Job security - arne

[Gerry_A_Trick]

It's not for everyone, but this is an interesting way of looking at managers. Came across it when it was pointed out that Amorim was fired on an upward curve which unusual.

It's using Elo(same as used in Chess) where you gain and lose points based on performances and strength of opponent. It's for International rankings (but tends to fail there as not enough matches are played), but I think its more useful for clubs. I don't think it really helps to compare score vs what managers had a long time ago, just the trends up and down to show how well managers are doing and how much it varies through their time. Klopp had quite a few dips and recoveries over his time.

Football Club Elo Ratings

clubelo.com

 

[dee]

Puts Souey in his place!

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

Puts Souey in his place!

Yep, noticed that!

 

[tomasjj]

Well in Arne. Did very well.

Should have laid into martinelli tho, and the ref who robbed us of a pen.

 

[Best Believe It]

This isn’t transition. It’s being fucking shit.

I had intended to reply to this saying that the transition argument falls down when you try and figure out what we're supposed to be transitioning to. It hasn't been obvious to me at any point in the season... but last night I could see that if we had two wide attackers who could both cut inside and go outside - very different from the profile of Gakpo and Salah, essentially - we could have a quite coherent team that's decent to watch.

However, whether we get to that point or not, I still don't have confidence he's going to be able to manage a squad effectively and I think the coaching has been really bad this season.