Jakub Stolarczyk

[The Doctor]

4 hours ago, Dahnsouff said:

That is ignoring our first FA cup win though, yes he is a useless self obsessed gimp, but to suggest we would have been better off not employing him is a bit tunnel vision.

was giving him control of recruitment a pre-requiste for him joining then? As a tactician and a coach, he's perfectly competent, but every club he goes to has serious recruitment problems and spends a lot of money with minimal ROI from those players... a sensible dof sidelines him as much as possible on that element

[Dan]

6 hours ago, The Doctor said:

oh he 100% saw the mess he'd made and that was to come, had the massive payoff in mind and made deliberately bad decisions on the hope they'd sack him and he could spin it as not being backed.

 

Thing is, his record of leaving things in a worse state than he found them as far as recruitment structure goes (Swansea the outlier) was obvious before we appointed him, so someone didn't do their homework. Someone who's job it was maybe to oversee football operations, a director of football if you will

The whole thing was a massive step backwards from LCFC. We acted really tinpot and desperate putting him above the club. Look how Brighton dealt with De Zerbi for example, who was starting to pull similar tricks.

[Dahnsouff]

9 hours ago, The Doctor said:

was giving him control of recruitment a pre-requiste for him joining then? As a tactician and a coach, he's perfectly competent, but every club he goes to has serious recruitment problems and spends a lot of money with minimal ROI from those players... a sensible dof sidelines him as much as possible on that element

No dispute there, he arrived believing his own press and left the same. He has structurally a serious problem for LCFC's recent history.

[filbertway]

17 hours ago, Dahnsouff said:

That is ignoring our first FA cup win though, yes he is a useless self obsessed gimp, but to suggest we would have been better off not employing him is a bit tunnel vision.

Winning it finally was great. But it's 5 one off games, a few of which could easily have against us. Winning cups is nice, but personally I don't think they're a good judge of performance levels or size of club. I don't think that only Brendan Rodgers could have achieved a cup win with the circumstances he walked into.

 

With that in mind, I definitely do believe that there were other managers that could have won a cup, finished top 4 and not left us in absolute pieces financially, with a weaker club staff and ageing overpaid playing staff.

 

 

[Dahnsouff]

1 hour ago, filbertway said:

Winning it finally was great. But it's 5 one off games, a few of which could easily have against us. Winning cups is nice, but personally I don't think they're a good judge of performance levels or size of club. I don't think that only Brendan Rodgers could have achieved a cup win with the circumstances he walked into.

 

With that in mind, I definitely do believe that there were other managers that could have won a cup, finished top 4 and not left us in absolute pieces financially, with a weaker club staff and ageing overpaid playing staff.

 

 

Was in no way celebrating him, just that we happened to win our first FA cup under his management, so there were some highlights regardless of the fallout from his tenure.

[Chelmofox]

Signs of being a really good keeper with some current rough edges. Doing well for his breakout season and can only improve as long as we dont get on his back.  Funny his career is in a better place compared to Mads now.

 

Sorry - wanted to get this thread back on topic.

[filbertway]

1 hour ago, Dahnsouff said:

Was in no way celebrating him, just that we happened to win our first FA cup under his management, so there were some highlights regardless of the fallout from his tenure.

 

I had a lot of conflicting emotions on that day, I ended up deciding to enjoy the win and then resume my dislike for him the following week  

Different things are important to different people, so these kinds of things are always massively subjective. All that's certain is that if someone tries to portray Rodgers in any kind of positive light, I'll be there to try and put it out

 

 

[filbertway]

1 hour ago, Chelmofox said:

Signs of being a really good keeper with some current rough edges. Doing well for his breakout season and can only improve as long as we dont get on his back.  Funny his career is in a better place compared to Mads now.

 

Sorry - wanted to get this thread back on topic.

I like him, he's solid enough already with plenty of scope to improve. Rough edges like you say, but it's his first full season in senior football.

 

If we want to bring through younger players, then these are exactly the kind of things you need to accept.

[Clever Fox]

I like Jakub and thought signing Begovic was a strange signing. But seeing him play since coming into the team he's been excellent.

 

He can also help bring Jakub on to the next level given his experience and leadership qualities. 

[South Shire Fox]

33 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

I like Jakub and thought signing Begovic was a strange signing. But seeing him play since coming into the team he's been excellent.

 

He can also help bring Jakub on to the next level given his experience and leadership qualities. 

He wasnt excellent when he was flapping at crosses against Middlesborough in one of his two games here. 

[Clever Fox]

6 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

He wasnt excellent when he was flapping at crosses against Middlesborough in one of his two games here. 

Because everyone was backing in on top of him. What about the save he made also, He certainly hasn't let us down unlike many of the outdield players have.

[MPH]

I was very pleased with Bergovic and how he played, but Jakob is the future and he needs to be given  every chance he can be to develop. I’m no longer going to be concerned  if he gets injured again though..

[South Shire Fox]

11 minutes ago, Clever Fox said:

Because everyone was backing in on top of him. What about the save he made also, He certainly hasn't let us down unlike many of the outdield players have.

I dont mean the goal. Before that there was two or three crosses where he completley misjudged it and we were lucky not to concede from. Was much better against Norwich

[hackneyfox]

35 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

He wasnt excellent when he was flapping at crosses against Middlesborough in one of his two games here. 

He didn’t even get to flap at crosses, he stood there, did **** all and watched then as they flew past.

Another keeper who makes great saves but doesn’t command his box, we’ve had loads of them over the last 20 years.

[Clever Fox]

35 minutes ago, MPH said:

I was very pleased with Bergovic and how he played, but Jakob is the future and he needs to be given  every chance he can be to develop. I’m no longer going to be concerned  if he gets injured again though..

I totally agree Jakub is the future. But it's nice to have an experienced Keeper who still offers something as backup, Unlike Ward.

[Claudio Fannieri]

Jakub is a very good keeper, yes he has flaws and makes the odd mistake but overall he is very good and assured, remember what he has in front of him. 
 

Begovic will be brilliant for him, an experienced goalkeeper and consummate professional who will be superb for his development and to offer support and guidance as Jakub progresses his career. 
 

There are far bigger issues and problems at the club than Jakub in fact I wouldn’t be  shocked to see him as a future captain as I think he comes across as confident and intelligent and seems to love the club. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

In many ways first name on the team sheet if fit.

[-sodapop]

Thought he was great today. Liked that he got into it with the Derby player at the whistle, need some more of that in the squad. 

[Manc Fox J]

Begovic did a reasonable job, but I felt so much more confident having Jakub back in net. Totally agree that it was great to see him stand up to the Derby lad, need more like Jakub

[worthosoriginals]

On 14/11/2025 at 13:34, Trav Le Bleu said:

In many ways first name on the team sheet if fit.

One expert in the match thread today, whined why does he hoof it up like some rugby player does? (Maybe the keeper has sussed derby can't score and equalise when the ball is a hundred feet in the sky.

I'm wondering if this same chimp asks on another week why do we bother playing the ball out f?rom the back

[Richmondfox]

5 minutes ago, worthosoriginals said:

One expert in the match thread today, whined why does he hoof it up like some rugby player does? (Maybe the keeper has sussed derby can't score and equalise when the ball is a hundred feet in the sky.

I'm wondering if this same chimp asks on another week why do we bother playing the ball out f?rom the back

While it was annoying it was the safer option.  As soon as JV wanted control out the back the tempo swung in Derbys favour and it became messy. 

[Jimmy]

if we had a centre forward with presence going long would work more

[Stopharage]

Thing he's been pretty decent all season. There's a few mistakes in there but he has the highest goals prevented stat in the league. 

 

Here.

[tylesta]

Watched the extended highlights looks like he gets fingertips on that rocket shot that hit the bar

[Vindaloo FOX]

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