Recent content by Moose

Not really bothered about the result nor expecting things to turn round. But we could have seen a bit of something positive, some quicker play or more aggressive pressing. What we actually saw was a stereotypical Puel performance in that it was very slow and boring. I say stereotypical because...

It really doesn't matter. If the idea of the appointment was that he's a natural fit for the team then we should have seen signs of what he can do today, but we didn't. It was as lethargic and boring a performance as anything we saw under Puel in the league. The alternative is that he should be...

First half was the worst performance I've seen from us all year. Second half marginally better and then we go and give it away. If Rodgers was supposed to be able to come in and inject a bit of energy then he's failed. Looks like we're back to square one "in need of a rebuild" but we won't...

I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with tasking a manager to get the most out of the players at his disposal by playing a system that suits them. But it should be recognised that this is a short term objective, where a long term objective might be to give game time to youngsters or...

While I can understand the sacking based on recent results it does leave me a bit clueless as to what the club is trying to achieve and what would be considered success. Because it seems that Puel had a remit to move us on from the league winning team, develop a sustainable style of play, and...

Pickford comes out of the tournament looking good. The back three, for all the praise they got for looking a bit exotic on the ball, never really convinced in the somewhat important realm of actual defending. That said, Maguire will probably come out of it with an enhanced reputation among all...

If there was any chance of us beating France, that's surely gone now with them having an extra day and us having to play extra time, so we might as well go out on penalties in classic England style.

Cautiously optimistic. He’s had a decent career. The main complaint seems to be stemming from Southampton fans saying that he was too defensive, but Southampton’s squad suited defensive football because they had basically no strikers. They’ve hardly been pulling up any trees in the goalscoring...

Just proves once again that there’s not much wrong with our 442 and that these players are capable of turning up if they’re in the right mood. The challenge now is finding a manager who can inspire them to performances like that on a weekly basis.

The whole Okazaki coming off thing is starting to seem like they're copying what Ranieri did without knowing why he did it. Shinji has been our best striker all season. For me it doesnt make any sense to bring him off.

The formation isn't why we've been struggling and I expect the players to prove that today. 0-3

We weren’t playing 442 before Ranieri arrived so that’s one change straight away. Throughout that season we kept 442 but evolved in style from gung ho counter attacking to being a rock solid defensive side using counter attacks more sparingly, so there’s another change. No surprise that having...

Up to you but I think most fans would value things like loyalty and respect for the club in a manager.

I think a lot of managers won’t talk to a club until there is a vacancy. Especially not the more principled ones, who we want, and especially not when they’re already employed as that would be disrespectful not only towards the manager of the club you’re being approached by, but also towards...

We need somebody who can A) command respect from players who still consider themselves champions B) break the player power clique while keeping important players on his side C) be neither too old nor too inexperienced D) find and implement a successful tactical system that requires no decent...