I don’t ever want to compare our situations with the toilet up the M62 but United gave ETH way too much time at their club when his team pulled results out their arse or got themselves to a final or won a trophy. Throughout their entirety under him, they were awful.
Granted, Arne won the league in his first try but the foundation was far more stable. This foundation has crumbled.
I feel like the suits above will follow suit with Slot which is a worry and he’ll keep getting backed with transfers that when they eventually see sense it isn’t working we’ll find ourselves in that loop of a new manager needing their players.
If he flukes himself to winning the CL I would say he probably knows football and we are clueless. In which case mattyhurst would have a right to be smug.
most polls are too simplistic… even voting in an election is too simplistic, you should be able to vote with a clause of expectation and weighted into what you want to happen the most…
but as we know that cant happen.
i think we know the poll is too simplistic, id rather see a slightly different one which goes down the path of where we are as a playing group, and how our performances are …
but as a poll is quite a simplistic function, i dont think the one offered is that far out of bounds… you can always vote then pass comment…but lets just assume a club as big as us, with our playing staff, can attract a suitable replacement…
He should be sacked simply by virtue of us having had the worst run of results in living memory and playing a style of football that is unacceptable. Barely being able to address our deficiencies or inspire the team to anything beyond an odd game here or there says to me there’s no buy in from the players , and that abomination yesterday confirms it. We’ll drift on 'til the end of the season but he needs to be replaced.
I voted no, but with a heavy heart. I really wanted Slot to pull it around, but we are still playing like a pub team on the morning after a big night out.
Getting players of this calibre to pass to each other should be the bare minimum. There’s no sign of long term improvement despite the occasional decent performance. The players look lost and frustrated and the fans are confused and disappointed. I want the joy back.
To be fair, that abomination of a half had less to do with what Slot did or didn’t do and more to do with the players. It wasn’t Slot’s fault for the horrific first touches, the abhorrent passing, or for losing almost every duel.
The players are far from blameless for this train wreck of a season and they should hung their heads in shame for playing like they were still on a beach. It’s not the first time that it has happened either and I don’t care how peeved or disenchanted they are with Slot. Slot doesn’t pay their exorbitant wages, the fans do and the very least they can do is to show up ready to perform.
I’ve actually wondered that myself. I’m pretty sure that the players are told to conserve energy in matches, but rather than passing around when the are 3 goals up, are they doing this in-match? Knowing Forest played midweek, was the plan to let themselves wear themselves out in the first half?
The problem is, it’s a big difference between managing a game and running around like headless chickens. There was a comment on TIA which pointed out that although they had 12 shots against us in the first half, most of them were outside the area, hence we were blocking the box and forcing them to take long range potshots.
It’s not exactly Heavy Metal football. More like Lift Musak - if fills a space and isn’t intended to be enjoyed.
I have voted no.I really like Arne Slot and I am so grateful that he got us the league title last season. However, i think Arne has run out of ideas on how to turn things around when there are changes needed in a middle of the match. He also needs to sub his players earlier.
We have top class players but they seemed to play as if the lads are playing in the local park. The players also need to play with more intensity and stop being so laid back, especially after a week off.
Also, i think Arne relies too much on the same players and doesn’t rotate them enough. He doesn’t give the academy youngsters a chance to play some minutes in an EPL or tournament match. How are they supposed to learn and experience to play in these big games?
We can’t play like this next season otherwise we will be back as mediocre mentality team of the noughties.
It’s a possibility, thinking about the Newcastle match the 60 that followed there goal was very good but we were woeful up to that.
I did note poor half’s in the Klopp era but it did seem to pick your half so it was probably just a general situation that happened. Perhaps that was deliberate.
You can tell the chances weren’t great when a small highlights package shows one chance in the first half.
I didn’t vote, as I’m still undecided. During the first half yesterday, I’d have voted Slot out. But eventually, we did just enough to get the win at a difficult ground for us.
At the end of the day, fsg will have set a minimal achievement for this season (which probably is CL qualification, they can’t ask for much more given the upheaval Jota’s death brought upon the squad).
If Slot can achieve that minimal target and keep most players behind him, he’ll stay put.
I think it’s fair to say that the team was clearly an absolute shambles in the first half on Saturday. Whatever Slot did to get them ready in the run up didn’t work.
But it’s also fair to say that he had a really good half time. We were much improved in the second 45 and arguably should have won by two or three at the end - the chances for Jones and Ekitike were really high value and should have been scored.
That first half cannot happen again. I’ll put down to rustiness from not playing for a week (people automatically assume that a team coming off a rest will also be better, but benefits are more usually felt down the line. We always look better in a two game a week rhythm)
We were crap at the start of the second half and this continued for most of it. I didn’t see any improvement and couldn’t believe he waited until 75mins to make changes. In fairness we kept going at the end and the subs did make an impact
