I hate this idea that you sign a manager for his potential.
The whole concept of being a manager is that you’re past the potential stage.
If you’re not past it, as many allude to on here, then maybe you shouldn’t be a manager.
The funny thing is that you’re the one being reactionary here and allowing other peoples’ opinions to get to you. I don’t know how you cope in your personal life if this is how you react every time someone disagrees with your viewpoint.
It seems that our fans pick and choose the players they think are manager signing and choose those that they think aren’t.
We either have a system where the players are picked for the manager or we don’t.
So Dahoud, Igor were either RDZ signings or they were club signings.
And similarly, the...
Simple question - do you think that the expectations he tells fans he has are the same as the expectations he actually has?
Or, in other words, if he has KPIs to meet, which we all do in our day jobs, do you really think he’s sharing those with us?
And that’s where the reservations come. It’s probably the first time we’ve put a sustained performance together over close to 90 minutes, with sensible tactics and a sensible team, all season. And we did it at home - our home form has been abysmal. We also have to remember that we do have some...
It’s not. But it’s one of the best leagues, if not the best league, in the world. And Sanchez has played there for the majority of his career as a first choice. And this isn’t a knock on Ryan, who I appreciated for what he was when he was here.
I’m not saying he isn’t immune to a mistake - all...
One continues to be a Premier League keeper, and one hasn’t been a Premier League level keeper (if he ever was) for quite some time.
Tactically, Ryan was fine (and no more) in a CH team that sat with 10 men behind the ball all game hoping to grind out a draw or a backs against the wall win. But...