HirstWhoScoredIt Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) I don't rate Carlos, I have made this clear. I think a top manager would've got us promoted last season. However, that is just my opinion. I can't prove I'm right, nobody can prove I'm wrong. Opinions about faster tempo, different formations, lack of pace, team selection, favoured players etc etc are again simply that - opinions. However there are two things that I just simply cannot get my head around. 1. Numerous people on here (me included) said before the Preston match that it would be absolute madness to pick Hutch. Until we signed a new centre half - he had to be wrapped in cotton wool! This is just basic management theory - risk v reward. The potential risks of playing him were large. The rewards of playing him were few when Jones is a perfectly capable deputy. How on earth can Carlos justify having to play a Pudil at centre half because of this choice that he made? We could see it! Why couldn't he? 2. The signings last season made virtually nil impact. When it really counted in the play offs he basically reverted to the 'Wembley team'. With that in mind, the signings this season had to make a difference. He assures us that Boyd was his top target. Boyd played in nearly all of the pre-season matches. Boyd started at Preston. Boyd has started nearly every match for Burnley over the past three seasons. Two of these in the PL and the other in a promotion winning team. Yet after just one match, he has dropped his only signing for the last three matches. I am absolutely baffled by these two things. There is no obvious clear strategy, clear thinking or clear process. I have no faith in Carlos and win, lose or draw at Fulham - he should be sacked. He isn't going to get us promoted. Edited August 16, 2017 by HirstWhoScoredIt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 agree its all ridiculous. Especially how he wont play new signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Muffinman said: To paraphrase a famous saying, Lions 'posted about by donkeys' I think the original quote of 'lions led by donkeys' is much more apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Thing that stumps me most is that we get a free kick in their half and pass it back into our half instead of hoofing it near their box. What's worse is that we pass it back and then hoof it, why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Can't disagree with anything in the original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballmeist Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Completely agree. The guy is floundering. He's assembled a bloated squad, buying player after player (whilst moving very few on). There is no clear strategy, and excessive rotation stops the team from gaining any sort of momentum. Every game we seem to have a new combination of strikers. The guy is clueless, we should never have kept him on in the summer and the sooner we get rid of him the better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, pgmetcalf said: Thing that stumps me most is that we get a free kick in their half and pass it back into our half instead of hoofing it near their box. What's worse is that we pass it back and then hoof it, why? Drives me absolutely mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairOwl Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 If people above Carlos are signing players that Carlos doesn't want, then Carlos probably won't play them. Player signings IMO should be left to the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevdi9 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 seems to me he is hoping that throwing enough mud at it by changing players that some will stick , and the rotation of players never works in my opinion . we need a settled side of our best players , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 13 minutes ago, modboy said: agree its all ridiculous. Especially how he wont play new signings. Which adds fuel to the theory Carlos has no say in who the club signs. He has his favourites and will play them come what may , even playing people out of position to make sure he can shoehorn them into the team . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, S36 OWL said: Which adds fuel to the theory Carlos has no say in who the club signs. He has his favourites and will play them come what may , even playing people out of position to make sure he can shoehorn them into the team . Although Carlos strongly denies that whenever he is asked. Why would he lie? Jokanovic has just said how it is at Fulham in the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatfordOwl Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I thought this was going to be a thread about Oscar Pistorius. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundhayowl Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, HirstWhoScoredIt said: Although Carlos strongly denies that whenever he is asked. Why would he lie? Jokanovic has just said how it is at Fulham in the media. Carlos says nothing in the media though does he - he talks in riddles and send you to sleep. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, HirstWhoScoredIt said: Although Carlos strongly denies that whenever he is asked. Why would he lie? Jokanovic has just said how it is at Fulham in the media. Why would he wish to upset DC though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrs Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Hard to find fault in either point in the OP. Both situations are somewhat baffling. Guess we have to remember this is uncharted territory for Carlos. He's never been at a club for this long so has no experience of freshening up a team after two seasons, particularly two seasons of coming so close to the prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairOwl Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Mishowl said: Carlos has reiterated on a number of occasions that he has the final say on transfers. Don't think that's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairOwl Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Mishowl said: You don't want to believe it's true. Radio Sheffield interview last season for starters. Why would I not want to believe it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike312 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The odd thing is "we only want to bring in players the improve the team." Brings in player and then doesn't pick them. Almost as if he's admitting the players we sign aren't as good as they seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairOwl Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Mishowl said: Why else would you ignore what he has said? I don't believe everything I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Hard to believe he personally didn't ask for Joao and Mattais.Also claimed he targeted Hooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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