eventually coming up way short and with some dignity left to be replaced by a 'proper' manager, now I feel we are at that point again and to be honest, I can't remember more than half dozen standout games under GR.
I think we were all honest enough to say that NH had run his course, so I find it difficult to give a manager who has more to spend than any other more time and I don't think Stoke City, Derby County and Birmingham supporters got it all wrong surely!?.
Time for a new manger with a more dynamic fresh approach to football and not go for some old cunt on the manager merry go round.
But hey, wtf do I know!.
could we get in an out and out attack minded coach to get our strikers firing on all cylinders?
This is what people have been crying out for the last couple of years but the clubs done nothing about it.Such a move would need to come from the board, letting GR know that the overall wellbeing of the club is more important than his ego or stubbornness.
Unless something is done soon in this regard, I fear we won't be a strong enough side to replicate our last few season's finishing positions.
......Or you can just ignore me, as I know nothing about football.