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If my auntie had bollocks she'd be my uncle, it was obvious we'd improved you could see months ago we'd finish top half and we did.Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
He inherited a poor squad and we are weak up top, with no Striker, and O'Dowda and Rambo have been out all season, some signings in those positions would make a World of difference, he's done well with what he has had.
Excellent point.
You need to be able to adapt: in any given game, from one opponent to the next, from one season to the next if others have sussed you out.
Bulut can’t/won’t.
Yet we’re not even good enough at the things he plans.
Considering he is quoted as saying he “hates to lose”, our defence has been absolutely shocking at times…and his desire to turn every creative player in the squad into a defender has dragged the whole team down.
What on earth are you doing comparing hit and miss man united and arsenal sides with us ?
It's a bit early for the meths !
what is success?
promotion to the premier League?
if so, what is our path to success?
for me it needs to be sustainable improvement year on year rather than betting the house on some expensive signings.
we need to be building something - sometimes when you play this kind of long game things will unexpectedly click early and you can go up, but you can't count on that happening, so the priority needs to be to progress each season while not overstretching financially.
Under Dave Jones we were stronger each season for 6 years in a row, transforming us from also rans to perennial promotion contenders.
we need that kind of gradual progress because my gut feeling is that the financial gulf between the haves and have nots is too big these days to make going for it a viable option in our current position.
We need to be bringing through younger players and making signings that will potentially have resale value in the majority of cases.
I'm not convinced that that is what Bulut is all about - but we have improved in league position, Ans we have a few youngsters a lot closer to the first 11 than before he took over so I think he deserves at least another year as long as his strategy alligns with the clubs.
unfortunately he strikes me as a "win now" type of manager, and we need someone who is going to build something.
Had you been managing the side, where would you have played O’Dowda (aka the Irish Messi)?
O Dowda is a talented player. But he was injury prone at Bristol City and the same with us.
If he was out of contract Id let him go.
And can play in a number of positions
I think if both he and Ramsey had been playing just maybe ten games on top this season we would have seen a difference
In fact if we were showing a bit of flair the usual suspects would have been calling for a tighter defence and midfield
It's potty on here
O’Dowda started five games this season. The side’s record in those games was won 1, drew 1, lost 3. The only victory in which he played the full 90 minutes was the 2-1 win against Sheffield Wednesday in August, and that would have ended in a draw had it not been for Vaulks giving City a penalty in injury time.
Why are you implying we have a tight defence? We have conceded 65 goals, only 4 teams in the division have conceded more!!!
12th place but minus 14 goal difference is cause for alarm to my mind. We often get battered when we lose and only win by the odd goal. Not good.
several of our wins are in games that we were getting battered in as well, and could easily have gone the other way.
Yes, and some of the losses could have easily gone the other way, that's football!
On the left he's a decent at fullback and left midfield, as an attacking player, and works hard when not injured or carrying a knock.
10 appearances won 5 lost 4 Leicester Sunderland Swansea QPR drew Leeds, probably wasn't fully match-fit for all of them.
So who would you have dropped?
also it may well be met with a massive rolling of eyes, but our xG for and against are amongst the worst in the division.
2-2 v Leeds (A) - 90 minutes
1-2 v QPR (H) - 90 minutes
1-2 v Leicester (A) - 90 minutes
2-1 v Sheffield Weds (H) - 90 minutes
1-0 v Bristol City (A) - 12 minutes
1-0 v Huddersfield (H) - 6 minutes
2-1 v Ipswich (H) - 15 minutes (1 goal)
0-2 v Swansea (A) - 45 minutes
0-2 v Sunderland (H) - 90 minutes
2-1 v Coventry (A) - 5 minutes
I'd have had to watch him in training, I may have played instead of Collins or possibly moved/dropped Grant, but Bulut would have loved the extra player and positions he could have covered and improved, as you've shown he also adds at the end of games fresh off the bench. I think he adds to the team, we can't rely on him though he picks up more than his share of injuries and spends long periods out.
I get the argument that we'd have done better this season if Ramsey had stayed fit and played more, but I don't think the same applies to O'Dowda. He's decent but not in the same ballpark.
Ramsey is a class above but the same, he won't play many games next season.
No you can't compare, he's good but Ramsey is a class above but also injury prone we can't really expect too many minutes from wither next year and need quality attacking players and a Striker.
How do you propose we sign those whilst complying with ffp?
How does he propose signing those regardless of ffp?
He'll probably be allowed a better budget than the next Trollope, he's shown he can move us up the table nine places plus, and will be able to explain the next stage and what is needed to Dalman and Tan, he's an experienced Manager and knows what he is doing.
It's up to the board to manage the money, move on expensive unused players and carefully use the loan market, there are some fantastic Premier League youngsters. I would also expect some Turkish, Greek, and German scouting and players, to try and find some value.
Unless he changes his formation and tactics he'll be gone by Christmas, regardless of who he signs.
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