Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

I agree. If we were to be relegated, it's the one aspect I'd be most worried about in League 1, where our defence would be more bullied.

If we go down, we're screwed as we'll be stuck with dross like Willock on mega money.

[Cardiff-Cal]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

Jack Simpson would have been club captain, that’s one thing for sure.

[Rjk]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

Where would Wigan have finished in 2015 if Riza had been in charge instead of McKay?
McKay was sacked with Wigan 7 points from safety.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

Where would Wigan have finished in 2015 if Riza had been in charge instead of McKay?
McKay was sacked with Wigan 7 points from safety.

Also relegated, as Riza isn't a good manager

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

Fair play, that's a steaming pile of shit.

1. Stop talking about finishing 12th as the benchmark on which to base how we should do this season. We all know that, bar the opening 3 months, we were utter shit. Working out how we'd do from August 2024 based on how we did between August - October 2023 is complete nonsense. For 6 months we had the 2nd worst defence in the Championship, 3rd worst attack and lost more games than anyone bar Rotherham. Every fecking time you fail to take this into account. It's entirely because of that form I predicted a lowly finishing position - finishing 12th was totally false, based on some excellent results early season. It's why bookies etc predicted we'd struggle. You thought we'd progress from a top half finish and didn't take into any account what had happened for 6 months. You got that spectacularly wrong.

2. Squad limitations - particular weakness in terms of creativity. Let's see. We're ranked mid table for goals scored from open play while only 7 sides have scored more in the Championship than us since Riza took over. Admittedly our defence has been our biggest problem, scoring goals has been less of an issue than it was previously. So, to suggest creativity is a particular weakness of ours, that's not really true. Don't confuse that with me suggesting we've got a great attack, but it's not a particular weakness as you agree with Chat GIT.

3. How does a manager solve individual defensive lapses?

:hehe::hehe::hehe: Bulut finished 12th over a season?

What's hard to understand??

You're man Riza has us hovering just above the relegation slots, those the facts butt, no matter how much it upsets you :hehe:

Calm down and go and have some more horlicks or something.

PS Chat GPT obviously knows more about football than you and he's only a few years old :hehe:

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

Fair play, that's a steaming pile of shit.

1. Stop talking about finishing 12th as the benchmark on which to base how we should do this season. We all know that, bar the opening 3 months, we were utter shit. Working out how we'd do from August 2024 based on how we did between August - October 2023 is complete nonsense. For 6 months we had the 2nd worst defence in the Championship, 3rd worst attack and lost more games than anyone bar Rotherham. Every fecking time you fail to take this into account. It's entirely because of that form I predicted a lowly finishing position - finishing 12th was totally false, based on some excellent results early season. It's why bookies etc predicted we'd struggle. You thought we'd progress from a top half finish and didn't take into any account what had happened for 6 months. You got that spectacularly wrong.

2. Squad limitations - particular weakness in terms of creativity. Let's see. We're ranked mid table for goals scored from open play while only 7 sides have scored more in the Championship than us since Riza took over. Admittedly our defence has been our biggest problem, scoring goals has been less of an issue than it was previously. So, to suggest creativity is a particular weakness of ours, that's not really true. Don't confuse that with me suggesting we've got a great attack, but it's not a particular weakness as you agree with Chat GIT.

3. How does a manager solve individual defensive lapses?

He works with them, picks his best four in the correct best positions, and lets them build an understanding with each other and the keeper. It's one area of the pitch that no proper Manager fanny's around with.

[Alfresco]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

Think we would be in a better position with Malky. Maybe I've got this wrong but the more passionate managers seem more successful. I'm not inspired by Riza maybe the squad are.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

He works with them, picks his best four in the correct best positions, and lets them build an understanding with each other and the keeper. It's one area of the pitch that no proper Manager fanny's around with.

We had the worst Championship defence in twenty odd seasons under Bulut and let in thirteen in six league games, plus another five in two Cup matches, under him at the start of this season, so we were getting worse in terms of goals conceded. Riza’s teams have conceded too many goals, no doubt about that, but we were conceding more per game under Bulut at the start of the season than we’ve done under Rica.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

We had the worst Championship defence in twenty odd seasons under Bulut and let in thirteen in six league games, plus another five in two Cup matches, under him at the start of this season, so we were getting worse in terms of goals conceded. Riza’s teams have conceded too many goals, no doubt about that, but we were conceding more per game under Bulut at the start of the season than we’ve done under Rica.

Yes against the best three teams in the league at the time, he had a terrible start to the season. I'm no Bulut fan but over a season he got us to 12th.

Riza conceded seven against Leeds alone?

Before that, we were hovering around the bottom four, and now we are again.

An experienced Manager would have moved us up the Championship, he would organise and find and stick with the best four and only change due to injury or to rest maybe one player at a time if too many games in a week.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Just where would this Squad be if Malky was Manager?

Riza conceded seven against Leeds alone?

We conceded 5 goals against Rotherham under Bulut