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Jimmy McCormick
I forgot he dropped Gazzanigga after that Wolves game. You can see he never fancied him. Not a surprise Hart is number 2 now.
That was after a player had turned the TV off wasn’t itat 6:23 of Ep 7 he has a printed official THFC sheet of his squad options which reads:
..........................Lloris
..........................Gazza
..........................Vorm
..........................Whiteman
..........................Austin
Aurier..........Toby..................Jan...............Davies
KWP...........Sanchez..............Foyth
.................Dier................Tanganga
..................Wanyama..........Winks
..................Sissoko...........Ndombele
...................Skipp.................
Lamela.................................................Son
Moura..............................................Sessegnon
................................Alli
.............................Lo Celso
..............................Kane
.............................Parrott
Which implies that someone (Mourinho or someone else) has put the players into this order of preference/hierarchy in those positions, at some point in time.
With this sheet alongside him, Mou Mou is laying out a 443 formation starting with Jan Toby San Aurier as his back 4. I wonder at which point he realised 443 is too many players?!
Then he is in the video debrief after Liepzig showing the players that Dele was walking away from the defence, the centre backs were in fact Toby and Davies because Sanchez was challenging over on the right near Aurier, so there was no left back and 3 Leipzig players were standing unmarked at our left back position, criminal that Davies didn't shout out for help.
He said that they had left a TV running on a loop, showing all the goals they conceded that season, so that as the players put on their boots, they would see the goal and analyse what happened, and that eventually it was too much and a player switched it off. Psychological torture, or juvenile prank, or something inbetween?That was after a player had turned the TV off wasn’t it
But the players still dont appear to get it IMOAnd then fair f*cks to Mou Mou and Joao, they call out the midfield for walking rather than sprinting back to help, as Cheatski had a shot, then another shot, then another... if they had sprinted, they would have stopped the danger. But the walk back and hope someone else will fix it. I guess this is the type of moment when we decided to buy Hojbjerg. For his commitment.
They say that the team should take the same pleasure from stopping a goal, as scoring a goal, which I also believe strongly in. It is the same effect.
It looked to me like player thought he could Be cleverHe said that they had left a TV running on a loop, showing all the goals they conceded that season, so that as the players put on their boots, they would see the goal and analyse what happened, and that eventually it was too much and a player switched it off. Psychological torture, or juvenile prank, or something inbetween?
So why is he saying itThe pressing thing is weird. It's obvious he wants the midfield to just sit. That one on one he had with Winks for instance.
And he wants the defense to sit deep.
I cant believe then that he just wants the front 4 or 3 to press, when there will be huge gaps behind them once the press is broken. You cant press like that. The whole team has to push right up the pitch.
The pressing thing is weird. It's obvious he wants the midfield to just sit. That one on one he had with Winks for instance.
And he wants the defense to sit deep.
I cant believe then that he just wants the front 4 or 3 to press, when there will be huge gaps behind them once the press is broken. You cant press like that. The whole team has to push right up the pitch.
The intro to Ep7 shows us losing to Red Bull Leipzig without Son nor Kane and Jose describes us as a gun with no bullets... so I guess on Sunday we had the bullets, we had the grip, but no barrel.
And then fair f*cks to Mou Mou and Joao, they call out the midfield for walking rather than sprinting back to help, as Cheatski had a shot, then another shot, then another... if they had sprinted, they would have stopped the danger. But the walk back and hope someone else will fix it. I guess this is the type of moment when we decided to buy Hojbjerg. For his commitment.
They say that the team should take the same pleasure from stopping a goal, as scoring a goal, which I also believe strongly in. It is the same effect.
I particularly enjoyed that moment.Ha ha, "Winks has improved a lot, Winks was a player of lateral pass, lateral pass, and lateral pass... you see him now... wow!"
Just a thought, but wasnt a lot on here commenting on how much more we were pressing in the pre season games?So why is he saying it
also why did he tell the players at half time and before the game vs United that when Pogba comes in we have to step up and be aware, yet they didn’t heed the warning
yesterday he roostered up with that sub But there are example on this doc that show the players are incapable of listening to their manager
Just a thought, but wasnt a lot on here commenting on how much more we were pressing in the pre season games?
And the majority playing in those pre season games weren't players who would be considered first Xi players, the preparation pre season really was a joke.
So could it be that the actual first XI havent had the chance to work enough together at pressing like those who were actively playing during pre season? Or, a lot of our first team just aren't prepared to do the hard yards anymore for whatever reason.....
AgreedI don't think the players listen. Or at least they don't process what he's actually saying.
They sit there while Jose drones on, eyes glazed over like primary school kids.
The message doesn't get through, the entire squad look thoroughly disengaged in my opinion.