It's never going to be a decision of just one person for an organisation this size. I think it should be safely assumed that it is going to have a ton of input from Berrada, garden-man and a ton of other people at the club.
Jason Wilcox - New technical director
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Oh, get ya. Agreed
this x 100 times
Southampton. He only arrived last summer and he implemented a style of play and identity that was carried out from the youth teams to the first team. He even hired his head coach in Russell Martin who fit his vision.
This all comes from his experience at City where as academy director he oversaw all the youth teams and made sure they played the same way as the first team.
You'd imagine he's been in talk with Ashworth whilst they've both been comparing gardening techniques.
“Don’t you dare try and judge me.. boy”
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No pressure Erik
Good to see. Usually he’s not going out
Buzzing to have this guy and he turns up at every game. Apparently he’s told ETH to start playing a possession based style in the next few weeks if he wants to keep his job… they ain’t messing around. Possibly why Eriksen starts over Mctominay
Backhanded compliment, or am I reading into this too much?
The classic ” new technical director bounce” long may it last
Long gone are the days of new noodle and tractor sponsorship
Now let's see it against a Brighton/Newcastle (let's not be silly) won't say Arsenal as we know how good they have looked this season
A manager can't just change the way he plays because a technical director wants him too. The only thing that will change is the manager if the current style of football continues, which it will because this is how ETH wants to play and it doesn't work in this league.
Great work!He probably means it, would be risky pissing off someone who could decide your future though
Can’t for forget the player with the best chin in the game, Ryan Nelson
Big Willy (Or small Willy? I know nothing about the guy) told Erik and he flicked a switch to possession football. Cooool!
"flawed squad building model" is a very fancy way to say "clueless people at top positions"
what a load of nonsense. So in the matter of one day the style and vision has been decided and implemented. Ok....Job done. Wilcox can leave now…
Lets see how we do against better teams.
Lets see how we do against better teams.
The delusion of folks thinking Wilcox will have any say in match day tactics
Of course he will. He is deciding along with the club the style of play. Its up to the coach to implement it.The delusion of folks thinking Wilcox will have any say in match day tactics
Exactly. I mean SJR has already said that they will set the blueprint and he expects the coach to work to that
The delusion of folks thinking Wilcox will have any say in match day tactics
Of course he will, a technical director is tasked with establishing compelling coaching and playing philosophies.
Usually throughout the whole structure right down to the youth teams.
He's a magician if he can sell those players for even more than a few million each
If he wants to keep his job then he’ll change his way of playing. He said when he came in he couldn’t play his possession based like he did at Ajax because of different players etc. now that he’s been given the licence to play that way he should have no problem doing it… this tells us that the new people in charge are going to sign players based on the style of play they want in the summer. If ETH goes against this then he’ll probably be sacked or even may walk out.
i'm sure Fiorentina will have something to say if Wilcox sells Amrabat.
Some of these have outlasted there stay anyway. Martial should have been gone years ago but due to keep changing managers there’s always the case where there given a new chance under a new manager and different style but it’s not worked under any.
For two of them their contracts expire in 2 months, he isn't selling them at all, strange list.
There's been a suspicion for some time that Ten Hag was told by the hierarchy to play with certain principles - the so called United Way - and that certain players were untouchable. When we look at all the games this season, and compare it to what we saw last night, there was a marked shift in tempo, positioning and amount of transitions. Even compared to matches against much weaker opposition like Newport and Coventry. Sheffield are quite poor, so it might just be because of that, but there were some changes last night that felt a bit more intentional than just "the opposition is crap, so we get more time". There were patterns last night we haven't really seen much of before. Plus Casemiro is quite good as a centreback.
Reading into it too much. He basically just summed up what he remembered about Wilcox there and then, and concluded with "I am looking forward to our partnership"
The delusion of folks thinking Wilcox will have any say in match day tactics
I might have believed that there could have been a conversation about plans to change the overarching playstyle up a bit going forward, but I'm absolutely not believing anything that comes from Nixon, particularly when it's put as he has done.
And I'm certainly not saying we've pivoted to a possession-based style of football straight after playing a team who average 34%, less against top half sides.
He deserves to be sold!