Oscar's last season

BrightonISR said:

Hello guys, im an israeli fan of brighton, first time for me on boards,
im also a fan of Maccabi Tel-Aviv which Oscar managed to lead to the first chanpionship in a decade during the last season.

so couple of words about him
he took a squad whichfinished in the 7th place, and almost didnt change it at all except for 2 players.
the playing style durring the season was Realy alike the barcelona Tiki Taka in 4-3-3 formation.
last season maccabi scored 78 goals in 38 games which is more thab 2 goals per game!!!

here couple of vides of the best games from last season -
4-0 in the big derby of tel-aviv


Amazing win 3-2 in the 99th minute after it was already 2-1 for the rivals in the 90th minute






amazing 5-0 win over another huge team in ourleague-



another great 5-0 win

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Maccabi said:

You can see here one more amazing comeback of us.
the goalkeepers was in an awful day but Oscar making important changes during games that are helping the team to turn the score around.

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Sergei's Celebration said:

Nutmeg the keeper to win the game. Great stuff! Oscar looks like he takes it all to heart. A lot of passion.

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Seagull by the Sea said:

Hi to another newbie!

I have just read the report in the argus quoting an Israeli journalist who says that Oscar is loathe to change his system and never adjusts the formation although he does play more defensive players in big games.

The same report says that the home record for maccabi was much better than the away record.

Finally, this journo says Oscar was very boring and spoke only in cliches without giving the reporters 'headlines'.

My point on all that is the journo, for whatever reason, has made me feel less positive about Oscar as he sounds like Gus in the sense that there is no plan 'B'. The journo also says Oscar is very quiet and does not really interact with his players much, preferring to mix with his spanish coaching staff instead.

With your knowledge of maccabi perhaps you know about this journo, is he being fair to Oscar?

Creating little 'headlines' sounds great after Gus 'the talker' but I am a little worried by this distance he has from the players and the lack of a plan 'B'. Based on your post and the comebacks his team did, was this because he did in fact tinker and change the game or was it just a case of keep playing as you are and it will eventually come good?

I was very excited yesterday by oscar's appointment so I hope you shoot this journo's comments down!!......

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tinycowboy said:

It's going to be an interesting season. Thank you for the original post. I think we're all on Oscar's side and just can't wait for the season to start.

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Maccabi said:

I can answer.
Oscar is the most boring manager i ever seen in the interviews it's true, all of the year the journalist that were used to get headlines and never got any in this year tried to demolish him in reports like this, also this report is from the early stages of the season when he played more defensive and just get to know the team.
after 10-13 games he got the knowledge of the israeli league and played a lot more offensive - than the results started to changed and every home match ends 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-2, 5-0 again, after this results the media changed the attitude for him.
try to ignore israeli media about him from the first part of the season, to be a foreigner in the israeli league is very hard, the media hate you and everyone thinks they know much better then you.

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Maccabi said:

I can answer.
Oscar is the most boring manager i ever seen in the interviews it's true, all of the year the journalist that were used to get headlines and never got any in this year tried to demolish him in reports like this, also this report is from the early stages of the season when he played more defensive and just get to know the team.
after 10-13 games he got the knowledge of the israeli league and played a lot more offensive - than the results started to changed and every home match ends 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-2, 5-0 again, after this results the media changed the attitude for him.
try to ignore israeli media about him from the first part of the season, to be a foreigner in the israeli league is very hard, the media hate you and everyone thinks they know much better then you.

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