I simply want us to be the best we can be (and I believe we are capable of a lot more than we currently produce). If a new manager comes in and takes 3 years to reach that peak Ill be happy all the time I feel we are heading in that direction.
fair enough, but this is off the notion that harry has taken us as far as he can? where in reality we have been consistently improving under him. 4th, 5th (CL QF), then 4th again...and could have been so much more had it not been for 2 and half months of bad performance . two and half months is all it takes..i know you're going to type out that it isnt two and half months but fact remains is that you wouldnt be saying this if we had split results in those two and half months. or would you?
I think he has hit a plateu - I dont think we are making progress as a side, improving sytematically or learning from experience.
not sure where you got that from to be certain of it.
We have good players, they perform well, we win a lot of games - but what progression has the side made in 3 years?
under harry several players have become better or rather played to their potential.....do you know how hard it must be to make progress against the money we are up against? what would be progress to you anyway? serious question. what would you consider progress taking into account whats out there to stop us
The biggest change to the side was the introduction of Ade, which just added a dimension - the organisation/preparation/tactics etc werent revolutionised were they?
it was improved upon from last season, you yourself said that. and this is down to personnel as much as anything. maybe if we had the right personnel coming off the bench (not to mention england not fukcing us over) then again this thread might be moot
Rodgers was the one for me. Very much in line with Billys posts I think we need to spot the next big managerial talent.
cant be sure but i wouldnt have been against rodgers, he's failed just as he has succeeded, also he has shown no plan B, and when his team got found out they REALLY got found out. redknapp pretty much outclassed him at the lane
I think he has the main strengths of Harry, and much of the "extras" Im looking for. Though of course its not guaranteed of the options (that were) available to us he would represent a gamble well worth making. [Should we be looking for a manager]
again, not sure how you can be sure he has harry's main strengths or how he would react on a big stage
I think a strong system of play allows you to rotate players without affecting performance drastically (Rodgers changed 6 between matches over Christmas and won both games!). With this ability you can keep you squad involved, fit and available.
rodgers changing his team round during Christmas is hardly a thing that shows good rotation surely. for all intents and purposes ...he kept the same 11 through out the season as far as i can recall bar injury
Redknapp tends to only rotate on a basis of injury. For me this isnt right.
well then rodgers is fudged then
Look at Niko, he has left because he was essentially the forgoten/unwanted man, and yet he could have had so much involvement if utilised properly. If this continues where does it leave the squad?
have i asked you what you wanted redknapp to do? have you answered that? i would really like to know the answer to this
My point was that you seemed to be hanging a lot on a question that seemed designed only to group people into one side or another. Building divisions, with the idea that its either/or. I answered your question - I said "Both". So what did that reveal to you?
covered this. everyone wants it all. chances of that are slim...when your back is against a wall and you had to chose it would seem that you would rather just cling to the perfect scenario. point am trying to make is that reality isnt always there for you to be perfect. this reminds me of the Keane thing we discussed about aaages ago...we are there winning by 3, 4 or 5 clear goals and you want to change things around...why? because keane wasnt scoring. I cant make that up.....we are there tearing teams to shreds and because one guy isnt scoring...change it. incidentally when Ade was on a dry patch you didnt ask us to change things around...why?
like i said then even with keane not scoring..we were winning, leave it alone until it stops working