22 Feb 2021 10:23:06
Morning brethren, been reading the thread started by Scott and it's great to see everyone chipping in, nice to see Chris as usual trying to suggest Scotty has a hidden agenda again!, but he doesn't Chris, he has every right to ask questions when your team go from one end of the scale to the other, some could say Chris you exhibiting signs of passive aggressiveness, and rightly you'd have a scream up to say your only sharing a different point of view in favour of the overall picture of only our 2nd season back in the premiership, and rightly so for your point of view fella, but it stands we seem to be retreating back into old habits;and I would say maybe a couple of things need to be addressed which may rectify this, firstly the make up of the team has one fundamental imbalance for me, we have NO leader in midfield, and with only 1 striker, definitely no leader up front, every great team have a heir achy of leaders In defence, midfield and up front, apart from Mings no-one else springs to mind, that shows a deeper problem for me, the players have a herd mentality, I watched them as they came out onto the pitch, some looked to be 'visualizing'-to coin the Americanism this method entails, Ross Berkeley looked lost, I didn't see any positivity there, and remember Leicester had played in Europe on Thursday, they looked like they where playing at home, that's the difference, MENTALITY;Deano is a good COACH, but he's NOT a great manager, the difference is obvious, just the same as pep is the best coach in the world, but for me, Klopp is the best man-manager, as in he gets players to play way above expectations and that's why even though they don't pay as much, he attracts players to Liverpool because of HIM, Deano is no Klopp, and the fact (a part from the defence which JT oversees, and Shakey as well) that no-one from midfield stepped up, so that and one more thing, all great teams also have something else in common, youth, players in their prime, and more importantly EXPERIENCED players who've been through the good and the bad, and know when to giddey-up the tempo, and when to put their foot on the ball to slow it down, all great teams go through the gears, we have just ONE, please don't anyone say we haven't been found out now, because we have, look at Watkins up front, a revelation up front this season, the test next season is can he repeat it, defenders have learned how to play against him, who can he turn to, I suggested we needed an experienced striker in January to lighten the load, but more importantly continue his education but Deano unwisely didn't, so if you listen to Deano we'll have Wesley back next season, what will Watkins learn from him pray tell? -this summer we need to recruit players with leadership quality and experience, but I don't think that will happen, I don't think Deano likes players who speak their minds, and that's why I predict Emiliano will be with us for no more than a season, maybe 2,if Deano is in charge, he's a winner who wants to be his country's no.1 keeper, and he's prepared to speak out when he sees something wrong, AND that for me will be a problem for Deano;he doesn't like leaders, he likes followers-i'm sure I'll get pelters but let me be clear, Deano is a great coach, and that's fine at smaller clubs where expectations are a good cup run and buying players cheap, to eventually sell on for the good of the club, but when your in the top tier, it's about relationships and managing expectations, big owners willing to give you telephone numbers to buy players you could only dream of a few years ago, Deano needs to step up and embrace the simple facts, in the championship you play 38 games plus all the cup games, the season is normally 2 games a week, so you expect to lose, but consistency is what teams strive for, in the Premiership you play normally once a week, so less games, however winning is all that matters, that's what your judged on, and that's the simple question, can Deano adapt to this new mentality, so far this season you could say absolutely, or did we hit our peak at the start of the season and we've gradually gone off the boil, whatever you think, at the end of the season-wherever we finish, the one fundamental question is will Deano take us to the next level, and most importantly, no matter who leaves, will we attract players because they buy into Deano's dream, or because we'll pay them big bucks to come to us? time will tell.

1.) 22 Feb 2021
22 Feb 2021 11:10:14
That is the longest post I’ve seen on here, I’ve read the first 5 lines, and in that you are talking out your rear.

I didn’t understand Scott’s points, so asked a few questions, politely, I order to understand better Scott’s point of view. He answered, I now have a better understanding at where he’s coming from and what he’s getting at, an why. End of conversation.

It doesn’t need you talking rubbish attempting to stir the pot when people are just trying to understand one another.

I assume the rest of the post follows the same dribble so I’ll give it a miss👍.

2.) 22 Feb 2021
22 Feb 2021 12:54:17
You just proved my point Chris-cheers champ!

3.) 22 Feb 2021
22 Feb 2021 13:16:57
You’ve jumped in speaking about something you know nothing about attempting to stir the pot.

What sort of discussion site is it when you don’t want people to ask questions you plonker.

4.) 23 Feb 2021
23 Feb 2021 11:39:41
How can you respond if you have only read a 10th of his post?