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O'Neil In, Out and Shaking it all about

Wolves and Spurs were the last teams to concede from a corner last season. How the fuck did that happen?
 
Lycan said:
He's got to beat both of them, we shouldn't be rolling over against Brighton or City either. This is the situation we've put ourselves in, we need points on the board and we need them now.
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I’d be saying 4 points really is absolute minimum. Seeing as most eggs have been placed in the ‘hard fixtures to start’ argument you have to be taking points (and not just two draws) from the latter 2 games. If you buy into that remit, Ofcourse
 
I can’t tell whether they’ve been told not to mark anyone further back than the back post or if they’ve all got their jobs and none of them have taken the guy at the far post into account. Either way surely one of the players should be clever enough to look at the unmarked guy and do something about it.
 
When trying to score from set pieces the opposition will stop at nothing.

So maybe the theory is if we do nothing they might stop?
 
Been watching Bradford v Newport, yeah I know it’s always the same when there’s an International break.
Anyway I was thinking yesterday about O’Neil and the Coaching career he’s gonna have, I noticed Graham Alexander is currently Coach at Bradford and think that’s probably gonna be O’Neils level, he’ll have a decent career but it’ll never be at the elite level.
 
Quite likely BS but Wolves Insider saying that Moyes and Potter would be interested if offered the job. If true FFS get it done and have Moyes in here before the Citeh game.
 
Johnny75 said:
Of the 2 you've chosen Moyes?????

Got to be Potter if it's a choice.
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Absolutely. He’s one I’d stick with even if we went down. Sadly I think his interest will evaporate like mist on a summer’s morning within seconds of speaking to Hobbs and Shi.
 
David '74 goals conceded last season' Moyes, call him by his full name.

Also finished below us in 2023 despite us having Bruno Lage and Steve Davis for half a season.

Why do people think it's 2004 again when his name comes up?
 
There'd be an element of risk to both. Moyes took Sunderland over in a similar situation and managed to make them worse. He'd likely improve the defence, but in doing so would stifle some of our attacking play. I'm not sure we have the players to make defensive stability the top priority. With Potter you don't know if Chelsea has broken him or how quickly he'd be able to communicate his ideas without a pre-season. From where we are though and who else is likely to be in the frame I'd take either in a heartbeat, but Potter would clearly be my preferential candidate, although I'd be surprised if he were interested when he's one mistake off falling down a tier or two. I'd imagine a job with less risk, isn't too far off for him
 
There’s only one I’d love to see as Wolves Coach one day, has to be “Japan Moutinho”.
 
I could probably just about accept Moyes might look at us but can’t imagine Potter, in a million years.

Beginning of the season maybe, yes.

But now we’ve left it so late, I just can’t see how we’re an attractive proposition for any manager with an ounce of ambition.
 
There is an a risk no matter who the new Manager will be - and there will be one , it's just a matter of time unless some miracle occurs between now and November .
Time is the issue of course - if O'Neill were to pick up some points in November , then they might wait longer - and that would be a huge mistake in my view .
O'Neil's issue is in my view that he has over rated himself . He believes in going into huge detail when planning for a football match , and thereby forgetting that the fundamentals of the game have not really changed in over 100 years . Marking properly at set pieces was a thing back in 1927 , just like it is today .
O'Neil also talks a good game and is a good communicator to the media - but there has been many a fine Manager on the sideline who couldn't string two sentences together in front of a camera .
It is pretty clear that the players have very little idea of how they are supposed to be set up - and that is down to Management . A team should be well drilled to the point of boredom . We are chaos .
If O'Neil believes that last Saturday was the worst performance by a team under his stewardship , then I would fully expect him to take full ownership of that and make immediate changes .
A back 3 will only improve matters if everyone knows what their role is .
One thing as well - our defence is getting a lot of stick at present - but what protection are they getting from those in front of them . Most defences will eventually collapse if the opposition are coming at them in droves time and again .

As for Potter or Moyes............those who say that Potter won't come as he has ambition . Well , he was ambitious and went to Chelsea , and the man aged overnight . At Brighton he was well thought of - big fish , small pond and all of that . A club like Wolves rather than say Man U might be just what he needs to recover his reputation again .
 
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