4 out of those 6 games mentioned about Ancelotti were Cup games. You know Carlo's bread and butter.
Thats what happens to coaches and their systems when the system gets broken/exposed. They get smacked up like Emery does by Glasner. Newcastle when they arent at full speed take beatings. It is what it is and you know this as youve watched football long enough.
You Cherry picking European games.
no i did not. i picked all the big losses. the most are against no name teams.
League form and European form can be night and day from one another within the same season. Which often maskes the actual issues of a team.
It's obvious that he's failed to adjust to the Prem which what both of us said months ago.
You asked why doesn't he adjust his style till the end of the season. As i said he hasn't had that run of form struggle that's required him too. And he's already said plenty of times he's not changing. So we know what time he's on. He's being idealistic like these new modern coaches are. Like when they go into their first job and want their oak tree veteran CB's who can barely pass the ball 5 yards to play out from the back. And then they they complain when they get sacked about I wasnt given enough time. You don't deserve more time because you failed to understand your personnel nd adapt as required.
i am saying that when his system is rumbled he finds it hard-er than a top manager should find it to adjust, in order to avoid conceding a lot.
in particular a common adjustment that managers should know is how to shut a game down. also known as protecting a lead or stopping the score running up.
his record shows that that would have been a useful skill for him to have had BEFORE he arrived at MU. now at MU (albeit not with his players) we see more of the same. Lyon score 4 goals from 2 - 0 down. even when 3 - 0 fans and players both knew that the tie was far from safe.
now maybe at sporting not being able to shut a game down was less important because top class managers who know how to circumvent his system were thinner on the ground. in the prem however more teams have good managers and so this skill becomes more important.
that's just one adjustment, in a quiver of skills that he should have if he is going to challenge at the top.
or, of course, his system might be un-crackable, when he gets "his prem players"
as i said above i don't think that the prem allows for tolerances for his overloads.
also bruno here says some damning things that should help put amorim's level in context.
ts'd
cliffs:
armoim didn't know about smaller team skill levels and intensity.
he didn't know about 2nd ball empasis in the league.
- does he even have means to counter things like this in his methods?
