
Originally Posted by
justincredible
Just a blip...
I did have this thought, very briefly the other day. I was thinking, maybe the injuries, Diogo's death and the rather large player turnover might have been the reason for the poor season.
Then I remembered the way he set the team up, week in week out. The non-defensive, defensive midfielders, the inability to build out from the back, the slow pace, the non-existent press even when pushing the 'defensive midfielders' so high. The gaps all over the park. The inibility to score goals from open play. Players playing out of position, Mac playing 90% of the season despite being utterly wank for more than year. Chiesa/Ngumoha/Joemez/Endo hardly getting a kick. The collapse of form from absolutely everyone other than Szoboszlai. And it got progressively worse, with absolutely zero shoots of recovery or glimpses of what might work better when we have different players.
If we / he goes into next season with the exact same set-up, just with new/fit players it's going to be exactly the same, if not worse.
He's not a bad manager, you don't win league titles in multiple countries if you're a fraud. But he needs a massive change of philosophy. All the best managers can adapt. Fergie, Pep, Jurgen they all changed their systems throuought their careers. If Slot can't adapt, and is steadfast with this 'system' then i'm oout.
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