PunkCapitalist wrote:It doesn't need to be that way though. Thiago had spells (I believe under Ancelotti) in which he played the deep lying playmaker in the Xabi/Pirlo style very well. That's what I want to see from Thiago, and less horizontal passing.MUTU wrote:Hakara wrote:Think the only game I've enjoyed more this season was the Tottenham game, but that's mostly cause I was watching that in a bar with a bunch of tottenham fans. This was more composed defensively.
Incidentally also a match during which Thiago was benched.
Thiago's a great player, but we seem to play faster and more direct football without him.
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bastos80 wrote:It doesn't need to be that way though. Thiago had spells (I believe under Ancelotti) in which he played the deep lying playmaker in the Xabi/Pirlo style very well. That's what I want to see from Thiago, and less horizontal passing.PunkCapitalist wrote:MUTU wrote:[quote="Hakara"]Think the only game I've enjoyed more this season was the Tottenham game, but that's mostly cause I was watching that in a bar with a bunch of tottenham fans. This was more composed defensively.
Incidentally also a match during which Thiago was benched.
Thiago's a great player, but we seem to play faster and more direct football without him.
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PunkCapitalist wrote:Guys... Changing coaches is known to produce a big short term boost in performance. Let's not blow this two results put of proportion.
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PunkCapitalist wrote:Guys... Changing coaches is known to produce a big short term boost in performance. Let's not blow this two results put of proportion.
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We did change coach. The positive effect registered when changing coaches is very likely not associated with a change in game plan, but rather mood, which is my point.zozon wrote:PunkCapitalist wrote:Guys... Changing coaches is known to produce a big short term boost in performance. Let's not blow this two results put of proportion.
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We didnt changed the coach, Flick was working with these players all along.
It was Kovac that they were against. Flick only continued what he did, only now without Kovac's "plans". Both Niko's and Robert's plans.
sherpthederp wrote:PunkCapitalist wrote:Guys... Changing coaches is known to produce a big short term boost in performance. Let's not blow this two results put of proportion.
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If I hear a single person jinx our situation by appropriating a certain phrase recently used at Man U I’m gonna lose my sh*t lol.
PunkCapitalist wrote:We need a proper coach who implements proper tactics and can communicate their role to each player. That's what we have been missing since Pep left. Ancelotti was too hands off, Kovac was incompetent. Consequently players kept going by decaying inertia in terms of tactics and their roles.
I know you dislike Pep, but you can't deny that he had a game plan, and tactics, and players understood what they had to do. He may have failed in the CL, even got trashed, but the team was not drifting ("a la deriva") like under Carlo and Kovac.Jorge wrote:PunkCapitalist wrote:We need a proper coach who implements proper tactics and can communicate their role to each player. That's what we have been missing since Pep left. Ancelotti was too hands off, Kovac was incompetent. Consequently players kept going by decaying inertia in terms of tactics and their roles.
You mean to win the BL by March but get thrashed when we face decent opposition in Europe?
Under Carlo we were OK in the champs league. I bet you all remember how we got eliminated.PunkCapitalist wrote:I know you dislike Pep, but you can't deny that he had a game plan, and tactics, and players understood what they had to do. He may have failed in the CL, even got trashed, but the team was not drifting ("a la deriva") like under Carlo and Kovac.Jorge wrote:PunkCapitalist wrote:We need a proper coach who implements proper tactics and can communicate their role to each player. That's what we have been missing since Pep left. Ancelotti was too hands off, Kovac was incompetent. Consequently players kept going by decaying inertia in terms of tactics and their roles.
You mean to win the BL by March but get thrashed when we face decent opposition in Europe?
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MUTU wrote:And Alaba 1.5...
Im starting to lose respect for Kicker ratings.
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