I’m more the other way.
at this time squad morale, integration and alignment to values is more important than ever. The captain job is critical for what happens before and after the 90 minutes.
I think Alonso would be happy even if we were in uefa. He’s more likely to win it, build his style of play and look a hero for getting back in cl and even winning uefa.
how many of us would be happy with league position and results if we had a style of play, playing ‘well’ and could see how it would work?
Thats the big thing for me. Either play good football and get some grace and time to make it work or if you’re playing like this it needs results.
I think we’ll struggle to sign players with Arne.
would you want to play this style of football?
and if we stick to paying our current wages, can’t see us getting first choice signings.
What’s bizarre is the money men letting this continue.
surely this quality of football hurts sponsor and commercial revenue. We don’t watch, let alone neutral tv interest.
Sporting success aside, we are now in entertainment business and we are failing to entertain.
Speaking to a mate who has been told he knows he’s going end of the season already and is surprised he’s not been sacked. He’s trying his best though. Wants to leave with club in cl.
(baggage handler disclaimer here. Guy I used to work with knows a certain German midfielder from our past)
It’s believable because there no logic to explain why he is still our manager
even if Alonso doesn’t want to start until later. Get an interim. Do something.
this apathy is killing us and will make it harder to come back from.
We played slotball for 78 minutes and didn’t lay a glove.
Played football for 10 minutes, threatened and then scored.
and then rather than go win it, we went back to slotball and lost it.
im not even annoyed at the manager. How have Edwards and Hughes allowed it to get this point? What needs to happen to replace him? Are they not sold on Alonso?
The good thing about us playing like this, is we get so much done. Got some life admin done, paid bills, sorted loads of files, created a new play list on Spotify.