Harry going would hopefully have meant the back of these four, especially Sherwood and Ferdinand - both were just typical thick pundits until Harry decided he wanted some ex pro cronies at the club.
Our strikers at the time were acutually going great guns until Ferdinand showed up.
We are badly in need of some coaching brains at the club. If Harry is to stay , he need help, help with tactics, help with transfers and help with substitutions. none of the above have anything like the experiance and pedigree required.
Ferdinand and Sherwood , had no experiance or qualifications whats so ever. Harry in is own words " wanted to give a leg up to some ex prose " [something like that ].
All of this has passed into the realms of truism. It is suddenly supposed to be self-evident that the coaches who have gotten us to within a poxy Stoke goal and a nonsense Gallas og of being the 3rd best team in the best league in the world, are, in fact, incompetents.
From back to front. We have a well functioning back 4 - we have conceded fewer goals than Arsenal ffs!! And of the two teams below us who have conceded fewer - Liverpool and Everton - their GD's are 8 and 5 compared to our 23! Kaboul is finally starting to fulfil his potential - nothing at all to do with Bond and Harry at all?. We have Walker winning Young Player of the Year, and who has clearly been brought on well and given a clear brief and style to follow when in the 1st team from the coaches. BAE is suddenly one of the best FB's in the league. And the decision to bring in the terrific Gallas and Friedal have been made to work by making them fit in with an excellent existing team set-up. Am I supposed to find serious coaching flaws here somewhere?
How about the shape of the team in the middle and going forward? When playing well, Bale and Lennon are told to pile forward, Modric told to stay in the middle giving-and-going, pushing-and-running, Parker/Sandro told to keep possession, break up play and protect the back. VDV is told to run around a bit and cause chaos, which is perfect for him - although, his work rate is clearly way up since he arrived, which is presumably 100% down to coaching. And Ade was brought in to cause havoc, score goals and make assists - check/check/check. And the team is set up so that he can do that via the wingers' crosses, via 1-2's with vdV, from little balls down the channel from Modric etc.
Our corners and set pieces have been disappointing of late. But we're not fudging Stoke! That's important, right?? Besides, my understanding is that up until the second half of the season our stats from corners and frees was about normal over the medium-long term. We're on a barren run, that's all. Ade's finishing is frustrating, but if you think that started when he arrived at Spurs you're clueless. Ditto Defoe.
I fail to see the evidence I'm being asked to see.
