Diamond Lights
Alan Hutton
1) opinion: Levy is nowhere considering sacking Jose because it completely makes perfection of his decision to sack Poch and bring him in. He'll leave it a while longer especially given we're in a Cup final (not that will save us falling lower to say 8th place finish ala Juande) - but very real risk of falling behind Chelsea, West Ham and Arsenal in next few games (already behind west ham) and as @billyiddo said, absolutely no evidence historically he's had experience turning this around
2) i can handle brick football when we win. But when you don't win, and you don't score, and you don't attack, then questions can and should be asked. As @90291Spur said, if you can't defend and everyone knows you can't defend, employing a tactic which you are totally dependent on defending and defending well is a bit nonsensical. I'm not paid £15m a year to work out a better idea, but Jose is. We have the tools to do better, but he's refusing to change which is hugely worrying
3) The subs and general tactics are becoming nonsensical now. When we need a goal, it's like FIFA where you bring on a quick player and hope for the best in Moura, or simply bring Lamela on. We have NO attacking intent, you can blame players all day but WE DO NOT fudging ATTACK. Several games we go a goal up and sit back, evidenced by our lack of shots on goal or even the dreaded xG stat. That is not down to simply players not hitting the onion bag, it is down to tactial instructions and implementation by Jose. Again, that may work against City and the odd game vs Arsenal, but not every team will allow Son and Kane free will and as soon as you shut those two down you've beaten Spurs.
Can Jose turn it around? YES. He has the players to do it, i fail to believe that squad is not as capable as fudging west hams. But playing 6 defenders vs Brighton effectively who are statistically the worst home team in the league and haven't won at home in 400 days, funnily enough is not the answer.
FIX IT.
2) i can handle brick football when we win. But when you don't win, and you don't score, and you don't attack, then questions can and should be asked. As @90291Spur said, if you can't defend and everyone knows you can't defend, employing a tactic which you are totally dependent on defending and defending well is a bit nonsensical. I'm not paid £15m a year to work out a better idea, but Jose is. We have the tools to do better, but he's refusing to change which is hugely worrying
3) The subs and general tactics are becoming nonsensical now. When we need a goal, it's like FIFA where you bring on a quick player and hope for the best in Moura, or simply bring Lamela on. We have NO attacking intent, you can blame players all day but WE DO NOT fudging ATTACK. Several games we go a goal up and sit back, evidenced by our lack of shots on goal or even the dreaded xG stat. That is not down to simply players not hitting the onion bag, it is down to tactial instructions and implementation by Jose. Again, that may work against City and the odd game vs Arsenal, but not every team will allow Son and Kane free will and as soon as you shut those two down you've beaten Spurs.
Can Jose turn it around? YES. He has the players to do it, i fail to believe that squad is not as capable as fudging west hams. But playing 6 defenders vs Brighton effectively who are statistically the worst home team in the league and haven't won at home in 400 days, funnily enough is not the answer.
FIX IT.
those who dont hate him already are starting to.
