Are we capable of playing the Iraola way?

Grumpy G said:
Both the owner and the manager are conplete fucktards.

They make Eddie, Young Tom and Narrow Diamond Groves look like the greatest Football brains of all time.

I never said a bad word against Maxim and the luscious Mrs M, but ffs the septic and his crew are pure poison to our club.
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Maxim sat in the background and knowing the link between Mostyn and the fans was clever to keep him as the link between the top of the club and the fans in the stands. Foley has made a mistake in pushing him out do the door. There is no connection between us and the top now. Instead we have Frevola who openly has stated that his job is to create revenue at any cost regardless of what the fans my feel. Less than 8 months and it's turning sour. The worst thing we could ever have done is sold to Americans. Maxim did his bit but has fcuked it up selling us down the star spangled river. Foley's naive reaction to this will be to sack the manager and act on what ever sh1t advice he's given by the clowns in the directors box. It will get worse before it will get better
 
According to the missus's FB forum AI has been given the boot.
Personally I don't believe it cos it's Fb and it's not been mentioned anywhere else.
Surely he needs more time at least.
 
afcb.czech said:
There are so many players I am still waiting to see something, anything from to prove they add to our quality.

The reality is that our recruitment team has managed to spend a fortune over the past 3 seasons weakening the team. And since they still have jobs, they don't seem to be held accountable at all.

Aarons and Kerkhez might end up being alright, but neither are there yet. Tavernier is the only player who could possibly be argued as an upgrade signing in terms of quality.
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Finally people clocking on…
 
Combination of AI learning curve; tough fixtures and injuries always made this a tough start. So no surprise we are in a tough spot. Much as i supported GON, I feel we would be in a similar position if he had stayed tbh and he would have gone now after May results too.

We have had plenty of positives but the last two defeats have seen a step down in performance. Time to be ruthless for those 2 massive home games vs wolves and Burnley.

Seen worse in 94/95 and 08/09 of course but expectations higher now given over £100m spent.

Lack of defensive cover and cdm is a worry but, for all the AI hype, we do lack a cutting edge. I think a GON team would have scored more - so we are failing at both ends of the pitch with some daft mistakes conceding goals and not scoring in 4 of the last 6 games so far.
 
Green_Cherry said:
I agree with most of this completely.

However, who is the option on the bench to challenge Solanke? Moore has shown that he simply isn’t a premier league player. Semenyo is more of a winger and Kluivert hasn’t exactly shone either. We simply have no one to challenge Dom’s position in the team and so he has less pressure to perform because he will still start every game because there is no alternative
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I don't see Semenyo as "more of a winger" at all. For me, at least, he is more of a rampaging centre forward and he deserves to be given a few starts ahead of Dom.
 
zigger zaggar said:
I don't see Semenyo as "more of a winger" at all. For me, at least, he is more of a rampaging centre forward and he deserves to be given a few starts ahead of Dom.
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I thought that too until he was terrible as centre forward against Stoke, where he looked very uncomfortable playing with his back to goal and surprisingly lightweight. So I actually agree with him if he believes his best position is out wide where he can run directly at defenders. Could work if he has Dom or PhilBil behind him doing the donkey work and playing him in behind defenders but I doubt we'll ever see that.
 
king-bedwetter said:
I thought that too until he was terrible as centre forward against Stoke, where he looked very uncomfortable playing with his back to goal and surprisingly lightweight. So I actually agree with him if he believes his best position is out wide where he can run directly at defenders. Could work if he has Dom or PhilBil behind him doing the donkey work and playing him in behind defenders but I doubt we'll ever see that.
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Fair comment, I wasn't at the Stoke game. So he really didn't look good as a lone centre forward?
 
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What worries me is supposing Bill Foley does see a problem with Hughes and/or Blake's performance, how does he go about moving them on without it being seen as a vote of no confidence in AI, if they were so influential in bringing him in? And how does that help the mindset of the players who have been signed in that time? Feels like a **************** storm brewing if any action is to be taken and it'll need to be handled a lot more delicate than the way we parted with GON.
 
Irola had no PL experience with no team coming with him so legacy coaches were with youth squad a year ago

He has been handed rookie signings with no PL experience who may have impressed in European leagues in patches with better players around them but are struggling in the white hot heat of the PL

He has an ownership team that know diddlysquat about the English Premier League other than it is moneyball whilst you are in it
We must be perilously close to breaching FFP limits and Blake’s spreadsheet would probably burst at cost of firing and hiring in current season.
 
I'm sure AI isn't exactly an encyclopedia on the managerial career of Sean Dyche, I mean why would he be.

So I'd wonder who at the club would have been in a position to chat with AI and advise that Dyche is someone who's often had the indian sign over AFCB, and that one way you definitely don't play against him is with no midfield and long ball.

We have a couple of senior older heads in the squad in Smith and Cook maybe, there's Elphick and Cooper, but not sure if they'd be able to have that discussion.

We are very green as a whole club. Wily old dogs like Dyche can eat us up.
 
king-bedwetter said:
What worries me is supposing Bill Foley does see a problem with Hughes and/or Blake's performance, how does he go about moving them on without it being seen as a vote of no confidence in AI, if they were so influential in bringing him in? And how does that help the mindset of the players who have been signed in that time? Feels like a **************** storm brewing if any action is to be taken and it'll need to be handled a lot more delicate than the way we parted with GON.
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I don't think Americans do delicate
 
AFCBade said:
Combination of AI learning curve; tough fixtures and injuries always made this a tough start. So no surprise we are in a tough spot. Much as i supported GON, I feel we would be in a similar position if he had stayed tbh and he would have gone now after May results too.

We have had plenty of positives but the last two defeats have seen a step down in performance. Time to be ruthless for those 2 massive home games vs wolves and Burnley.

Seen worse in 94/95 and 08/09 of course but expectations higher now given over £100m spent.

Lack of defensive cover and cdm is a worry but, for all the AI hype, we do lack a cutting edge. I think a GON team would have scored more - so we are failing at both ends of the pitch with some daft mistakes conceding goals and not scoring in 4 of the last 6 games so far.
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We look completely devoid of any attacking threat whatsoever and it stops us from being competitive….
 
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king-bedwetter said:
What worries me is supposing Bill Foley does see a problem with Hughes and/or Blake's performance, how does he go about moving them on without it being seen as a vote of no confidence in AI, if they were so influential in bringing him in? And how does that help the mindset of the players who have been signed in that time? Feels like a **************** storm brewing if any action is to be taken and it'll need to be handled a lot more delicate than the way we parted with GON.
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I'd be surprised if B/H aren't firmly under the microscope right now.

I'd imagine Foley and associates look at the whole picture. Why are we where we are now. Main points imo being:

1) Who sourced, recommended and conducted the new manager hunt?
2) who sourced, recommended and conducted the new players/transfer hunt?

Most of that comes back at board level, and I expect a very significant part of those two things and main responsibility comes under Blake and Hughes I'd have thought. If not, why are they even employed, what else are they doing if not those two things?

Theres no way B and H are getting out of this unscathed imo if things continue as they are. They've effectively overseen it. Thats a lot of money... doubt Foley will be 100% confident in them with his money after this episode (so far).
 
MB1980 said:
I'd be surprised if B/H aren't firmly under the microscope right now.

I'd imagine Foley and associates look at the whole picture. Why are we where we are now. Main points imo being:

1) Who sourced, recommended and conducted the new manager hunt?
2) who sourced, recommended and conducted the new players/transfer hunt?

Most of that comes back at board level, and I expect a very significant part of those two things and main responsibility comes under Blake and Hughes I'd have thought. If not, why are they even employed, what else are they doing if not those two things?

Theres no way B and H are getting out of this unscathed imo if things continue as they are. They've effectively overseen it. Thats a lot of money... doubt Foley will be 100% confident in them with his money after this episode (so far).
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I try not to repeat myself to often. Especially across threads but obviously at the moment that’s happening.

So I’ll just leave this here, for what’s it’s worth, which isn’t much, this was my thoughts on it.

Dawsons Head

Where wherefore art thou Dawson, a fine tuned machine of a manager, hand picked by thou. Do we blame you, Richard Hughes, Blake or Foley for your anointed chosen one?
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