- Mar 18, 2005
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I am really up and down about it. I was in favour of hiring Jose but don't feel I need to stick by him as I am never completely confident in my manager appointment choices.I was livid yesterday and post Jose out for the first time.
Having finally calmed down I'm now wondering if we should be a bit patient, not because of any green shoots I see, I dont, or I think he can turn it around because at present, I dont.
However lets think about where we were 6mths ago regarding other managers.
Klopp, genius. Now he's lost it.
OGS, idiot. Now they sit 2nd in the league.
Arteta, laughing our arses off. Now they're close to overtaking us and he's turned it around.
Moyes, laughing our arses off at him. 'Here to win games' we laughed. We're not laughing now.
Even Pep was sitting way down the league a few months back and there were murmers he should go, now theyre comfortably top of the table.
The point is sometimes despite what a shitshow the club is in or how clueless a manager may look sometimes its worth holdding in there.
I dont like Jose. To be honest I despise the bloke. But he is a serial winner and has never failed to bring silverware whereever he's been so was it all just luck and money? I dont believe that, as much as I'd like to.
So maybe we should just hold on for a few weeks and see what happens?
Also every club is dropping points so 4 wins on the bounce and you fly up the table.
Even if this season is a write off could you hold on and see if next season brought success?
I'm gonna stay the execution for now.
COYS
We did need a bit of a rebuild after a period of no signings and you don't address all your issues within a couple of windows.
At the moment I will say he is doing a poor job. We don't look very well organised, few of our players are currently excelling, the playing style and results are poor.
But Ndombele has gone from being labelled a terrible professional to performing very well consistently with world class potential. Lo Celso has shown a few signs of being quality. Getting Lo Celso fit could transform our midfield.
Jose is always going to be a relatively short term appointment. If he gets the right signings this summer then we might be able to play with the discipline he requires.
It seems Jose knows how to put a winning team together but struggles if the players aren't what he requires. Sometimes you just have to manage what you have.