Rabray Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Against Arsenal we were winning. Shakes decided to throw the game away by taking off a striker and replacing him with a midfielder. Arsenal man marked Vardy and sent everyone else upfield. We lost. Shakes realised his error and put a striker back on. Too late. We lost. Why change at all? Against Sheffield Utd he did the same. Striker off. Midfielder on. We soon conceded a goal. Fortunately Sheffield are not a Premiership side or it could have been worse. Against Man Utd looking at a point, very nice at Old Trafford, the same tactics. Striker off. Midfielder on. Then, Slimani replaces Vardy??? We lost. Against Chelsea he paired Vardy with our worst striker whose main asset was missing sitters. So he did. Eventually he removed him and guess what? He replaced him with a midfielder with Ulloah and Iheanacho rotting on the bench. Iheanacho on 9 minutes from the end. What‘s he supposed to do in 9 minutes? We lost. Do we see a pattern here? Apart from the fact shakes loves Slimani. These are the negative tactics that Pearson used to drag us to the bottom of the Premiership for 14 weeks. Finally realising his mistake he went on the attack. The result was the ‘Great Escape’. Who was whispering in his ear? Shakespeare. Who is now dragging us down? Shakespeare. Who was really responsible for those 14 weeks at the bottom? Pearson or Shakespeare? Where are we now? In the relegation zone. Who put us there? Huddersfield will be the decider.
Sionnach gorm Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 By this time last year we had seven points after five games (and it was a very poor start with really bad performances from the players). We, at best, can do six after five games. I am slightly optimistic though. I feel the players are performing slightly better this year, and if Shakey snaps to it, we could see a decent run.
Guest Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 48 minutes ago, Rabray said: Against Arsenal we were winning. Shakes decided to throw the game away by taking off a striker and replacing him with a midfielder. Arsenal man marked Vardy and sent everyone else upfield. We lost. Shakes realised his error and put a striker back on. Too late. We lost. Why change at all? Against Sheffield Utd he did the same. Striker off. Midfielder on. We soon conceded a goal. Fortunately Sheffield are not a Premiership side or it could have been worse. Against Man Utd looking at a point, very nice at Old Trafford, the same tactics. Striker off. Midfielder on. Then, Slimani replaces Vardy??? We lost. Against Chelsea he paired Vardy with our worst striker whose main asset was missing sitters. So he did. Eventually he removed him and guess what? He replaced him with a midfielder with Ulloah and Iheanacho rotting on the bench. Iheanacho on 9 minutes from the end. What‘s he supposed to do in 9 minutes? We lost. Do we see a pattern here? Apart from the fact shakes loves Slimani. These are the negative tactics that Pearson used to drag us to the bottom of the Premiership for 14 weeks. Finally realising his mistake he went on the attack. The result was the ‘Great Escape’. Who was whispering in his ear? Shakespeare. Who is now dragging us down? Shakespeare. Who was really responsible for those 14 weeks at the bottom? Pearson or Shakespeare? Where are we now? In the relegation zone. Who put us there? Huddersfield will be the decider. Stop ****in moaning
m4DD0gg Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 46 minutes ago, SheppyFox said: We'll smash Huddersfield. Hmm to be fair Wagner (the man we should have got in to replace CR) would have Shakespeare for breakfast, lunch and tea in the tactics department.
foxinsocks Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 I note the report card above. I understsnd the direction. However a require three more data points before trying to fit a narative.
nnfox Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 I agree with the sentiment here. Shakespeare does come across quite negative. Of course the back drop is that we have played Arsenal, Man U and Chelsea. We do seem to line up showing too much respect to the opposition. It's like "we know how you're going to play and we will try and stop you" rather than "yes, you're good, but what are you going to do about us?". Our attacking options are amongst the very best in the league. We should utilise them more. Attack is the best form of defence and all that...
weller54 Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Frank De Boer's available... ..just saying!
nnfox Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 18 minutes ago, weller54 said: Frank De Boer's available... ..just saying! Roy Hodgson's not
foxinsocks Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Big sam.... Imo shakey is too cautious and he needs to sit with the sports psychologist to work on this. Thinking back to the pearson years we often struggled when up againt bright managers who would sus us out. I hope shakes experience would make him more sophisticated. ... lets see
ultrafox Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 I dreamt the other night that we asked Ranieri to come back....and he did...and the players responded in a very positive way.....then...I woke up
lgfualol Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Slimani isn't our worst striker you jabroni
sylofox Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 So it's Shakey's fault we were bottom for 14 weeks because he was in Pearson's ear. It's all his fault now when he can't pick his first choice players. But let me guess he was in CR's ear when we won the title but it was feck all to do with him. Just the same as the promotion title was feck all to do with him.
Riot Van Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Top first post lad. Keep it up I really enjoyed this one.
teblin Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Didn't he take off a midfielder and bring in a striker? James for ian
foxoffderby Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 I enjoyed Shakey last season, however his subs at Arsenal were woeful and we lost a game we should of won because of them.
sylofox Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 4 minutes ago, Riot Van said: Top first post lad. Keep it up I really enjoyed this one. Don't hold your breath for his second post. His first took over 3years
notnow john Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 I'd be interested to know what Appletons input is,(apart from looking hard)he seems a peripheral figure. Has anyone seen him have an animated conversation with Shakey?
deep blue Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 47 minutes ago, nnfox said: Roy Hodgson's not Thank goodness for that!
Ted Maul Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Pearson wasn't a particularly good tactician, but the way he built the club up in every other area meant that we weren't reliant on that to be competitive. I see a lot of Pearson in Shakespeare, and feel we are moving in the right direction- the development squads seem stronger this year, we had a great transfer window (if we can resolve the Silva disaster, anyway), and I'd imagine the scouting and sports science will be back on track before long. Give the bloke some time- we've played 3 of the toughest 10 games of the season in the first 4 games.
RumbleFox Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 So the 4-1 win against Sheffield Utd away is a negative on Shakespeare and the 2-0 win (with ease) against Brighton is not worthy of your data set? Don't mind you having a pop but at least be reasonable. X
Dickov22 Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 1 hour ago, lgfualol said: Slimani isn't our worst striker you jabroni Musa is.
maddog Posted 13 September 2017 Posted 13 September 2017 Taking a striker off for a midfielder away at The Emirates when you're winning the game with less than 10 minutes left isn't negative, its what nearly all the Premier League managers would do (including the great Jose Mourinho). If Shakey didn't make that defensive change to shore it up and see the game out and we still lost, which is very possible away at Arsenal who regularly go on 10 minute bursts of attacking brilliance throughout the season, then he would be called out for not making that change. Guy can't win really. Let's see how we do against the mid table / relegation sides for several games before we pass judgement. The one game against Brighton in that vain so far was an easy win.
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