Soccer: Re: [lfc] Paging Ilker

Re: [lfc] Paging Ilker

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Okay, thanks for the feedback.

I guess if he comes I'll like at the positive parts of that and if not the negatives!! :)

Doesn't sound bad though really. Attacking and bringing on youngsters for two things.

On 2011-01-01, at 2:19 AM, Ilker Guresun wrote:

> He finished his quota for unsuccessful results too soon after 4
> defeats in 8 league games and elimination from Euro league. The team
> started the previous season in fine form banging in the goals left,
> right and center. The team included Arda, Kewell, Elano (from Citeh)
> Baros, Keita and Jo came in the Jan. window on loan so the stuff was
> good for most parts of the previous season but a dodgy keeper and
> string of injuries meant they finished 3rd. Things were looking good
> for this season until the directors decided to sell Elano, Keita and
> refused to buy Jo. The replacements were not of required standard (a
> case of Rafa's famous sofa-table lamp analogy), then Arda and Baros
> got injured, and after a couple of poor displays the press (as in
> other countries) got on his back and he left even though the board
> would have liked to give him more time but the impatient fans had to
> appeased. I guess he also shot himself in the foot when he insisted on
> mostly playing 433 and soemtimes 4231 against every opponent when he
> didn't have the players (esp. this season) to do it so too many times
> the team was in trouble defensively. He did look clueless at times,
> like a man with no plan B but he has helped develop a couple of
> youngsters and he wasn't shy to take risks with them. I wouldn't take
> his Galatasaray episode too seriously as the following managers have
> also worked in Turkey and been sacked beacuse they were deemed to be
> "not good enough": Hiddink, Lowe, Del Bosque, One thing though: I
> think a manager's no.2 can be very important in some cases. Look what
> happened after Pako left. Wilkins gone, Chelsea go pear shaped. Fergie
> suffered for a while without Queiros and I've read somewhere that
> after Ten Cate left for Ajax, Rijkaard found things harder. Maybe
> there is some truth in it?
>
> ilker
>
> 2010/12/31 Bill Thomas <anfield@me.com>
> > Okay, it seems that Frank Rijkard is at least according to this
> >
> > http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/liverpool-specials/next-permanent-manager
> >
> > the favourite for the post. He did very well at Barca and probably laid the ground work for their current success. He's available, having been fired by Galatasaray. So, what was the problem at Galatasaray?
>