UCL Marseille (A) Weds January 21st 20:00
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I think that's pretty simple. There is no-one sensible available to replace him.
As @Beamrider has said many times sacking managers/coaches and their teams is not a straightforward financial contract termination. Slot and team we don't retain would need to be paid up or simply kept on the books. No immediate successor would mean paying parallel fees for an interim.
Until FSG are sure Slot will not get us into the UCL they won't act.
I guess it goes:
1. FSG are intent on riding this out, believing Slot will come good - Slot stays
2. FSG doubt but think he'll get us to UCL - Slot goes in the summer
3. FSG doubt but think he'll get us to CL. However, main replacement is available and they fear will be poached - Slot replaced ASAP
4. FSG begin to think he won't make UCL and think there is an interim available that will - Slot replaced by Interim
I'm assuming they are currently wavering between (1) and (2)
At this point I'd take Fernando Alonso as interim for the rest of the season.
He'd quickly turn our form around.
Id take Ayrton Senna at this point and if be more optimistic than with slot
Roll on no7 this year.
Fingers crossed but we're probably getting knocked out first round
PSG-signing-itis
Well at least he's in France ! He's halfway to the match with 24 hrs to go.
The full squad is as follows:
Alisson, Gomez, Endo, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Ekitike, Mamardashvili, Robertson, Woodman, Frimpong, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Ngumoha
17 outfield, 3 goalies - bit thin on CBs
Alisson, Gomez, Endo, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Ekitike, Mamardashvili, Robertson, Woodman, Frimpong, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Ngumoha
17 outfield, 3 goalies - bit thin on CBs
Still like us to win games even though we all want Slot out.
Salah isn't winning us games at the state he's in.
Maybe if it's a pen.
I'm not sure. Hopefully enough good performances and goals to get us top 5.
Well at least he now knows what happens if you try a Panenka
Bit thin on CBs? That's crazy; we've been crossing our fingers AND our toes!
It's almost as if he's a vertical player at the tail end of his career employed in a completely horizontal system that does not play to any of his strengths or something.
Sure, its the system.
He's not a vertical player anymore.
The reason why Salah has been declining for years is that his legs move more slowly.
The only reason he's been productive is precisely because the system has been more and more geared to allow him to do the things he's good at and not have to do anything else. It leaves no room for the development of any other attacking player.
John de Wolf, assistant coach at Feyenoord, on Slot's first day at De Kuip:"He gave a great presentation on day one about what kind of football he wanted to play, and what kind of a person he was. He assessed Man City, and Roberto De Zerbi’s carefully structured build-ups at Brighton & Hove Albion. He discussed why these squads always stood out, and how all these things could be taught, regardless of the players’ quality."
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