Job security - arne

[darkstarexodus]

So Slot will probably stay so long as we're on track for the CL spaces, and Xabi or Naglesman to take over in the summer.

I will say it's just further proof this head coach and sporting director set up sounds sensible on paper, but to date, FSG have not made it work. They've tried it twice with two lesser experienced managers (Rodgers and Slot) and it's gone tits up. Nobody should be surprised if the next manager gets equally frustrated. If responsibility is shared then one of Edwards and Hughes need to stop lurking in the shadows and get in front of a camera.

Has anyone really made it work at the top end of a big league? Clubs have sporting directors of varying seniority and influence. Sometimes they have good relations with the manager, other times it's a power play.

But who really does well with a "head coach" outside of less-resourced teams who can't attract/keep a top manager?

No examples in England. What title-chasing club in a top five league actually succeeds with this model?

We did well when we paired the nerds with a world class manager.

 

[juniormember]

Has anyone really made it work at the top end of a big league? Clubs have sporting directors of varying seniority and influence. Sometimes they have good relations with the manager, other times it's a power play.

But who really does well with a "head coach" outside of less-resourced teams who can't attract/keep a top manager?

No examples in England. What title-chasing club in a top five league actually succeeds with this model?

We did well when we paired the nerds with a world class manager.

Haven't all the clubs in all the other top leagues been doing the sporting director + head coach thing for 3 decades at least?

 

[Hansern]

They have, and we have a footballing man with experience in the role overseeing Slot.
But there is clearly not something right in the relationship between Slot and the club. Will be interesting to see when it comes out. Not turning up for an acadamy game set up especially for him is probably just the top of the iceberg I'm guessing.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Ok I know a lot of you will say what I'm saying is bollocks but I'm only saying what I've heard. It's not just that the club is unhappy, slot is unhappy with the way things are going on in the background. There will be no reconciliation. Both sides are currently negotiating the exit strategy. Might be at the end of the season, might be tomorrow, but Slot will not be coaching us next season by mutual consent.

Might as well be now then. Fuck prolonging it.

 

[Dreambeliever]

What is Slot not happy about? The choice of signings in the summer? If so, I agree with him,

The turgid shitty football we are playing is on him though.

Hard to judge it currently.

 

[Momo]

Might as well be now then. Fuck prolonging it.

It will be about timing. If we can get Alonso next week then Slot will be gone. If we are getting Enrique in the summer then he’s here till the end of the season.

 

[Halmeister]

Get through this season and hope that the new manager has CL football for next year

 

[Woland]

Sauce has been reliable in the past?

Dude who told me about all the contract stuff for TAA, VVD and Salah last year, ages before it all transpired. Not to say that it won't all change but it sounds pretty final.

 

[tombrown]

The Firm has woken up


View: https://x.com/TheFirmBL_/status/2011106630331723824?s=20

 

[localny]

Sounds like Arne shouldn't have bigged up PSG 🤣

 

[dogboy]

Money!

Why's Nicky Butt in this one?

 

[Holle]

Butt is butt.

 

[peterhague]

I'd fucking love us to get Luis Enrique.

 

[Hansern]

Not a good look this. He’s not doing himself or the staff any favors. Really need a new manager.


View: https://x.com/luchoresi/status/2011068942840664486?s=46

 

[keniget]

Is that real? Has to be AI, right?

Surely he's not just come out and say that he's been ill-prepared for almost every match this season and / or been out-thought by opposition managers?

The actual fuck?

 

[tomasjj]

I have some sympathy, even if it’s not a good look. It’s not easy guessing what the other team will do.

 

[Hansern]

Is that real? Has to be AI, right?

Surely he's not just come out and say that he's been ill-prepared for almost every match this season and / or been out-thought by opposition managers?

The actual fuck?

Its from this interview after the game. Post match presser I’m guessing.


View: https://x.com/beanymansports/status/2010858608012255725?s=46

 

[binomial]

There's no way that shit isn't AI, although I wouldn't put it past him being a bigger clown than I initially thought.

After all putting all the focus on the opposition and speaking of them in high regards is all this useless cunt seems to do, he even goes out his way to defend opposition players when they try push his injured players off the pitch.

 

[Hyena]

He needs to stop giving press conferences. Forever.

Just shut up and his approval rating would go up instantly

 

[King Binny]

Not a good look this. He’s not doing himself or the staff any favors. Really need a new manager.


View: https://x.com/luchoresi/status/2011068942840664486?s=46

Glad you posted it, mate. Saw it yesterday and thought about posting too, but didn’t, for fear of being branded as nitpicking 😅.

The "contradictory part" is that he pointed out they always play 4-3-3, and then went on to say he completely understood why they went with 5 at the back — because he would have done the same if he were their manager.

 

[Irishanfield]

Glad you posted it, mate. Saw it yesterday and thought about posting too, but didn’t, for fear of being branded as nitpicking 😅.

The "contradictory part" is that he pointed out they always play 4-3-3, and then went on to say he completely understood why they went with 5 at the back — because he would have done the same if he were their manager.

So shouldnt he have also prepared for 5 at the back?

 

[King Binny]

So shouldnt he have also prepared for 5 at the back?

Which is why it sounds contradictory. From what Slot said, it seems he was expecting a 4-3-3 from them and based his pre-match meeting on that. However, they played 5 at the back, hence his remark that “most of his pre-match meeting can be thrown in the bin.”

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It's like him telling opposition managers: if you change your usual game plan when you play us, we will be un/under-prepared. 😂

 

[Momo]

Which is why it sounds contradictory. From what Slot said, it seems he was expecting a 4-3-3 from them and based his pre-match meeting on that. However, they played 5 at the back, hence his remark that “most of his pre-match meeting can be thrown in the bin.”

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It's like him telling opposition managers: if you change your usual game plan when you play us, we will be un/under-prepared. 😂

He’s under prepared when we know we are facing 10 behind the ball.

 

[Markeh]

He needs to stop giving press conferences. Forever.

Just shut up and his approval rating would go up instantly

yarne slot, the man loves to talk

i hated all his tactical shite interviews everyone was creaming themselves over, reeked of having to be the smartest kid in the room. less is more, you’ll get plenty of chances to ramble if we’re winning things.

 

[tomasjj]

yarne slot, the man loves to talk

i hated all his tactical shite interviews everyone was creaming themselves over, reeked of having to be the smartest kid in the room. less is more, you’ll get plenty of chances to ramble if we’re winning things.

He can ramble when he retires, if he had won shitloads.

 

[BishBashBosh]

He’s under prepared when we know we are facing 10 behind the ball.

And if most teams are playing a flat back 10 as he suggests, surely a plan B preparing for this *shock horror* eventuality would be wise, a way of playing if teams want to mix it up and a way of playing if they sit deep and park the bus - that he certainly can be in control of.