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covcity4life

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  • Sunday at 9:18 PM
  • #9,556
Brighton Sky Blue said:
You keep arguing, again and again, that if you don’t like slow sideways possession based football you want caveman hoofing. Wrong. I want to see pass and move football, trying to get towards the goal with purpose and generally focus on creating goal scoring opportunities rather than retaining possession with no purpose other than denying it to the opposition.

See how Liverpool have played this season just gone as an example, PSG another.
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Him playing a style you don't like doesn't make him a bad manager though

Possession worked very well for years and he clearly took it on as his preferred way of playing. And he's had some success with it so more power to him
 

covcity4life

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  • Sunday at 9:20 PM
  • #9,557
Shannerz said:
Which finals, precious?
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Yes just checked it. Got to two finals in 2012. Copa del ray and Europa

Precious x


Edit- just seen what you did. My bad. Made myself look a right mug
 
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Shannerz

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  • Sunday at 9:25 PM
  • #9,558
covcity4life said:
Yes just checked it. Got to two finals in 2012. Copa del ray and Europa

Precious x


Edit- just seen what you did. My bad. Made myself look a right mug
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I'm just sorry I couldn't come up with a decent Tolkien pun, tbh.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sunday at 10:23 PM
  • #9,559
covcity4life said:
Him playing a style you don't like doesn't make him a bad manager though

Possession worked very well for years and he clearly took it on as his preferred way of playing. And he's had some success with it so more power to him
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I didn't say the style made him a bad manager, I said wanting to play the same way 'even if you lost every game' makes him a bad manager. The way he prefers to play is fine when you have elite players to work with, as Kompany does at Bayern, Guardiola has always had, and 'Enzo' has at Chelsea. It's also fine when you have strong technical players relative to the league you're in, as Martin did at Southampton.

When your players aren't good enough, either absolutely or relative to the league, it's asking for punishment. Which is what Kompany found at Burnley and Martin once in the Prem. He will again have that technical advantage at Rangers so should see them to second place fairly easily.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Sunday at 11:27 PM
  • #9,560
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I didn't say the style made him a bad manager, I said wanting to play the same way 'even if you lost every game' makes him a bad manager. The way he prefers to play is fine when you have elite players to work with, as Kompany does at Bayern, Guardiola has always had, and 'Enzo' has at Chelsea. It's also fine when you have strong technical players relative to the league you're in, as Martin did at Southampton.

When your players aren't good enough, either absolutely or relative to the league, it's asking for punishment. Which is what Kompany found at Burnley and Martin once in the Prem. He will again have that technical advantage at Rangers so should see them to second place fairly easily.
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But if kompany had change his style to keep Burnley up(and let's not pretend that's changed ins tyle automatically keeps you up) then he wouldn't have honed the skills required for Bayern job
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Sunday at 11:56 PM
  • #9,561
covcity4life said:
But if kompany had change his style to keep Burnley up(and let's not pretend that's changed ins tyle automatically keeps you up) then he wouldn't have honed the skills required for Bayern job
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I don’t think he’s honed skills. Kompany for instance has got the Bayern job on his name. He didn’t hone any skills. He did alright at Anderlecht, went to Burnley with players better than the league. Then failed to adapt when the going got tough.

At Bayern he’s gone to a club that had just lost to a freak season for Leverkusen, and with one of the best strikers in the world…. It’s made it easier for him to win the league.

Russel Martin for instance hasn’t got the pedigree as a player that Kompany did and has ended up at Rangers … I think there’s merit in what you’re saying re: style of play - has helped him, but Kompany for me is still unspectacular - as always with Bayern will come to how he does in the CL
 

covcity4life

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  • Monday at 6:53 AM
  • #9,562
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I don’t think he’s honed skills. Kompany for instance has got the Bayern job on his name. He didn’t hone any skills. He did alright at Anderlecht, went to Burnley with players better than the league. Then failed to adapt when the going got tough.

At Bayern he’s gone to a club that had just lost to a freak season for Leverkusen, and with one of the best strikers in the world…. It’s made it easier for him to win the league.

Russel Martin for instance hasn’t got the pedigree as a player that Kompany did and has ended up at Rangers … I think there’s merit in what you’re saying re: style of play - has helped him, but Kompany for me is still unspectacular - as always with Bayern will come to how he does in the CL
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He didn't get job cos he was a great CB though. He got it because of the style of football he plays

Being a big name helped of course but if he was same player but played like dyche he wouldn't have that job right now

Ye Bayern expected to win all time no doubt. But before levukruseb won it, Dortmund choked on final day so he's still taken it back immediately Tina comfortable league win

Agreed CL final stages is what will be expected most years though on top of that.

My point is that I respect managers that's tick to style of play . It doesn't have to be tiki taka though. I respected allardyce and pulis too
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Monday at 7:44 AM
  • #9,563
covcity4life said:
But if kompany had change his style to keep Burnley up(and let's not pretend that's changed ins tyle automatically keeps you up) then he wouldn't have honed the skills required for Bayern job
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Keeping Burnley up would have been a good achievement and to suggest it would have denied him the Bayern job instead of going down with 25 points is a bit ridiculous.

At Bayern he has the best team in Germany, he can play his possession based stuff there and get away with it.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Monday at 8:18 AM
  • #9,564
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Keeping Burnley up would have been a good achievement and to suggest it would have denied him the Bayern job instead of going down with 25 points is a bit ridiculous.

At Bayern he has the best team in Germany, he can play his possession based stuff there and get away with it.
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Id say it's ridiculous to think of he had parked bus and stayed up that would have got him the Bayern job tbh

There is a reason some managers are known as survival specialists. You don't see them getting the big jobs because of their achievements though do you?
 

Shannerz

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  • Monday at 8:42 AM
  • #9,565
covcity4life said:
Id say it's ridiculous to think of he had parked bus and stayed up that would have got him the Bayern job tbh
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So you're saying that when a manager's techniques are clearly not working, they should continue to fail their employers on the hope that a better job comes along?

Kompany's job was to get as much success as possible for Burnley. He did not have the necessary ability to achieve that. That Burnley squad was good enough to have stayed up with a better manager.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Monday at 8:54 AM
  • #9,566
Shannerz said:
So you're saying that when a manager's techniques are clearly not working, they should continue to fail their employers on the hope that a better job comes along?

Kompany's job was to get as much success as possible for Burnley. He did not have the necessary ability to achieve that. That Burnley squad was good enough to have stayed up with a better manager.
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Not what I'm saying. I have no doubt these managers believe that they can get their plan a to start working with their current team.

Also kompany will be remembered as a success at Burnley overall I have no doubt. People just put down achievements as oh anyone would have taken them up which is just silly.
 

Shannerz

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  • Monday at 9:06 AM
  • #9,567
covcity4life said:
Not what I'm saying. I have no doubt these managers believe that they can get their plan a to start working with their current team.
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Even when the evidence to the contrary is staring them square in the face? When something's not working, in whatever line of work you are undertaking, then you need to try something else.

And it was very much what you implied, whether you meant to or not; "it's ridiculous to think of he had parked bus and stayed up that would have got him the Bayern job."

Kompany will no doubt be remembered fairly by Burnley; that he took a good squad up playing nice football, but had no idea how to keep them up afterwards.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Monday at 9:09 AM
  • #9,568
covcity4life said:
Not what I'm saying. I have no doubt these managers believe that they can get their plan a to start working with their current team.

Also kompany will be remembered as a success at Burnley overall I have no doubt. People just put down achievements as oh anyone would have taken them up which is just silly.
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The best managers adapt to the players they’ve got, instead of imposing tactics on players who can’t carry them out.
 
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ceetee

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  • Monday at 9:57 AM
  • #9,569
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The best managers adapt to the players they’ve got, instead of imposing tactics on players who can’t carry them out.
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Yes and that's true in all working environments. If, as a manager, you continue to tell someone to do something that they are not capable of, that's your fault, not theirs
 
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covcity4life

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  • Monday at 10:49 AM
  • #9,570
Then why isn't Sean dyche managing Bayern Munich?

Or Moyes?

I understand the argument you need to adapt but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to change everything

Kompany and Martin may have been trying many different tweaks to the system that we don't know about but if they don't work they don't work

We know with Russel Slade that changing from tiki taka to pragmatic football doesn't always work so really it comes down to what the manager and board wanna try in an attempt to start winning games
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Monday at 11:04 AM
  • #9,571
covcity4life said:
Then why isn't Sean dyche managing Bayern Munich?

Or Moyes?

I understand the argument you need to adapt but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to change everything

Kompany and Martin may have been trying many different tweaks to the system that we don't know about but if they don't work they don't work

We know with Russel Slade that changing from tiki taka to pragmatic football doesn't always work so really it comes down to what the manager and board wanna try in an attempt to start winning games
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Well Dyche and Moyes can't adapt either. They play that style of football regardless of opposition, hence why they aren't going to attract those types of jobs. It's easy to play free flowing, expansive or possession based football when 95% of the time you're going to have massively superior players.

It's not about parking the bus against a team that is better than you. It's about looking at the opposition to exploit their weaknesses. If they have FB's that play high up then don't be afraid to get the ball out to the flanks quickly to exploit that. If their centre backs are a bit weak in the air don't be afraid to get the ball into the box (provided you have a player capable of exploiting that.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Monday at 11:24 AM
  • #9,572
covcity4life said:
Then why isn't Sean dyche managing Bayern Munich?

Or Moyes?

I understand the argument you need to adapt but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to change everything

Kompany and Martin may have been trying many different tweaks to the system that we don't know about but if they don't work they don't work

We know with Russel Slade that changing from tiki taka to pragmatic football doesn't always work so really it comes down to what the manager and board wanna try in an attempt to start winning games
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Managing elite level players requires a different skill set.

Sorry, it keeps getting pointed out to you that it isn’t a question of tiki taka or hoof it long. There are teams now showing an alternative to both that is not only more entertaining, it’s more effective.
 

shepardo01

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  • Monday at 11:54 AM
  • #9,573
Will Bapaga signs for Rugby Borough (step 4 of Non-League)
 
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cstring82

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  • Monday at 12:08 PM
  • #9,574
shepardo01 said:
Will Bapaga signs for Rugby Borough (step 4 of Non-League)
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Down the Road from me….RBFC have moved up the leagues since my mate played for the 17/18 if they’re signing players to be paid (I assume).
 
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oneofourown

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  • Monday at 12:50 PM
  • #9,575
cstring82 said:
Done the Road from me….RBFC have moved up the leagues since my mate played for the 17/18 if they’re signing players to be paid (I assume).
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I was talking to my estate agent, used to play for City as a youth, 20 years ago, and who now plays for Rugby Boro, he said a lot of these young lads don't want to join a Div 2 team because they can get a job and play semi-pro like Rugby Boro and get between 500-1000 a week for doing so.
 
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larry_david

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  • Monday at 1:53 PM
  • #9,576
shepardo01 said:
Will Bapaga signs for Rugby Borough (step 4 of Non-League)
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We had high hopes for him. Hasn't gone to plan at all!
 
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Potbellypig

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  • Monday at 2:08 PM
  • #9,577
oneofourown said:
I was talking to my estate agent, used to play for City as a youth, 20 years ago, and who now plays for Rugby Boro, he said a lot of these young lads don't want to join a Div 2 team because they can get a job and play semi-pro like Rugby Boro and get between 500-1000 a week for doing so.
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Rugby Borough have been doing great in recent years and it's great to see a local-ish team doing this. However there isn't a cat in hells chance they are paying players anything close to that.
 

Shannerz

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  • Monday at 2:55 PM
  • #9,578
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Well Dyche and Moyes can't adapt either. They play that style of football regardless of opposition, hence why they aren't going to attract those types of jobs.
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To be fair to Moyes, he did get one of those jobs, but at the worst possible time.

I rate him highly, and think he's been slightly unlucky in the Man Utd job hurting his reputation somewhat.

But I digress.
 

shepardo01

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  • Monday at 3:35 PM
  • #9,579
larry_david said:
We had high hopes for him. Hasn't gone to plan at all!
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Arsenal were watching him too!!!
 
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shepardo01

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  • Monday at 3:38 PM
  • #9,580
Potbellypig said:
Rugby Borough have been doing great in recent years and it's great to see a local-ish team doing this. However there isn't a cat in hells chance they are paying players anything close to that.
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No. Hopefully he means that jobs, in addition to football "expenses" amount to that.
Rugby will be paying less than £100 per week (Max) players will be on different amounts too.
 

covcity4life

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  • Monday at 3:55 PM
  • #9,581
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Managing elite level players requires a different skill set.

Sorry, it keeps getting pointed out to you that it isn’t a question of tiki taka or hoof it long. There are teams now showing an alternative to both that is not only more entertaining, it’s more effective.
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Which teams? This isn't just recency bias about psg is it?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Monday at 4:08 PM
  • #9,582
covcity4life said:
Which teams? This isn't just recency bias about psg is it?
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Liverpool and Barcelona added to that
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Monday at 4:22 PM
  • #9,583
cstring82 said:
Down the Road from me….RBFC have moved up the leagues since my mate played for the 17/18 if they’re signing players to be paid (I assume).
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Same division as Rugby Town and Coventry Sphinx now
 
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blunted

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  • Monday at 7:54 PM
  • #9,584
Teams like Bournemouth have had a lot of success getting the ball forward more quickly.
 
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