Because you're refusing to think about how the squad has changed since then. The 24/25 squad is a fecking trainwreck, and the 22/23 squad was decent. If you don't see all the reasons why, especially after they've been pointed out here dozens of times, there's no helping you.
What you've described is essentially what I'm expecting/hoping for.
I don't think it's so much his system as to why we're shit. I think whoever we have in charge will likely be shit for us, while our attacking personnel remain the same. That's what I meant when I said put Scholes and Keane in midfield and we're still shit. If they have the attackers we have in front of us, there's only so much anyone can do. You need difference makers in attack, and we don't have any.
You can transform a team quite magically over a summer.
Realistically the types of players he would want would be perfect for any manager after. What do we need to excel in his system?
There is no ship to steady here. The ship has holes in it that can't be plugged right now. We have no strikers of any discernable goalscoring quality. We have questionable centre mids and a right back. Our left back has been here for three games (and wouldn't you know, looks good), our best centre back this year looked today like he'd never seen a football before, our goalkeeper chucks the ball in his own net and if he manages to avoid that, chucks it at the oppositions feet so they can do it for him. What exactly do you want with this?
An article literally came out yesterday stating Zirkzee was an Ashworth purchase and De Ligt was a Ten Hag request which Ashworth argued for as a show of support to Ten Hag.
Haha trust me I know we will he can't get the best out of them its evident
Since we finished 8th last season?
Dozens of times, wind your neck in mate.
Eth said when he was still manager De light was a club signing
Bingo!
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Was your expectation was for a manager to come into this shambles of a squad in November having never managed Braga and Sporting prior..and do what exactly in the toughest league in the world? Take the relegation form of basically ten months and instantly turn it around to compete for top 4?
We don’t have the money to change our squad dramatically as some on here hope will happen. Most of our team will remain the same and we will hear pretty much the same excuse as we are getting now.
Yes they do, unless you are Arne Slot of course.
The players we have are clearly crap though. Even disregarding Amorim, they need to be replaced. As long as the replacements are of the right physical and age profile they won't become black holes like Mount and Casemiro.
I don't think we can afford to frame it as "the problem" when we have so many.
As I said, not once I believe that the current lot are good enough for CL spots. But they are much better than the 16th position they are in currently and that’s down to the manager.
The manager has players who know they are not part of his future plans. This is the same as the Ralf situation, where a bunch of these losers downed tools and stopped trying. By sacking ETH mid season and not after the cup final INEOS ensured that this season would be a write off. There is no point getting so worked up about results that don't matter. We're not getting relegated amd we're not getting into Europe through the league. Judge Amorim after he has at least one proper window and a pre season.
It does hold when you consider motivation and how bought in the players are to what the manager wants. The Everton players know Moyes has the power at their club, whereas our spoiled losers know all it takes is them downing tools for a bit for the media and some fans to turn on the coach and forget that they are the ones not running and fecking up simple passes and shots.
Its down to ETH and Amorin. This squad is an absolute abomination for what Ten Hag threw at in on personnel. Barely a good payer signed.
