It’s refreshing to see us play as a cohesive unit. Each player seems to know what their role is on the pitch.
Our players no longer look lost and without direction.
Ralf Rangnick | ex-interim manager | does anyone rate him?
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Our players no longer look lost and without direction.
Today was an improvement. We need to continue to improve
Slow steps, people, slow steps.
I can see improvement and that's all I ask for.
I can see improvement and that's all I ask for.
I agree with you but, knowing our Board, they'll probably rip up in the summer and go for the biggest name coach they can find. Even if it means starting from zero.
I'm just going to enjoy the Rangnick adventure while it lasts...
Surely we've sounded out the new manager for the summer now? And surely Ralf is sticking around in some sort of advisory role? Is there any reason Ralf can't send an email with some players names to the new manager with the subject "Fancy any of these?" and get someone in before the window closes?
Start writing songs, perhaps.
We now played what ole normally sets us up. The difference is cutoff of the unforced errors giving away the possession. The main issue now is aggressive play against a low-block team. It has always been an issue for us.
Ralfie's at the wheel...
No - it was reported the momentum for that would take off from Feb onwards as Arnold officially takes his role.
I think this was our best performance despite not creating too much.
You sonuva-
International break at the wrong time ffs. This momentum would have been excellent for us. Credit to Ralf. Subs were spot on. The team finally is able to control games. Glad that he realized his prefered 4-2-2-2 wasn’t working and ditched it for a more favorable system that suits the team. Wonder what more bs stories the media would come up with.
No I don't think so. The majority of our fans would support that decision imo. We should play to win not to not lose.
I was ready to crucify him for the draw actually. We just weren't creating enough. LVG for most of the game until the end, but it worked.
Agree. One point wouldnt do much, the three points were really important. Rewarded for courage. Good decision.
If we finish on a high would not be surprised if Ralf throws his own name into the hat
If he can get that attack sorted and get Ronaldo back in the goals then there's no reason why we can't have a strong finish to the season. He looks to have settled the defence pretty well and the midfield is tighter.
March is going to be one hell of a month in terms of the teams we face so I hope we keep building momentum with the games coming up.
March is going to be one hell of a month in terms of the teams we face so I hope we keep building momentum with the games coming up.
The work on the training pitch is starting to show. Slowly, but surely, we are looking like a modern, coached team.
Looked better since he abandoned the awful 4222 and reverted back to 4231/433.
So I think this is correct
Ralf's first 10 games: 6 Wins, 3 Draws, 1 Defeat. 14 goals scored, 6 conceded
Ole's last 10 games: 3 Wins, 2 Draws, 5 Defeats. 14 goals scored, 22 conceded
We also had a stupid record like 1 clean sheet in 24 games or something similar. We have 4 in 10 now.
Ralf's first 10 games: 6 Wins, 3 Draws, 1 Defeat. 14 goals scored, 6 conceded
Ole's last 10 games: 3 Wins, 2 Draws, 5 Defeats. 14 goals scored, 22 conceded
We also had a stupid record like 1 clean sheet in 24 games or something similar. We have 4 in 10 now.
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Important win. Will also help getting players on his side and will shut up the media for a while who would otherwise have had a field day during the upcoming break.
10 games in charge- 6 wins 3 draws and 1 loss. 5 clean sheets and only conceded 2 goals once. Ralf has done a decent job so far, let’s not lie to ourselves. It hasn’t been spectacular but we were conceding goals at a record rate and that was the first issue he vowed to correct. We only gave up 6 shots to a team that has earned shock results against the big sides. Good job Ralf keep it up. We finally have a manager who understands that first and foremost don’t concede and then let your attackers go to work.
Thats exactly what an interim manager should be doing.
I'm happy we have a coach that can finally adapt himself around the set of players we have without compromising himself, instead of trying to force something that clearly doesn't work.
Yeah we don't look like we're going to concede on every counter attack anymore which is great.
Still needs more work at set pieces though
Still needs more work at set pieces though
We look more solid. Though it could be that West ham was crap.
We pass better in deep areas. Now onto the final 3rd.
We pass better in deep areas. Now onto the final 3rd.
6 out of 9 wins (if we ingore that Yboys dead rubber), not bad and draw against Villa was almost our throw away
otherwise if could have been 7 wins out of 9 with covid hit and not enough time in training....I think we can see better performances n Feb
otherwise if could have been 7 wins out of 9 with covid hit and not enough time in training....I think we can see better performances n Feb
True. It's what worked for Conte at Chelsea a few years back. Sometimes it's smart to adapt to your players.
When's the presser?
What sort of idiot hires an advisor then doesn't listen to him?
Man United
What sort of idiot hires an advisor then doesn't listen to him?
You've seen the nine years. I could fully see Man Utd hiring Rangnick and then going after Diego Simeone as a replacement. Lurching from one thing to another is our MO. We're not a credible club.
Fortunately Rangnick is a credible coach and is willing to put up with our silliness.
hopefully he can use this break time to analyse our play a bit further and improve us
Is it an international break or a winter break until feb4th ?
Is it an international break or a winter break until feb4th ?
The video needs more diamond smiles.
Starting to see the better intensity now I feel. Much better game in terms of control.
Don't something that Ole always refused to do and subbed off a Midfielder for an Extra attacker.
As Ferguson said your better risking it to try to win.
Don't something that Ole always refused to do and subbed off a Midfielder for an Extra attacker.
As Ferguson said your better risking it to try to win.
No it's very very different with Ole.
Ole often allowed a lot of freedom for his players. So the players often took a lot of high risk passes, moves etc. That's why there were so many errors giving away the possession. But we did create more chances and scored many goals. Of course problem was we conceded a lot too.
Ralf is the contrast. He's very rigid so the players take a lot less risk. That's why there were much less errors and possession lost. But we didn't create much.
At the end of the match he threw Cavani, Martial in and asked the players to take more risk imo. For example the instance McT lost the ball around the end of the match he should have simply passed the ball back but he decided to carry the ball hoping to create something.
It's simply two sides of a coin. Pro and cons.
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