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Just been listening to the latest Totally Football Show podcast and someone had contacted them asking Raphael Honigstein what we should expect from Jos Luhukay. For those who aren’t aware of Honigstein, he’s a German journalist and author who really knows his onions about German (and football in general) football.

 

Of Luhukay he said that it’s a really interesting appointment, that he’s a manager that gets a team to play to it’s strengths, is very pragmatic and comes from the Dutch school of thought of Feyonoord and Rotterdam (rather than Cruyff possession football) of getting the job done and adapting your style to win in whatever way is required. He tends to set teams up to not concede and often focuses on counter attacking football. He finished off saying that it could be a smart move by the club to appoint him.

 

Sounds good to me! :luhukay:

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Charlton and Wilkinson were great advocates of playing to the players and team's strengths and let everyone else worry about what damage we could do to them.

 

They didn't do too badly adopting that approach and we were never beaten before a ball was kicked...

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Forgive me to go agaisnt the grain here, but after two years of watching Carlos set up to not concede why are we now all getting excited by a manager that's going to do the same?

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4 minutes ago, RocketOwl said:

Forgive me to go agaisnt the grain here, but after two years of watching Carlos set up to not concede why are we now all getting excited by a manager that's going to do the same?

 

Surely that's every managers set up to not concede, start from the back etc but under Carlos it seemed to stay at the back, not fussed how many we concede as long as we score one more than the opposition 

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3 minutes ago, Socialist_Owl said:

Both have mentioned Jos not being stuck/suited to one style of play.  

 

Adaptability is key.  

Van Aken in a back three and Big Dave in the hole behind Hooper and Joao?

 

:luhukay:

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9 minutes ago, RocketOwl said:

Forgive me to go agaisnt the grain here, but after two years of watching Carlos set up to not concede why are we now all getting excited by a manager that's going to do the same?

I think the key part is that he has no set style and adapts to win. Win being the key word. 

Good enough for me

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16 minutes ago, RocketOwl said:

Forgive me to go agaisnt the grain here, but after two years of watching Carlos set up to not concede why are we now all getting excited by a manager that's going to do the same?

Did Carlos ever properly ground that no-concede philosophy?  I.e., did we ever go on the counter?

 

It always seemed to be the most shallow appropriation of pragmatism.

 

JS is exciting me on the basis of some really good summarizations from those in the know with German football.  The experience level is head and shoulders over CC's.

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I remain sceptical.

 

He doesn't look overly charismatic and effectively for those on here scoffing at the notion of Gary Megson, he's effectively a German version by the sounds of his tactual history and what he stands for.

 

I am more concerned then confident. Let's see. Hopefully he will be a great appoitment but as things stand it looks like a huge risk. 

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7 minutes ago, hugeowl said:

Nothing wrong with setting up to lose the trouble with Carlos is that by the time we had got the ball into the final third the opposition had got time to have a coffee and read war and peace before we arrived 

I assume you meant to say "Nothing wrong with setting up not to lose".

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Likes to play on the counter which plenty of successful teams do, however teams that play that way tend to have some pace... so that’s that plan down the bobar pan. 

 

I really like the sound of him though, especially the discipline side of things. He sounds exactly what we need.

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31 minutes ago, RocketOwl said:

Forgive me to go agaisnt the grain here, but after two years of watching Carlos set up to not concede why are we now all getting excited by a manager that's going to do the same?

 

But it sounds like Jos plays to players strengths . If Carlos had done that with Rhodes , the lad would probably have scored 15 already this season. 

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12 minutes ago, RocketOwl said:

I remain sceptical.

 

He doesn't look overly charismatic and effectively for those on here scoffing at the notion of Gary Megson, he's effectively a German version by the sounds of his tactual history and what he stands for.

 

I am more concerned then confident. Let's see. Hopefully he will be a great appoitment but as things stand it looks like a huge risk. 

 

Who would you have chosen? 

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