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Everything posted by Rousseau
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Gary Neville discussed goal-scoring, as a technique, on MNF last night. The premise was that Stirling has the pace and movement to be one of the best in the world -- as said by Guardiola -- but that he's not a natural kicker; he misses more than he scores. Neville was saying that Ronaldo and Henry were the same when they were young wingers; too nervous, inconsistent and poor with their shots. It took repetition, striking the ball time after time, to get them to the stage they reached: one the best goal-scorers in history. Morelos is similar; he has a decent all-round game. He needs to get practising striking that ball; so he's not panicking, but striking it cleanly into the net.
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Whos done better than him at liverpool since the 80s? Hollier, Benitez, Klopp...
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Was Dorrans not pre-DoF? And Martin, I think, was more Murty; working with him before. They both fit the bill, though: Top professionals that have played at a good level. Martin has been piss-poor, as has Dorrans -- although not to the same degree, IMO -- but I still think they can be used better.
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Dressing-room arguments are healthy, but only if they're managed properly. I would expect a few heated words after that performance. However, I don't agree with senior players being able to undermine a manager. I don't expect and don't want Murty around for too much longer, but there is a way to put one's point across without undermining. It's happened before, and we supported the players. That was wrong. We need a new core/spine. I think we're getting there, but we still need a lot more. Foferingham, Docherty, McCrorie, Jack, Tavernier, Morelos will/should be the new spine, as they improve and mature; hopefully over the next 5 years. We need more, though.
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The DoF should be lining up potential managers from now on; from a list that is cultivated to suit the way we want to play.
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I tried not to but I caught a clip of the first goal. I think there were around 7-6 Rangers player in the box, but he still gets a shot away... That's nothing to do with tactics or desire; it's just incompetence.
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Yes, I think so. With the role Windass is being tasked to play, we're kind of a 4-4-2 anyway. Putting a Striker up there changes dynamics. Like I said elsewhere, it's the manager; any set-up will be deficient, because he can't implement it properly. If Clarke sets us up in a 4-4-2 -- or a 4-3-3, like he prefers at Killie -- then we'd be better; the players would know what they are doing. I agree that those players are perhaps not naturally suited to those positions, but I think they're good enough to play their roles better if they're drilled better, and the players around them are supporting, and they just generally know their roles.
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Morelos is in bad form, but we can still use him better. We're critical of one up front, but that's how Killie play; it's not doing Boyd -- and man who is almost allergic to hard work -- any harm at all.
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I just wonder if we're putting too much faith in his record? Like I said elsewhere, he has a record of doing very well initially, then fading away and being sacked. He's not even had a full season, yet we're adamant he's the answer? I can't help feel we're jumping the gun. I would totally accept brutal football if we're winning; we're at that stage. I still believe there is an option that gets us 'decent' -- doesn't have to be Guardiola stuff --- football and gets us results.
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I like two up front, but our support structure doesn't facilitate this. We're not positioned correctly, players aren't covering and don't press cohesively etc. I think we can get the same effect if we play a 4-3-3, but again, the same problems (manager is not good enough) mean we'll not utilise it properly. At the moment he needs to just play what he knows.
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His track record suggests he makes very good starts, then fades away; he did the same at West Brom and Reading, I think?
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Hopefully we see some sort of movement. We could all do with a pick-up. 2nd looks too much now.
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I agree with that. It was lost at 2-0 for me too. Brutal.
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Oh yes we are! Come back to me when you've cooled down and had time to reflect. I'm not saying we're good -- far from it! -- merely that this team is better than what they've shown today; the last Old Firm game was a better performance. Is it ultimately good enough? No.
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No doubt about it.
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Yes, we are. It's easy to get caught up in that performance -- the worst I've seen -- but we were better in the last game against them; we still lost, and I don't see Murty improving us any more. We need better players, and a proper manager.
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A wee bit of fight, and hunger is the bare minimum. That was tactically inept too. That was the worst performance against them.
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That wasn't even a competition. Brutal. We're better than that, though. In the last game we were much better.
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I've got it on mute. I can't take it.
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I can't help watch it. I don't know why? I've got it on mute, though.
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Morelos still can't score. He does the right thing in taking a touch, then hits in straight to Gordon who's on his arse! What is it with these games...
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Ach... he's only 19, he's had no protection today, and he's probably better in midfield. He shouldn't be deemed a superstar after one good game, and he shouldn't be deemed a dud after one bad game.
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Yeah, that'll do... Schalke - Dortmund or Man Utd - West Brom?
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That McGregor smiling and laughing as he walks off and on the pitch... You wouldn't get tired of punching that.
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Yes, these players are better than this -- I have to believe that...