Sad, but inevitable. Should have made the change before now. We've already used up a lot of winnable games. It's not all over for us this season, if the next guy sorts the team out. When I saw the team coming off the coach, it's a good side with some good players. The next coach should get more of a tune out of them then Xisco has. But I thank him for last season. He did amazing things and was the right man at the right time. Now it's time for a change or else it'll be too late. Just checked the odds and Munoz is now the favourite for the chop, jumping up from 3rd.
Just miles off it tactically. Even if we somehow get something from today, there’s been far too many warning signs already this season to ignore. But as I said in the SB - any new appointment has to come with a parallel statement from the owner that the new guy has larger autonomy over affairs. We will continue to tread water for as long as Gino won’t loosen his grip on affairs. They said lessons had been learned over matters ‘surroundings the team’…to me, that just means the roles and control remains but the names change - that’s not sufficient anymore. Get a new guy in who is QUALIFIED to do the job. And then give him greater control to actually go and do it. Xisco has to go. The last 180 mins of football are miles away from what is needed. I have my sympathies for him - squad building has been scattergun. But he’s tactically just so far away from being good enough.
I think it’s my turn. But I’m busy most Saturdays so happy to recruit an assistant to cover for me. PM me for application form.
Awful stuff. I don’t know why we can’t just ask the kit man to provide the Neil Diamond CD and free up the head coach role for someone qualified.
I think that was always inevitable - in the Championship we saw nothing radical in terms of tactics, it was clear that Xisco was a motivator and would just simply play the best 11 and let the players do their thing. That's fine when you've got one of the best squads in the league and are expected to win a majority of games. Moving up to the PL and then having one of the worst squads in the league with a motivational style manager then means you're lacking that tactical nous that helps you grind out results and gives you a fighting chance against teams with much bigger budgets.
I'll save the usual suspects some effort ...none of the squad are premier League quality, some are conference level, but if we spend several million binning off Xisco and staff, we can get a top coach who can get the best out of the same squad
Even if he has no plan b, at the very least play the same formation as the other team individual battles all over the pitch then you see who is up for it or not good enough to keep playing 433 when it clearly doesn't work in every game is embarrassing
It wouldn’t cost us several millions to bin off Xisco or the staff. They are akin to being on minimum wage on zero hours contracts. Not many ‘staff’ would be sacked anyway.
I think we should keep him, forever. Today in the shoutbox I learned managers don’t really make any difference.
I think the clubs model has run its course - massive backroom staff that the next guy has to inherit. It bleeds into the thinking that not much changes in terms of working practices outside the name above the managers door. I think the team is ripe for a guy to come in now who brings his whole backroom team with him, rather than a mish-mash of different appointments. And then is just given the breathing space to make it work.
Xisco has to be removed, clearly, but in my opinion the problem goes up the line to the CEO and owner, they are responsible for this shocking appointment and the manner in which they deal with contracted players and recruitment. They have gone against everything they publicly stated after relegation, which should never of happened in the first place but for their incompetent management of our club from a footballing perspective. You have to be careful what you wish for but l am at the point where a change of ownership would be more than welcome.
Lots of people have suggested that bringing in a number two for an inexperienced coach who can't coach is a magic bullet, so this sounds like a great idea - I reckon we ride our great podcast chemistry to the stars and I will be that number two.
You'd think even if the team hasn't been sufficiently prepared to deal with Leeds' attacking style, they could still do the basics like finding a team mate, clearing their lines, defending and attacking set-pieces, building some semblance of an attack rather than have the central defenders pass it between themselves and Foster or occasionally run with it to nowhere, even pressing. Is it the case that though Xisco's a nice guy, many have lost the confidence in someone who doesn't appear to know what he's doing and it affects their own performances? I had a manager who was the equivalent of Munoz - lovely guy, very good motivator and was constantly encouraging about my performance, got me involved in a variety of things, the total opposite of the one before him in a previous job. But it became increasingly apparent, more so after he was eventually sacked, that he didn't seem to understand the nature of much of his work (especially the technical side) and his commitment was questionable, leaving me to do a lot of work that should have long since been sorted out by him. Probably I'd already noticed those faults but I was happy to overlook them as we worked well as a duo. Unfortunately, another of his employees, my colleague, wasn't happy with his work habits and became increasingly difficult, petulant and stressed out, undermining his authority which led to her being sacked. This it seems is a recurring thing in all workplaces - it's not just the nasty or uninspiring managers that can cause performances and productivity to drop.
I think it’s only fair if I make you fill out the form. You’ll get the job in the end but let’s at least pretend it’s an open competition eh?
