Absolutely bang onI just keep referring to Jose's period at United and the last one at Chelsea.
Both his first seasons were quite dreary, not too many goals and a lack of real direction. Then he signed reinforcements that aligned with his style - Costa & Fabregas at Chelsea, Lukaku and Matic at United. Then suddenly both teams looked full of goals and his system worked perfectly.
How do people expect him to get things rolling without 50% of our goalscorers and no Eriksen (which I think ppl are brushing over far too easy)?
He needs a summer. He needs Kane and Son. He needs more options should Kane or Son get injured.
It's also not fair to blast him when Poch at least had Llorente or Janssen on the bench. We literally have no plan B.
Do people expect Jose to just suddenly adopt a high pressing approach? No coach just dramatically changes their way of coaching.
We just have to wait for next season as our situation means were in a mess regardless of the strategy and players we use.
this day and age though nobody has any patience
This stale squad, as everyone agrees, are trying to understand new ideas going against something they have been playing for 5 years.
I would also argue that one of the most obvious things we have always lacked is a good level of intelligence (I don’t mean 2+2 is 4) and that’s why I don’t think we have ever managed to win a trophy.
mourinho always has clever football brains and I’m not convinced we have a huge amount of those.
Kane, Lo celso, ndom, bergwijn, alderwireld, definitely have it with the skill to back it up
dier and Davies I would argue are also intelligent footballers (albeit their ability (certainly diers) leaves little to the imagination)
The rest..... I’m not so sure
so we’re trying to change a group of players (3 of the intelligent ones all new) into a new way of playing and the expectation it will change over night!!!
do I enjoy our lack of identity at the moment - no
Do I accept that time is needed - absolutely