10 League Games in - How Would you Rate the Season?

[ithuriel]

Unfinished.......

[Fightforever]

With Rodgers he just played generic possession football and a standard 4-3-3. Nothing special about him it was all the players who got him all the success. They were easily all champions league starter level during most of his tenure. Always played shit subs and didn’t know what to do when a team put 10 men behind the ball and relied on Tielemans, Maddison or Vardy to save the day. Even defensively we relied a lot on Soyuncu’s best years and a generational talent in Fofana. Once them two both ****ed off we got relegated with a shocking defence. 
 

With Maresca he turned Vestergaard of all people who everyone me included thought was a flop into our best CB, made Ndidi an exciting attacking midfielder when before he couldn’t step into the attacking half of the pitch without getting dispossessed, got an academy player Rodgers probably didn’t even know the name of to be one of our top scorers and he always makes the right subs to change a game. 
 

10/10 couldn’t reasonably ask for more. Of course we lost to Hull but we can’t win them all. 

Edited 4 October 2023 by Fightforever

[fuchsntf]

6 minutes ago, One Arm Babba said:

It’s bitter sweet for me. It has to be 9.5/10 for how we are playing/winning. But proof that we should have got rid of Rodgers sooner, as we are clearly a class above this league.

 

a long way to go, but maybe just maybe if we bounce back up this year, we can reestablish ourselves in the premier league immediately, and this season. Can be the reset we needed. 

This is an insult to the New manager & new player set up..This is completely a new side...Tell me who Enzo,or the fans

Believe are the stars...they would say all plus the character with no name...just the system..Which will evolve,but not ready for the PL..

Rodgers set up can't compare to this new regime..If we had pushed Rodgers earlier we would of only delayed the inevitable..

The club It needed the crap season and outcome to accidently reasses itself..

I don't believe even now club management are in clear or sure of what's happening.

Neither despite the system which has been introduced by Enzo-team can they understand this hight of its early success. We have 98% of individuals,even suprise packages the individuals playing on just above decent  or average,no real individual having a 75-90 minute stand out performance ,but all have their short excellent moments that on various gameday has created a "whole"

team performance,but still full of holes...

And it's leaving us all,I am sure exstatically high as kites,but we can't put a finger on the why..Other the reality of the End result..It's like having Mary Poppins has our Guardian angel..

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[BoyJones]

1 hour ago, Bert said:

9/10. 
 

Lost a game early on when we were finding our feet and we’ve lost to one of them best teams in the country. Otherwise, we have the best defende in the championship and now the joint highest scorers. 

Look at the last five games against the first five.

 

Tougher second five imo, but we have scored 14 against 2. Says it all. We are learning really quickly Enzo’s style of play.
 

I’d give him 10/10. 27 points after 10 games must be our best start in 137 years. 

[Sly]

9/10 

 

Attention to detail on small things

 

I really want us to continue like this and see what Enzo can build here.

 

We need to address the slow starts and maybe improve in game management from the players side. 
 

It’s the crazy things like addressing the GK situation, getting a bloody good tune out of Vesty, promoting Kasey and Marcel. We still have work to do and I’m sure as this begins to mature, it will only get better. 
 

At the moment, we look like a better team in a league below. 

[Dan]

Well I legitimately think we're in with a very good chance of beating the all-time record for this level - so not badly really  

[Royston.]

Fantastic start, certainly  proved me wrong.

 

The opposition have Been w@nk but you can only beat what's in front of you

[Dames]

9/10 so far. You can see everyone pulling in the same direction and it seems like for the first time in years all the players are on the same page. The results have been good and the football is improving week on week. I said it would be make or break after the Hull loss because of the previous mentality and the way he’s picked the squad up has been sensational. 
 

Only negative for me was the game playing with 2 keepers on the bench during the transfer window when performances weren’t great and results could have gone either way and he was leaving us short. I do find it very curious that he’s not put 2 keepers on the bench since the window closed. 

[Sampson]

8 hours ago, One Arm Babba said:

It’s bitter sweet for me. It has to be 9.5/10 for how we are playing/winning. But proof that we should have got rid of Rodgers sooner, as we are clearly a class above this league.

 

a long way to go, but maybe just maybe if we bounce back up this year, we can reestablish ourselves in the premier league immediately, and this season. Can be the reset we needed. 

To me this is much more enjoyable to watch than finishing 14th in the Premier League though. Just enjoy the fact we’re winning again, the level you’re playing at isn’t the be all and end all.

[Bptiger]

I think he has done a great job with bringing in so many new players, the only thing that I don’t like is his playing out from the back , NOW I don’t mean playing out from the back but this letting the opposition coming into the 6 yard box and mads trying to pass to a player with a player right up his arse , it is a recipe for disaster, as we have seen . Love his attacking style and having wingers who know how to attack , I give him 8.5 

[Lionator]

Apart from 2013/14 and 2015/16 all of our good runs have always felt like bubbles about to burst. I really don’t feel like that now, it’s definitely more the former. As Enzo said this is not play station, we will lose games but so far it’s been outstanding. 9.9/10.

[foxinsocks]

9 out of 10...

Always room for improvement.

Last night we scored the first time we slipped a ball into the box behind the defenders.  Shame it took 60  mins

[Fox92]

If we carry on like this I'm going to end up enjoying it more than 2013/14 which I thought I'd never say at this level.

[Alf Bentley]

I'd rate the season thus far as absolutely astonishing.

 

"Thus far" are important words. Other teams might find better ways of counteracting Enzoball, we might get complacent, we might lose key players through injury or January sales. But the progress thus far is incredible.

 

I didn't know quite what to expect. But beforehand I'd have considered a good outcome to have been: rebuild, gradual improvement, above halfway by Christmas, challenging for promotion by season end.

 

Just consider what Enzo inherited:

- About 40% of our 1st team squad leaving, including several of our best players

- Several other players also wanting to leave

- Outgoing manager's tactics a proven failure

- Player morale presumably at rock bottom after relegation

- A couple of our best youth prospects with long-term injuries

- A lack of time to coach new players/ideas given some late signings and a questionable trip to Asia

 

In response:

- A good squad assembled within 2-3 months, one suited to tactics and looking capable of promotion

- Fitness apparently much improved on last season (scoring late instead of conceding late)

- Several players who "wanted out" successfully reintegrated, seemingly happy to stay

- New formation, tactics & style of play introduced with player buy-in and successful results

- Longstanding players like Ricardo & Ndidi proving successful in transformed roles

- Morale and team spirit apparently very high

- Top of the league, with individual and team performances continuing to improve

 

I know we're one of the wealthier clubs in this division, but to be top of the table within a few months, having won 9 out of 10, after that amount of turmoil and transformation really is astonishing. 

There'll be setbacks, but hopefully only bumps in the road - for this season, at least. We need to appreciate good times....

[MGLCFC]

10/10 for me. I don't think the occasional defeat is that bad. It takes a bit of pressure winning the next game and also stops complacency. I'm also not too disappointed about being relegated as we probably wouldn't have opted for Maresca had we stayed up or if we had opted for him, then I think we would have encountered some heavy defeats whilst adapting to this new style, the low confidence around the players at the end of last season compounded and a fanbase still discontented. In the Championship, with the squad we have, we can get away with making mistakes as the quality of the opposition often means these errors go unpunished, whilst implementing and developing this new style.

[sylofox]

The fear for me was AFCON. Vardy and a hopefully fit Cannon our only choices up front.

 

Seeing how the goals are going in from everyone I'm now less worried.

 

As for the first ten games Enzo should have been sacked after the Hull game.

 

10/10

[Jobyfox]

10 games is always the first benchmark from which I would assess the team. 
 

9/10 - Hull loss apart it’s been the perfect start. 
 

We have to always context it with the drop in standard, but I’m amazed with the renaissance of players like Vestergaard and Ndidi. Filling the gaps in the squad (wingers) and building a balanced team has also been a remarkable achievement. 
 

I do also like the tough decision making. Poor players (eg Ward) gone from the squad, players that wanted out playing no part and not allowing complacency to set in. 
 

The next benchmark for me will be midway. At that point we’ll have played everybody once and we’ll really start to understand whether any other club (or clubs) is going to provide a serious threat 

[Happy Fox]

2 minutes ago, Jobyfox said:

10 games is always the first benchmark from which I would assess the team. 
 

9/10 - Hull loss apart it’s been the perfect start. 
 

We have to always context it with the drop in standard, but I’m amazed with the renaissance of players like Vestergaard and Ndidi. Filling the gaps in the squad (wingers) and building a balanced team has also been a remarkable achievement. 
 

I do also like the tough decision making. Poor players (eg Ward) gone from the squad, players that wanted out playing no part and not allowing complacency to set in. 
 

The next benchmark for me will be midway. At that point we’ll have played everybody once and we’ll really start to understand whether any other club (or clubs) is going to provide a serious threat 

 

Any reason why Rotherham is our 23rd game of the season we have already played them! and not Ipswich (boxing day) our 24th when we haven't played them once yet?

[Jobyfox]

6 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

 

Any reason why Rotherham is our 23rd game of the season we have already played them! and not Ipswich (boxing day) our 24th when we haven't played them once yet?

No idea - I’d not spotted that 

[Mark]

9 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

Any reason why Rotherham is our 23rd game of the season we have already played them! and not Ipswich (boxing day) our 24th when we haven't played them once yet?

Ipswich is often picked for Boxing Day for some reason, it's not random. This will be the 5th time we've played them on the 26th December since 2001.

[fox_up_north]

8/10

 

Not getting ahead of myself and some of the work between GK- defenders has given me some jitters, but it is as good as we could have hoped for. 

 

Would like to have seen some of the more recent transfers featured - Souttar, Soumare, Daka but I get the sense they're done with the club. Feels an a bit of a waste, though I appreciate they're not his players.

[Happy Fox]

2 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

8/10

 

Not getting ahead of myself and some of the work between GK- defenders has given me some jitters, but it is as good as we could have hoped for. 

 

Would like to have seen some of the more recent transfers featured - Souttar, Soumare, Daka but I get the sense they're done with the club. Feels an a bit of a waste, though I appreciate they're not his players.

 

Soumare is on loan to Sevilla FC, Daka and Souttar I doubt will feature much at all, unless injuries or suspensions happen.

[Drink Water]

9/10 is the most fair and objective rating IMO

[ousefox]

Absolutely superb. I expected us to smash the league but we are doing it in a great, well managed way, not as a bunch of individuals.

 

I wouldn't say I'm enjoying it though. Each to their own but I never found league cup games against lower opposition enjoyable and football isn't exciting without competition. 

[HighPeakFox]

1 hour ago, Happy Fox said:

 

Any reason why Rotherham is our 23rd game of the season we have already played them! and not Ipswich (boxing day) our 24th when we haven't played them once yet?

I've noticed in prior seasons that often this sort of thing happens.