Originally Posted by
Niall_Quinn
Imagine if you played chess the same way every time. Regardless of you opponent's moves, you always made the same moves. Unless you were forced, kicking and screaming, into breaking the pattern, say if you were in check for example. Same moves. Whether you are playing Kasparov or the bloke down the chip shop. Nothing ever changing.
That's our zonal defensive system. That's how it is done.
And that's our possession play.
Never changes, always constant, doesn't matter what the opponent or circumstances are.
Doesn't even matter if Theo has a secret meeting. And boy, that meeting sure worked for him, didn't it? Did you see him when he came on? Precisely.
ANY manager - Simeone, Bilic, Coyle, McClaren, would instantly make us better. Not saying they could take us on to titles, but they could get the very basics of football right. The bloke we have in charge can't do that. He's locked in a fantasy world and doesn't have a clue what's going on outside it.
Beaten in the last realistic competition, at home, by Watford. Dopers! Banners! Fans! Make your excuses.
Not even on the same planet as Barca, so a few days to go before we are out of the CL.
8 points behind... Leicester City. And it will be more than that by the time this season winds down.
In what universe is this acceptable, with all the resources at the disposal of this manager? What strange parallel universe does our board inhabit that compels them to keep this guy, with him almost spotless record of failure, in his seat? What do they think is going to happen next? 10 huge season long clues, hmm, what will happen next?
So they WANT this. That's the only explanation.
In which case they can all fuck off too.