splinterdream

we're gonna win the league with Ipswich as runners up, Leeds gonna drop points here

ffs

Southampton with nothing to play for by the time they play us will be a bonus

the thing is, it's about using the players at your disposal to get the results, and we have a more than a capable squad. You cannot underestimate what 3 or 4 fresh players can do at 60 minutes

As i put in a previous post, when asked where it went wrong after the game, he said "i dont know, i'll need to look back and analyse the game as we had many chances", he also thought wilf, stephy and abdul played well. I thought bristol cancelled out our wingers, stephy looked lazy and leggy at times, wilf was missing in big parts of the game, KDH was struggling to ind pockets and we needed a different approach. Perhaps Enzo doesnt read the game well

Suprisingly, we are still in the drivers seat, if you showed your displeasure yesterday, then well done, those players need to know. There were sub par performances yesterday, Stephy, Abdul and Ndidi high among them, i think if anyone is going to lose it for us though it will be enzo, and he has time to examine his choices.

Yes we did change, we went far more attack minded, probably to the expense of our defense, i'd doubt it was the 'gerrit forward' crowd influenced him though, more like a request the players. I think the way forward now is to play in a way with priority not to concede, we play better with doyle at the back, and faes on the left to accomodate coady would be useless, so we need to motor on with that boring passing at the back and pick our moments more carefully, no forward runs from vestegaard or faes and lets play coady

He has adopted a style which is fast catching on though, i'm seeing many teams playing a similar style, watford yesterday for example, i think where many teams are different is they probably change it where required

Hes a defensive midfielder, not an inverted full back, his talent is running around and getting in the face of the opposition, not knowing when to come, when to get close, knowing whats around you, he just isn't ricardo, he's robbie savage

Not sure about that, they'll want that title of winners, but they know there place in first 11 is safe, thats more likely the issue

Just listened to when you're smiling on dog walk. Enzos post match interview worried me. Opening question. "What do you think went wrong today Enzo?" "I don't know, i need to look back and analyse it as we had many chances". "You only made 2 changes out of the 5, why was that?" "Because i thought all the players playing well, Abdul, Stephy, Wilf, all played well" I think these 2 answers tell you why we're having the problems we're having, especially embarrasing for Matty Fryatt who prior spent the whole podcast saying those players didnt have a good game and perhaps itd been better to change it. Every Pro i've heard on our losses or near losses are baffled by the Enzo way.

I think those in the game say even the best of strikers wont always score, so its up to the rest of the team to take the responsibility, and lets face it, Abdul and Mavididi were total doggo

I thought Vardy as an outfield player did well today, as a striker with the job putting ball in the net, he was doggo

A season in the PL even if relegated again would be far better than not getting promoted this season

You can only think it would be a season of championshp survival, but at least we'd know that the EFL has our best interests at heart

Vestegaard in no mans land aswell. Hamza is not a defender, we use him to fit Enzos system, instead of just changing the system to suit the players we have available

There is no doubt, Coady and Souttar could have done a decent job at this level

The scenes when we're 2 nil down in play- off semi against Cov and Enzo brings Vardy off for Nacho in his first change on the 85th minute.

Enzo - Hi Pep, it's Enzo..... Pep - Enzo who? Enzo - ????? Pep - Only kidding, what do you want Enzo, Kevin is about to give me a massage. Enzo - i'm in trouble Pep, think im gonna blow this promotion push, maybe i should play 4-4-2, or 3-5-2, we have great players gor that system, we have ricardo and Justin overlapping, connor could play in a back 3, nacho and vardy could do the job, what do you think? Pep - have faith Enzo, it isnt the system, its that the players arent playing it well enough, they'll get it eventually, exactly what i've told Vincent. Enzo - of course you're right boss, do you think i should make subs earlier? Pep - if those players cant play 90 minutes better than the opposition, then they need to get better Enzo - so wise boss, so wise.

I think teams know how to set up against us, congest the midfield, isolate the wingers, play on the break. They know we aren't going to change it

Gonna be toxic unless we're 2 nil up at half time

Seems like a cultish religion tbh, the faith of Pep ball. Kompany and Enzo both disciples. I doubt myself though, i shout for him to make changes, "cant you see 3 fresh pairs of legs could make the difference, like it did in first half of season", but then i say, surely Enzo knows more than i do, otherwise hed change it. Its something Ranieri did so well

This For me, ive saif this time and time again, we have the players, we just need to use them to create our best chance. If anyones gonna blow it, it'll be Enzos arrogance. The sky presenter had a sly dig at half time saying we have £95m on the bench, so why not use them when it appears we're flagging, it seems so obvious to me. Why not just bring Souttar on, or go 2 upfront, or just change players for extra energy like Praet.

Nope, we get a points deduction/transfer embargo and it actually gives him a free go at it, he keeps us up (if we go up), hes a hero, he fails and it'll be seen as there wasn't much he could do in the circumstances

I agree with a lot of what you say, or i did. I thought we blew CL both seasons for not strengthening in jan, and when we were looking for a manager, i thought benitez good for the club as hed steer top in football finance matters