True. Anyway, looking back, it was the right choice to give this space some rest. I did endure the season just fine on my own, without the fans side of the shitshow.
I could take a shitshow after winning the league. And I trusted the owners to know how to assess things when the time would be right. Who knows who we would have gotten, had the owners been so impatient as some fellas here, and dismissed Slot mid-season. Or whether we would have ended up with a CL spot. Thankfully Iraola became available at the end of the season, and we could change things with more grace. Now Iām quite optimistic about this new era.
But enough of that, itās in the past, Iām here to enjoy the ride with whomever is going to do so, and because more people than not are great company-in-red here.
I just want good football to watch every weekend regardless of the end result. Canāt tell the number of times I switched of the feed in despair during slots second season
The biggest issue with supporting a team that plays the way Iraola wants to is how simply the opposition can play through you if the efforts to win the ball back dont get well. Two good passes later and the opposition is running at an exposed pair of CBs. Thing is, teams were doing that to us last season even with the half arsed commitment we had to put pressure on the ball. So, whatever happens with this era its going to be better than what weād become in the last one.
I think Slotās selective cutting the passing lane didnāt work. Not a football expert but the guys who are there for us arenāt guys who can restrict the opponent to the sides , concede petty fouls (even though macca does an attempt at that).
Thought the same when Iād watch his team, but then thought that this also was contrasting how he had such a long unbeaten run and how he would so often beat the big teams, all with a side very inferior to ours. So Iām hoping he can do wonders with the upgraded team and place.
Key difference is it didnāt lead to a chance because the defence was solid to me. That was the key difference between Leeds and that game yesterday.
I didnāt see Monaco so couldnāt say. Anyhow I was far more comfortable with how we performed yesterday than I have been probably since last summer.
Almost everyone is a massive drop down from Pep to be fair. Jurgen isnāt and a few others perhaps.
Even with all their money, Man Cheaty wouldnāt have doninated us with any other manager during the Klopp years otherthan Pep. Itās sickening to think of the times we finished with 90 + points or whatever and still didnāt win the fucking league!
It would have been amazing to see Pep and Jurgen head to head with a more even playing field. But it is what it is I guess.
