Southie_Owl Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) Not wanting to turn this into another anti-Carlos thread as that’s been done to death. But the manager we had during those 2.5 years of recruitment was equally to blame in my opinion, and that’s been unfortunate. Decent enough players were signed but never given a fair chance or managed very well, Lachman, McGugan, Mcmanaman, Buckley, Abdi, Venancio etc. Abdi being the main example, where a premier league player who had stared in this league in the season before was not incorporated into the team. According to Don howson there were several times in that second season where Abdi wasn’t in the squad for tactical reasons. The tactical reason being Carlos stubborn refusal to change his 442 formation If you imagine a manager like Jokanovic taking over in that second summer, no doubt we would have played a 433 system which incorporated Abdi in midfield and Forestieri on the left of a front 3. (Awaiting someone to come along and say that Forestieri wasn’t played much under Jokanovic at Watford, but that’s not really the point is it). Jos showed in his first game in charge that he was willing to use a different formation to get the most out of the players he had been given, something I didn’t see the previous manager do that often. Edited June 27, 2018 by Southie_Owl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Southie_Owl said: Not wanting to turn this into another anti-Carlos thread as that’s been done to death. But the manager we had during those 2.5 years of recruitment was equally to blame in my opinion, and that’s been unfortunate. Decent enough players were signed but never given a fair chance or managed very well, Lachman, McGugan, Mcmanaman, Buckley, Abdi, Venancio etc. Abdi being the main example, where a premier league player who had stared in this league in the season before was not incorporated into the team. According to Don howson there were several times in that second season where Abdi wasn’t in the squad for tactical reasons. The tactical reason being Carlos stubborn refusal to change his 442 formation If you imagine a manager like Jokanovic taking over in that second summer, no doubt we would have played a 433 system which incorporated Abdi in midfield and Forestieri on the left of a front 3. (Awaiting someone to come along and say that Forestieri wasn’t played much under Jokanovic at Watford, but that’s not really the point is it). Jos showed in his first game in charge that he was willing to use a different formation to get the most out of the players he had been given, something I didn’t see the previous manager do that often. So true, with proper player management and fitness training the team could have been as below, which would have challenged Brighton for second place imo. We’ve wasted so much money when it should have been about quality and fitness. Not quantity and holidays Westwood Hunt Lees Lachman Pudil Hutchinson Abdi Bannan Hooper Forestieri Joao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Bizarre last two posts. Abdi has been dreadful for every single minute he has played for us bar about 20 mins v forest. That’s not about position, it’s about application and ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, mcmigo said: Bizarre last two posts. Abdi has been dreadful for every single minute he has played for us bar about 20 mins v forest. That’s not about position, it’s about application and ability. Talking about bizarre posts, Abdi’s ability was fine before he signed for us. Must be something in the sheffield water that turned him into a bad player overnight. We’ll just agree to disagree on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 8 hours ago, Owls-Fan said: Talking about bizarre posts, Abdi’s ability was fine before he signed for us. Must be something in the sheffield water that turned him into a bad player overnight. We’ll just agree to disagree on that one Also the fact is he has been injury prone since he signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts0wl Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Abdi retired when he moved to sheffield, so have a few others, was a bit of misunderstanding is all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 28/06/2018 at 15:49, mcmigo said: Bizarre last two posts. Abdi has been dreadful for every single minute he has played for us bar about 20 mins v forest. That’s not about position, it’s about application and ability. You can say a lot of things about Abdi but you can't question his ability, the season before joining us he was one of the best players for a premiership team that more than held its own, there wasn't a fan alive that didn't rave about about his signing, sadly Carlos and injuries have taken there toll and I don't think we will ever see the real Abdi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 26/06/2018 at 22:01, MAL said: Sorry to pick on you post DM, but i keep seeing this time and time again. Can someone please explain to me, like i am a fick thuck (yeah alright)... How can we tie them down to a longer contract, or any contract, if they "do not want to sign". you cant if they don't want to sign but you can offer them a better deal than they can get elsewhere if you really want them to stay . …….i'm a believer in you pay players what you think they are worth to you rather than what they demand but if you stick to that principle there's a good chance they'll walk away . ..it's a very difficult situation for the club with players like joao,bannan,lees, westwood hooper etc etc in the last year of there contracts .some problems on the horizon for the hierarchy to sort out I think . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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