roversfan99

You would say that as you have the chaddy style blinkers regarding England. A defence of say Trent Konsa Guehi and Hall is nowhere near a top level one. We have some very good attacking options but they mainly all want to play in that same area just off the striker. And Kane is included in that.

Right across the defence. Left back and centre back are particlarly weak especially with Stones so much on the decline physically and obviously Luke Shaw is a busted flush. Trent is the stand out right back but in a solid Liverpool side, theres less exposure defensively which is where he struggles. Central midfield we are again lacking in options especially ones to sit in. Most of our top attacking players want to all play in the same area. There is obviously some real quality in there but you are stuck either trying to force too many in or dropping some to bring in good players rather than top players but to add more balance.

Its a terrible squad but I suppose it doesnt really matter. We would beat these upcoming teams if we only selected from the Championship. And in terms of the World Cup, England look well short in a few areas so wont or shouldnt be one of the main favourites.

He couldnt buy a win. Most people praise managers when they get good results and criticise when they get bad ones. You defend regardless of results when in employment and criticise when they go.

Last season the results were shit. This season, very good.

I dont think its just an inability to deal with pressure, although that is part of it. A lack of quality and depth is as big a factor as any. We put a few wins together in the first half of the season when the squad is almost all fully fit, it was a 6 game spell this season, a 6 game spell under Mowbray and 4 under Tomasson. But in each season, the squad has been thin in quality and symptomatic of a tiny budget. That initial run of form does some heavy lifting for a while but eventually a prolonged second half of the season of bad results knocks us back away. I know you cant bring yourself to praise Eustace anymore but he was doing an excellent job to get this squad where it was.

Not a game that matters much to us, our play off "push" is in the bin, but very important to Cardiff. Hard to even see us winning this game.

Makes no difference who we appoint in recruitment. Theyll spend a window or two of cobbling together half a team on frees and loans and then move on.

So do you think Ismael got his team selection right or wrong? And do you think we WILL make the top 6? 4 wins in 16 suggests definitely not IMO. Limited squad but one that looked confused as to what it was supposed to do. One that lacked any sort of energy in the side and one that had little interest in attacking. Certainly wouldnt have started Sanderson or Forshaw. Cantwell too. Forget the back 5. Its hard to come up with 11 players at the moment.

We arent showing any fight for a play off place. But we are where we are because of a now departed manager getting so much out of a limited group and our best performers have predominantly been players already at the club. We dont know if Kargbo is good quality, hes barely played and is now out for the season. The other 2 have been average and both have suffered long goalless spells. The budget is what it is. A huge reason why we cant ever build a squad capable of sustaining a play off push over a whole season.

Why do we need behind the scenes footage of our recruitment? Its all about the players we can see. Most of them have been crap or totally pointless. I suppose the only question is how much of that is just down to the pathetic budget.

Any criticism of the manager for his ridiculously slow and negative team selection and tactics? Any chance of the play offs?

Fair play to Ismael. Hes making a shit squad of players look considerably worse than it actually is. Picked the slowest, most lethargic side imaginable against a vulnerable Stoke side with 3 wins in 23 before tonight. You look at the new signings. Forshaw, woeful. Sanderson, shite. Cantwell, shite. Ribeiro and Gueye, bang average. Some recruitment but you get what you pay for.

That team is not a pleasant read. Sanderson, Forshaw and a back 5? Such a slow team too. Lets hope its genius.

Grim.

Interviews like that mean nothing in that regard, even if you are a body language expert. But how anyone could come to the conclusion that he ISNT happy with him based on one bad performance, considering he has had a very good season under him before is utter rubbish.

I wasnt convinced by the appointment and obviously his first 2 results have been poor. "Mental" and "terrible" though, you aren't half going over the top. Already concluding that a player who has done really well under him in the past is against him now based on one poor performance. And picking apart his press conferences and reacting to throw away comments as if hes said something really offence. Is this weird and sudden u turn from hyping up his record when he was linked to seemingly thinking he is a dreadful, sackworthy appointment after 2 games, all based on your mate saying he was dreadful in a season where he got Barnsley into 5th, with any of your own critical thinking left to one side because this guy "played at a decent level?" How do you know he is willing to essentially be submissive in terms of recruitment and just take whatever players hes given? And why is that a good thing?

See if he gets one right. I think the only one he has so far was one leaked by a few different people on here the night before. Its a tough one. We dont have the players to play a back 3, Ribeiro isnt a wing back, Sanderson is crap and we dont have a fit left footed centre back. But we also dont have any wingers.

As we saw with Eustace and his nasty comments, Tomasson who "in hindsight" got all of his tactics wrong after he left and Mowbray who again messed up the tactics.

So our wing backs were too deep and we didnt put enough (lets be honest, any) good balls in. Isnt that at least partly down to the managers tactics? We created 2 chances in 75 minutes with the back 3. Most of the time we spent passing across the backline lacking urgency and with a lack of balance in the team. And Sanderson came on and should have killed the game with a bit of dreadful defending. Obviously the players take a share of the blame. I dont put it down to a lack of passion but if it was, its the responsibility of Ismael to motivate them. It was just dreadful defending and goalkeeping. Its the players AND the manager who take the overall blame. For you, 100% players.

Hes beyond reasoning it seems. So to clarify: - he wasnt an appointment dictated in any way by a low budget as what we offer is very competitive - he did a good job everywhere hes been and everytime hes been sacked, it was the wrong decision - his tactics are in no way responsible for 1 points in 2 games

For someone so keen to shoot down anyone coming to premature conclusions about Ismael. You seem to very much have made up your mind on him already. I dont think it was purely down to "desire" on Saturday although it would reflect badly on Ismael if it was. And I also dont think his change to a back 3 helped, it certainly didnt lead to us creating chances. We barely created anything all game. He as an individual wont be.

Backing the players and manager doesnt mean thinking that we will win every game. That West Brom win was ultimately amidst an overall 3 month run of pretty dismal results as we as ever drop off like a stone.

That lovely period where everything he does is right, every tactic he employs even in games we lose is right, his previous record is flawless, and he may well see the assurances hes been given come to fruition. "Positive balance" ie even when he was sacked, he did well, and when we lose its all down to the players.