Eric Ramsay joins the first team coaching set up



Saw this on youtube. Watched bits of it, seems like someone we need to improve our passing and press.

Not seen much on his set plays, hopefully we can get those right, we saw for England how dangerous Maguire is, total opposite when he plays for united.
 
Glad to see we have brought someone new in with fresh ideas. It’s definitely an area we needed to address. Hopefully he can have an impact and gain the respect of the playing group. I’m assuming his one on one training will probably be with the younger player?!
 
romufc said:


Saw this on youtube. Watched bits of it, seems like someone we need to improve our passing and press.

Not seen much on his set plays, hopefully we can get those right, we saw for England how dangerous Maguire is, total opposite when he plays for united.
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We have no problem scoring goals. It's defensively from set pieces I think we conceded the second most in the league.
 
klayton88 said:
We have no problem scoring goals. It's defensively from set pieces I think we conceded the second most in the league.
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I didn't say we have problems scoring goals, along with our set plays our passing needs improving too.

From the video, I saw him really get players to pass through lines, pass under pressure.

Ofcourse set plays is one of the most important things we need to improve on, we lose almost every second ball that comes into the box. We also need to add more set play goals.
 
Cool.
Would be more excited if we were hiring someone who could help train us in movement and moving the ball quicker in the final 3rd of the pitch which has been a massive problem for nearly a decade now, but a young promising coach as part of the set up is never a bad thing.
 
klayton88 said:
We have no problem scoring goals. It's defensively from set pieces I think we conceded the second most in the league.
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Having a goalkeeper who will come for crosses and defenders who are better in the air than Lindelof and Wan Bissaka, would really make a difference.
 
Infra-red said:
Having a goalkeeper who will come for crosses and defenders who are better in the air than Lindelof and Wan Bissaka, would really make a difference.
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Very true. We know Dave isn't coming and Henderson is still unproven but he's come for more in the last few games of the season than I've seen Dave come for in his full career here. This could be just a good a signing as any actual players we sign.
 
I'll give it till October before the patterns of play brigade are wetting their knickers.
They're a bit busy down in the England 'banter' thread for now.
 
Forevergiggs1 said:
Am I supposed to be excited hiring another complete novice? I agree we do need a set piece coach ( have we gone almost 3 years without one?) but what exactly on his CV makes him a great signing?
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:lol:
How many set piece coaches have you even heard of? Do you think we just employed him for fun?
 
LawCharltonBest said:
Apparently Chelsea conceded 0 goals from set plays in the season after he joined them?
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Not sure about that, but Arsenal signed one last season from Man City they conceded the fewest set piece goals. He’s also left them after one season too. Maybe it’s just a role that coaches like to move around in?

It clearly suggests these people do make a difference.

It’s also like when Liverpool signed that throw-in coach, which was worth a chuckle at the time, but they ended up retaining the ball from throw-ins at a level only bettered by the new coaches old side!
 
Infra-red said:
Having a goalkeeper who will come for crosses and defenders who are better in the air than Lindelof and Wan Bissaka, would really make a difference.
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We've been weak at set-pieces with Henderson in goal too. Ditto whoever we've played in defence. The problem isn't with the players.

Which is why a new set-piece coach is a good thing.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Not sure about that, but Arsenal signed one last season from Man City they conceded the fewest set piece goals. He’s also left them after one season too. Maybe it’s just a role that coaches like to move around in?

It clearly suggests these people do make a difference.

It’s also like when Liverpool signed that throw-in coach, which was worth a chuckle at the time, but they ended up retaining the ball from throw-ins at a level only bettered by the new coaches old side!
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It's really down to very fine margins at top level. Given the millions of dollars involved, anything that could provide the team with a potential competitive advantage should really be covered.
 
sullydnl said:
We've been weak at set-pieces with Henderson in goal too. Ditto whoever we've played in defence. The problem isn't with the players.

Which is why a new set-piece coach is a good thing.
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I’d just like to add that Ramsey isn’t just here to coach set pieces. He’s an excellent all round coach and the idea that we’ve employed a special teams type coach is ludicrous
 
MDFC Manager said:
Lovely. @devilish will be around any moment now, crying about 'nepotism'.
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Why don't you ask my opinion before jumping into conclusions?

If you want my 2c then here it comes. While I am a bit worried about the guy's age I am glad that we finally brought someone who'll be working on set pieces. Its nice to see that the manager is addressing a clear flaw in our coaching staff ie our inability to train players for set pieces and he's bringing in a real coach (not a mate or a former player) to do so.
 
These appointments demonstrate another step forward in the evolution of the football club.

For a long time, one man ran everything on the football side. When that man left, we saw we badly lacked a modern infrastructure to continue to take the club forward.

Everything we are doing now suggests the club realise they can't be put in that position again and we need to drag the club into a 21st Century operating model whereby responsibilities are very much divided and delegated amongst specialists in their field - whether its coaching, medical, sports science, transfers etc...
 
romufc said:


Saw this on youtube. Watched bits of it, seems like someone we need to improve our passing and press.

Not seen much on his set plays, hopefully we can get those right, we saw for England how dangerous Maguire is, total opposite when he plays for united.
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Worse still when it's Luke Shaw that's dropping it like some heat seeking missile on Harry's head!
 
Glorio said:
Worse still when it's Luke Shaw that's dropping it like some heat seeking missile on Harry's head!
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Exactly, which was the weird part.

I don't know if you noticed, last season he either was offside from freekicks or gave away silly fouls but for England he somehow manages to get a header on target.
 
Brilliant addition to Ole's world class coaching staff. Really looking forward to our set pieces both defensively and offensively.
 
We got a real gem here, one of the best signings we could have gotten this season. We give up way too many goals on set pieces, if we can get this to stop, we could have had at least another 6-9 points last season.
 
scottw said:
We got a real gem here, one of the best signings we could have gotten this season. We give up way too many goals on set pieces, if we can get this to stop, we could have had at least another 6-9 points last season.
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if he can add another 4/5 points by making our guys to score few more from set pieces then it would be wonderful
 
sp_107 said:
if he can add another 4/5 points by making our guys to score few more from set pieces then it would be wonderful
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I agree, I would bet at least 6 points this season from set pieces alone with his signing. He is the real deal. We have the big heads in the middle to score, and those same big heads to defend, Ole just didn't know how to coach that piece, and that is ok, everyone has their talents. I can't wait for this season to start!
 
romufc said:


Saw this on youtube. Watched bits of it, seems like someone we need to improve our passing and press.

Not seen much on his set plays, hopefully we can get those right, we saw for England how dangerous Maguire is, total opposite when he plays for united.
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In fairness, Maguire seems to get his head on about 90% of balls in, but seems not to get many dangerous headers in.

It'll definitely not be helped by seemingly being almost the only guy in the squad who has aerial ability, so everyone knows where it's going.
 
bondsname said:
Good…. now when the set piece takes raises both his arms before crossing it it might actually mean something and not just be for show.
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Funny. I was coaching a High School team and during a match, the corner taker raises both his arms every time. During half time I asked him what's all this about and he said he thought it was a signal that he had to do before he took every corner. I asked him who told you that? He said he sees it on the TV.
 
Bumping this thread after some news has gotten out about implementing a 433. Don't think it's a coincidence this is coming out now with this coach aboard.
 
edcunited1878 said:
Bumping this thread after some news has gotten out about implementing a 433. Don't think it's a coincidence this is coming out now with this coach aboard.
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Based on what we're told this coach will be doing no not a coincidence but definitely unrelated
 
edcunited1878 said:
Bumping this thread after some news has gotten out about implementing a 433. Don't think it's a coincidence this is coming out now with this coach aboard.
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With all the chat around him and how highly rated he is, if he does well here then who knows where he ends up in regards to management!
 
Interesting videos, not often you get much insight into how backroom staff work. Mostly people just make assumptions about them because their work is relatively hard to analyse except through a result. Sounds a thoughtful individual, hopefully he does well and if he's got some ideas for set pieces then we'd definitely be keen to hear them!
 
Have you guys seen Chelsea's stats on set pieces from last year? Not much better than us. They only let one less goal from set pieces and similarly scored one more goal from set pieces. If we wanted a step improvement - how is Ramsey it? There are other teams with clearly much better stats.

We do need a great defensive coach. With Maguire, Varane, and Shaw we have best 3 out of 4 on the defense line. AWB needs a lot of improvement but he's not horrible. A great coach can turn that into gold or keep lukewarm. And I am not talking just about set pieces either. Who is overall responsible for our defense? McKenna?
 
NewGlory said:
Have you guys seen Chelsea's stats on set pieces from last year? Not much better than us. They only let one less goal from set pieces and similarly scored one more goal from set pieces. If we wanted a step improvement - how is Ramsey it? There are other teams with clearly much better stats.

We do need a great defensive coach. With Maguire, Varane, and Shaw we have best 3 out of 4 on the defense line. AWB needs a lot of improvement but he's not horrible. A great coach can turn that into gold or keep lukewarm. And I am not talking just about set pieces either. Who is overall responsible for our defense? McKenna?
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I assume this guy is complete crap because of some stats.

1/1 on shit posts
 
NewGlory said:
Have you guys seen Chelsea's stats on set pieces from last year? Not much better than us. They only let one less goal from set pieces and similarly scored one more goal from set pieces. If we wanted a step improvement - how is Ramsey it? There are other teams with clearly much better stats.

We do need a great defensive coach. With Maguire, Varane, and Shaw we have best 3 out of 4 on the defense line. AWB needs a lot of improvement but he's not horrible. A great coach can turn that into gold or keep lukewarm. And I am not talking just about set pieces either. Who is overall responsible for our defense? McKenna?
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To be fair Ramsey was Chelsea U23 Assistant manager. He wasn't Chelsea's first team coach. He might not be the reason of that set pieces stats.
 
NewGlory said:
Have you guys seen Chelsea's stats on set pieces from last year? Not much better than us. They only let one less goal from set pieces and similarly scored one more goal from set pieces. If we wanted a step improvement - how is Ramsey it? There are other teams with clearly much better stats.

We do need a great defensive coach. With Maguire, Varane, and Shaw we have best 3 out of 4 on the defense line. AWB needs a lot of improvement but he's not horrible. A great coach can turn that into gold or keep lukewarm. And I am not talking just about set pieces either. Who is overall responsible for our defense? McKenna?
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I suspect the club know what they're doing. Seems like people are moaning for the sake of moaning. We have no idea how good he is or what he brings, no one even knew who he was until he joined us. Maybe wait to see if there's a noticeable difference in our play before we start complaining about who else we could've got?
 
NewGlory said:
Have you guys seen Chelsea's stats on set pieces from last year? Not much better than us. They only let one less goal from set pieces and similarly scored one more goal from set pieces. If we wanted a step improvement - how is Ramsey it? There are other teams with clearly much better stats.

We do need a great defensive coach. With Maguire, Varane, and Shaw we have best 3 out of 4 on the defense line. AWB needs a lot of improvement but he's not horrible. A great coach can turn that into gold or keep lukewarm. And I am not talking just about set pieces either. Who is overall responsible for our defense? McKenna?
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Martyn Pert and Richard Hartis were responsible for set piece defending.
 
NewGlory said:
Have you guys seen Chelsea's stats on set pieces from last year? Not much better than us. They only let one less goal from set pieces and similarly scored one more goal from set pieces. If we wanted a step improvement - how is Ramsey it? There are other teams with clearly much better stats.

We do need a great defensive coach. With Maguire, Varane, and Shaw we have best 3 out of 4 on the defense line. AWB needs a lot of improvement but he's not horrible. A great coach can turn that into gold or keep lukewarm. And I am not talking just about set pieces either. Who is overall responsible for our defense? McKenna?
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He wasn't with the Chelsea first team last year?
 
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