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Well not as a deliberate ploy when playing a tall centre forward. However, when we play a front line of midgets for reasons best known to Russ we punt a series of hopeful high crosses into the box. Bonkers!
It would seem that some are still of the belief that Ankersen had a hand in the rise of Brentford. He was not the brains behind it and as someone else has stated everything he touches goes to rat shit - he is a reverse King Midas figure of the worst kind and we are suffering because he has no clue what he is doing.
If Martin takes us down and is still here at the end of the season I would say the chances that he'll keep his job for next season are nil unless he manages to get us a reasonable points tally. The fans simply will not accept giving him another season if this one ends in disaster.
'They' may stay with RM but one thing is certain - if we go down with a lower points total than Derby there is no way on earth that the fans and more importantly season ticket holders will accept him staying.
Exactly - we need to play a two man pivot consisting of Big Les and Downes which will make us harder to break down. This should begin to stem the goals conceded and create a secure base to start improving our attacking play ie speeding it up for starters instead of the walking football designed for OAPs with passes going mainly sideways and backwards. In the name of God please can RM set us up properly and encourage some fast entertaining football!
Agree with this and especially points about Strachan. One of RM's biggest problems is that he wants to be best friends with all the players, he wants to be their mates. This is not the way to manage footballers and he would be better off distancing himself from them as much as possible. Yes, he has to have a good working relationship with them but he also needs to avoid letting personal feelings cloud his judgement and his ability to hand out brutal home truths and bollickings where necessary.
High possession is good but it must have purpose - ours generally doesn't and never will have under RM. Fulham had something like 39% possession against Newcastle but managed 22 shots, half of which were on target and won 3-1. It's what you do with the ball that counts not how much pointless possession you have.
This post hits the nail on the head for what is wrong with the way we are being coached to play. Lots of very good points here that it's hard to disagree with.
Under RM we continue to play this slow propaganda football with the vast majority of our possession in our own half and most of it near our own penalty area. Football is all about creating chances and scoring more goals than your opponents. To do that you need to progress the ball forward rapidly and with a purpose and get players between the lines as this will put pressure on opposition defenders leading to panic and mistakes. Until RM gets this he will be content to watch his side mount up the possession in areas that matter not one jot. He is a snake oil salesman and a fraud hiding behind this negative possession football which will get us nowhere. We are not suddenly going to find the holy grail under him and start creating and scoring for fun. This is the norm until we try a new manager with more tactical nous who brings some smarter coaches than RM's basic lot.
I noticed in the first half an occasion when Aribo carried the ball to the edge of their box and could have fired a shot off but chose to try another pass and the move fizzled out. When you get in range of the goal have a shot!
This post sums up much of what is wrong with RM. It also demonstrates that he tries to waffle his way out of admitting to major mistakes which makes him sound ridiculous.
Downes and Lallana can make up a solid midfield! Maybe in another galaxy but not in the frenzy of a Premier League game. We need a double pivot of Downes and Big Les to protect the back four.