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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Not that I'm bitter...

    Christ, I had not seen that but that is dreadful. It’s almost instant, like they want to be right before anyone else.
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Not that I'm bitter...

    What annoys me is that people would rag on Sissoko for the heinous act of pointing when all of their anger should have been dedicated to the nonsense rule and the idiotic officials who enforced it.
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Thought this was the most interesting part of the article as it relates to our struggles this season, haven’t seen it mentioned really in the press until today: “Though there is research to show that managers make negligible difference to performance – the key metrics of success are how much...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Indeed. Does sound promising and I also think it shows up the brick show of a season so far where the decision makers have ignored what the players might respond to and forced their own will on to them. They should know when hiring Frank and Tudor whether the players are likely to respond well.
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Isn’t it a pretty common journalistic device? You see it in politics reporting all the time? ‘Allies of so and so say…’ Either a player has told an agent who has told Gold. Or it’s a player directly and this is the way deniability is kept.
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    It’s an interesting point on Lange. He probably gets a lot of stick for having to work under a football strategy that goes from one extreme to the other. And then the squad is currently looking worse because there’s nothing unifying them. And he gets blamed for the quality, which I think is...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    I actually thought it was interesting insight! The calm on ball from defenders is an obvious one that we would likely expect knowing about De Zerbi, but the locking rather than moving point with the striker is not something I would have necessarily thought about had I not seen it highlighted.
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    It is also really interesting that he didn’t want to speak too much about his philosophy in his first interview. He made a point of saying there wasn’t enough time. So what does a De Zerbi team look like when it’s tasked with getting immediate results? I assume there will still be some ideas in...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    To be fair this is neither here nor there. I like what RDZ is doing. Equally Ange trusting in coaches and making a point of refreshing his staff at each club to also bring in new perspectives is a good thing. Many ways to skin the cat in football management.
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    The freedom thing is so interesting. It’s the sort of freedom I wish they were able to give Poch. But they’ve given it to RDZ, and again I like the strategic bet around it. I really liked Jack Pitt-Brooke’s article on this a couple of days ago. That Spurs have gambled on an idea. And I’ve been...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    I know there was discussion about the language barrier earlier in the thread when the initial comments were made, and I can see both sides on that debate. On this though, I feel like he needs a little bit of slack. One word is making all the difference here and I understand why, but because...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    Other than Vicario who I get why you are saying that, why would the others be losers? I was watching an interesting video on RDZ the other night, about his system. It ultimately lands on the point that the football is great but that the players are almost completely interchangeable. Individual...
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    I’m assuming we’re going to keep paying him it, and it is part of a well thought through, long term plan to invest in the guy that we want to be our manager for a long time. And it was a way to lock him in. He won’t get a bigger club than ours offering this amount of money for this long a time...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    To quote the Million Dollar Man, everybody has a price, and if they wanted to do this move on De Zerbi earlier, I think they could have. I think the prospect of relegation getting more real clarified their thinking and made it so almost whatever it costs to get him will be worth it if he keeps...
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    Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

    I’m hoping the BBC is correct. In any case, I think if there was a clause, offering a 5 year contract at high wages to get him committed I think is smart. As long as we can stay up / get back up, there probably won’t be too many bigger jobs he will get. This locks him in. (Assuming there isn’t...
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