Actually he pretty well did play every week last season he just didn't start.I miss PEH. He might not have played every week, but sure would have been useful this season.
I miss PEH. He might not have played every week, but sure would have been useful this season.
About 90% of the forum did when we appointed him.Any of you genuinely have Celtic supporting friends? What do they make of it? Genuinely interested.
Not in the league mateCity have lost 7 in 10.
We cant change the mentality of the club without changing the owner. It all comes from there. But we all knew that.
And how has that worked out for us? Maybe, don’t change and see what happens? If something isn’t working, allow the manager the chance to fix it?I think there's an exaggeration about our change of managers. It's not that different from most of the other teams that under perform. If it's not working, you change the manager. Everyone does it.
But there IS a reason.They are just too flaky, capable of flipping between brilliant and useless for no apparent reason.
We cant change the mentality of the club without changing the owner. It all comes from there. But we all knew that.
Is this about levy, or ange? Its very unspecific
Is this about levy, or ange? Its very unspecific
When he says 'he', does he mean the bloke he spoke to believes it or that Toulouse Lautrec does.............Although it totally wouldn't surprise me if it's lofty.I took it as Levy believing that he himself is currently doing everything right to ensure success for us on the pitch.
About 90% of the forum did when we appointed him.
To me that sounds like something levy would say about himself. Hes a very strange character from what we saw in the documentary, and hes completely in denial about how bad we are on the pitch. Remember the Winks comment?Is this about levy, or ange? Its very unspecific
I’d be really surprised if Levy didn’t believe that.When he says 'he', does he mean the bloke he spoke to believes it or that Toulouse Lautrec does.............Although it totally wouldn't surprise me if it's lofty.
I notice Porro a lot less in the midfield this season. He can be very high, but often is widerThese are just some examples I've seen this season, with my untrained eyes. I'm sure there are so, so many more tweaks that few of us on here would be qualified enough to notice.
- Deki has been put on the wing to provide defensive cover for Porro.
- Deki has been put on the wing and been allowed to drift inside with the fullback overlapping.
- Our attacking midfielders have played with more a lot more width in some game, closer to the wings.
- Ange has shifted the balance in the midfield several times, trying to fit in both Maddison and Deki, as an example. Those kind of shifts have also seemed to work several times, until someone's form drops off a cliff (Bissouma, Maddison), someone gets injured (Bentancur, Maddison), or gets suspended (Bissouma, Bentancur).
- With Dragusin and Davies, our defensive line has been slightly lower in several games. Maybe that's not by design but their instincts, but either way we've looked a lot more disjointed as a team since we lost Romero and VDV, even though Davies and Dragusin have looked good individually in some games. This is a very good example of how changes can create a domino effect and can be counter productive.
- I'd also say our fullbacks positioning is often dependent on the opposition.
There are at least two posts on this very page saying that no one is urging him to abandon his principles or do a 180, yet that seems to be exactly what you and some other want when you are calling him stubborn or arrogant. Just because the apparent tweaks and adjustments isn't to your liking, or big enough (I would want those at times myself, btw) for your liking, doesn't mean he is letting the ship sink without doing anything, just to protect his ego.
Ange is clearly saying that he doesn't want to change and abandon his principles because that would hurt the team's long-term progress. And guess what, seeing things through even when it's tough is how you build things, that's how you create lasting success without having to depend on luck.
Maybe it won't work, but we won't know that if we don't try. If we just press the reset button again and again, and we can't even try to see things through beyond a season or 18 months, what's the point?
I was wondering if we could go further and have a live execution event… Gladiators, Lions (Daniel in the den) and Daniel in a skimpy toga, coining it, conducting proceedings, ‘Are you not entertained?’.
And how has that worked out for us? Maybe, don’t change and see what happens? If something isn’t working, allow the manager the chance to fix it?