A good win for Xisco Inferno tonight, but it won't be long before Deeney steams in with the chair if he feels power slipping away.
Has achieved legendary status already in my mind, loved the celebrations at the end and his post match interview, revealed a lot. Maximum points so far, can only see that continuing.
We need to tie the Cisco kid to a long term contract after that, with the incentive of the freedom of Watford if he gets us promoted
Wonder who's going to win the head coach role in a cereal box next week! Joking of course, was great to see all the bench and reserves with big smiles on their faces congratulating him at the end. We were much improved without being anything spectacular, but certainly playing with more freedom again which is exactly what we need to do with the players at our disposal.
4-4-2 tonight. Just one of the Xisco Systems I'm expecting to see. He'll be using the fitness data before his next team selection no doubt. Heard he's a computer whizz, hot on the Xisco-theque.
The team certainly played with more joy which made a difference, but we still need a decent goal scorer if we want promotion IMO.
Tough decision for Deeney, will he sanction the signing of a striker? Will he let him play if we do? If he wants to get back in the Premier League he’ll have to, but will his ego cope in the short term? Probably enough of a quandary to make his brain explode.
Can you imagine the look on his face if we signed someone who didn't continually shank the ball , Gray style ,over the bar or take too many touches, which looks like Pericas party piece, and actually scored every week and became the new club hero/legend ?
Anyone else notice than when asked a question, his answer doesn’t fit the question, obviously doesn’t seem to have as good a grasp of inglish as he mates ouut!
It was hard not to notice considering he had to look to his assistant to have several of the questions translated in order to be able to offer an answer at all. It worked pretty well for Bielsa, though.
Neither do I, it's not me bringing it up/criticising him for it in the first place! I'd far rather he spoke entirely in Spanish and was translated after the fact if it meant he understood the full nuance of the question and was then able to give an answer that gave us some insight into his decision-making and tactical instruction. That being said, most pitchside interviews don't actually carry a great deal of nuance...
In his previous interview he said "at this moment". He's acclimatising quickly to the demands of the English game.
Yes. He even got his interpreter to translate the cliche questions like "how much did you ...". But he does know the answer to such questions, which isn't "about 82.43%" but "all the players gave everything".
The manager interview international standard cheat sheet: Lose - we were not good enough on the day, we will learn lessons from this, good to have a break (if more than a week to the next game) / good to have a game so soon to put it right (if less than a week) Win - pleased to have won, lads played with togetherness, will take it one game at a time, too early to look at the table (regardless of time of season), too early to consider us promotion/relegation candidates Draw - nobody listens to manager interviews after a draw, just smile and say something about effort and improvement Conclusion - manager interviews are not worth listening too, or discussing. I have just saved you 10 minutes of your life a week, you are welcome
