Looks like we’re going all in on AI
Agree on the head coach / manager thing.
Someone said Bournemouth need the fewest passes for a goal (or a stat similar to that). I’ll take that. 
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Well, at least we’d be a bit more exciting even if time would tell if we’re any better under Iraola.
“His work, imposing a breathless, aggressive style on a dynamic team, has earned him a nomination for the manager of the season award”
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Let’s hope so! However, some people thinks it is someone else.
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I love fast attacking football, getting the ball into dangerous areas quickly. I’ve always found tiki-taka, possession based football tedious.
Iraola fits that perfectly 
Probably be a culture shock to some of the players to train everyday but fuck if we don’t need that right now. Get us back to being a hard-working, direct attacking team. Lots of ball into the box, lots of shots. Exciting football again, glorious.
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Feeling pretty good I started this thread 
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Let’s see.
I don’t think he is nailed on. I still expect we may consider Hoeness and I’m not giving up hope on a certain Spanish bloke in charge of Paris until he confirms he is staying. The time frames are interesting.
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There is a lot of recruitment to get right before we can back to that.
I’ve convinced myself that the sacking came this morning to precede Enrique’s resignation announcement after the final 
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Or it’ll be a refreshing return to what most of them know and what brought them and the team success.
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He would be my number one choice but I’m ok with Iraola or Hoeness.
Then again I had hit such a low any exciting coach will do me.
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It seems extremely unlikely, but I thought Klopp was too before we got him. 
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Yup it’s a dream rather than expectation but until we confirm our manager or he confirms his deal I’ll live in hope.
Happy we have got to this point.
I saw Enrique as a good idea but certainly not unhappy with Iraola though i hadn’t heard much about him till he showed up on here.
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The current squad is way better than we’ve seen. Players like Wirtz and Isak have been tagged as lazy or unable to press but their time before Liverpool they were excellent pressers.
What we do need is better ability to pass into and through midfield. So suddenly Adam Wharton looks like a potentially excellent signing to me to progress the ball.
And of course the wingers need improvement.
If we got van Hecke (best progressive passer from CB), Wharton (excellent PP in midfield) and Diomande (the guy they need to pass to!) for example I think this is an excellent team that perfectly fits that goal of being front-front and attacking.
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Hughes and Edwards do like algorithms so going the machine route was always likely.
I actually don’t mind it, provided it comes with moments where there is a sharp change of pace. I was a big fan of Italian football in the 90’s. But I also think the quality of players in that league back then was much higher than today. The quality of goals that were scored were just on another level. Even the quality of how players struck the ball.
Is there though?
We’ve got the attacking full backs, one of whom he made look good enough for us to spend £40m on. We’ve got the out and out number 9s that he likes to play with and get success from. Midfield wise he’s like Kroupi in behind Evanilson so could we see Wirtz in there. Couple young centre backs for him to develop too.
Out wide we need a couple options but maybe we see Chiesa given a chance under a new coach? Maybe we need to balance midfield to the way he needs but I’m actually wonder if the change of coach means some of those on the periphery might now get a chance to prove their worth and actually be able to contribute in a way Slot wasn’t willing to chance.
Definitely some work to do but at least it now feels exciting rather than worrying.
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Obviously its not that far back but I was watching the 2019/2020 Liverpool-Man City game where we won with goals from Fabinho, Salah and Mane. It did strike me watching just how far ahead both those teams were compared to anything the PL has to offer today.
They’d have won the league this season and been unlucky to drop a point. Just incredible football.
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Bar sozbo whoever comes in needs to get a tune out of that fucking dire midfield.