Is Bruno Lage A Good Manager Or Should He Go?

[Deutsch Wolf]

Sure it would. I miss the days when a manager would tell the interviewer, " That referee today was really out of order! Blah Blah, Shouldn't be reffing at this level, blah blah", "The ref completely lost control of the game when he chose not to see... blah blah".
They're on big money, let them say what everyone else is saying (off camera). Pay the fine!
It's all gone mild, soft and bland....

Congratulations, you've just appointed Gary Megson.

Nuno slagged off Lee Mason when he was here. Did it change anything? No.

 

[YoungWolf]

Nuno slagged off Lee Mason when he was here. Did it change anything? No.

That for me was the first really worrying sign about his state of mind

 

[nimrod]

We get into plenty of good positions around the box, but often it's the final pass or touch that lets us down.

Is our expected assists any higher?

Edit - I'll answer my own question, no. Only a tiny bit higher than the xG.

you'd hope it's the most concerning thing particularly when considering striker options. every team has to find it's most effective route to goal and play to those strengths, even if it isn't necessarily the prettiest watch.

 

[Wolftone]

looks like Rogers could be leaving sooner rather than later. are we brave enough to cut our losses with Bruno and appoint him, or perhaps give Villa the opportunity. I know he's not to everyone's choice, but for a couple of years I'd take him unless Poch was available

Rodgers? No. Spoofer.

 

[1986]

Our collective XG is around 7 from 6 games, we've scored 3. Those 3 goals have been 2 mishits and a bit of brilliance. We create little and score less.

Of the goals that we have scored ( inc. League Cup & the disallowed Newcastle goal ) , it's as plain as the eye can see that a quick ball into the box with a player or two arriving there at the correct time works most of the time - as it should for any team - and yet and yet we continually slow things down when we are approaching goal , or else someone has a pot shot .
Hopefully Nunes can change this over time with his drive to get forward . He seems to have plenty of adventure and courage in his bag .

Neto can give us more in this regard as well - we know he has the ability . Just get your head up when closing in on goal .

Traore no 2 perhaps as well .

 

[Woburn Wolf]

looks like Rogers could be leaving sooner rather than later. are we brave enough to cut our losses with Bruno and appoint him, or perhaps give Villa the opportunity. I know he's not to everyone's choice, but for a couple of years I'd take him unless Poch was available

I cannot warm to Rodgers as a person but I think he would get this group playing an attacking brand of football and see us quickly moving up the league. I agree re Poch but would be surprised if he came to us.

 

[Johnny75]

If by some miracle he happens to win against City he'll stay, otherwise I think they'll sack him on Sunday.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I don't think he's in that much imminent danger, even if we lose by 5+. He should be, of course.

I reckon he'll get West Ham and Chelsea for sure. Maybe Forest and Palace after that. If there's been no material upturn in either results or performances (I don't think there will be) then he will go around then.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

If by some miracle he happens to win against City he'll stay, otherwise I think they'll sack him on Sunday.

I'd be really surprised if that happens.

 

[Johnny75]

I'd be really surprised if that happens.

Just a gut feeling. I think they'll look at the metrics and decide they can do better with somebody else.

 

[Lupo]

It will be interesting to see what happens should Lopetegui get sacked after the weekend as he has clearly been their long term target

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Sevilla have Copenhagen away tonight and Villarreal away on Sunday.

Thing is I still don't think they'd rush it. He wouldn't be that likely to be snapped up by anyone else immediately. For whatever reason we're in this holding pattern of retaining a manager who pretty much everyone knows isn't remotely good enough for this level or capable of managing these players properly, so we'll happily lose games until we *have* to sack him. Seems ridiculous to me but there we go.

 

[Lupo]

Depends on how highly thought of he still is in Spain with their propensity for hiring and firing, if Fosun really are desperate for Lopetegui they won't want to risk another La Liga side snapping him up. On the face of it we are holding on to him but he could be there in a Lambert style holding role. If rumours are to be believed they were ready to fire him in the summer when talk of Lopetegui leaving Sevilla was rife but changed their mind when that didn't happen

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Just a gut feeling. I think they'll look at the metrics and decide they can do better with somebody else.

Surely they could have done that at any time since the end of last season? Losing to what is probably the best club side in the World won’t tell them anything they don’t know already. It’s only a matter of time so the sooner the better and I hope if as expected we lose you’re correct.

 

[Johnny75]

Surely they could have done that at any time since the end of last season? Losing to what is probably the best club side in the World won’t tell them anything they don’t know already. It’s only a matter of time so the sooner the better and I hope if as expected we lose you’re correct.

It isn't about losing to City it's about the metrics so far.

With the natural breaks in the calender is easy for the club to have set targets for the manager to reach.

It's fairly obvious he hasn't achieved them.

 

[White Wolf]

Personally can't see him being sacked just yet,. Probably doesn't help that the only time we sacked a manager mid-season with Fosun we had no target lined up and it went shit.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Lambert was still better than Zenga though. Not by much, but he was still better. And also wasn't a 50+ year old man wearing ripped jeans and getting barred from pubs for getting handsy with barmaids.

Much like whoever we appointed now probably wouldn't be a bibs and cones man who can't speak English properly, and would do better than 4 wins from 20 games.

 

[White Wolf]

Lambert was an improvement and the best of a bad bunch for sure, but the collection of managers we considered at the time was pretty grim.

We've not done an interview process since, Nuno and Lage were the only candidate each time (at least as far as I'm aware). It makes me think Jeff isn't going to pull the trigger without someone new lined up.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

It isn't about losing to City it's about the metrics so far.

With the natural breaks in the calender is easy for the club to have set targets for the manager to reach.

It's fairly obvious he hasn't achieved them.

I don't know what targets they have.

We have a solid defence and a midfield that many of our rivals would love. We have not been overrun in any game this season.

Our problem is we don't score goals. Raul's preseason injury could not have been anticipated, and it was not unreasonable to expect his standard of play to be better than he has actually managed. I don't think the decision to loan out Fabio was entirely made by Lage, and he cannot be blamed either for the delay in getting Sasa or the injury he suffered. Costa will take time to gain match fitness and is a complete gamble.

We are not showing relegation form. We are showing improvements over the past two seasons, albeit this has not translated into as many points as we would all like.

Jeff is not someone to panic.

I just don't see any reason why he would fire Lage UNLESS the club have a long term successor in mind who is/becomes available.

This does not mean I am any happier than the rest of you with our current situation.

 

[Tony Towner]

I don't think he's in any trouble this week, but you can't disconnect the goals conceded from the goals scored. We don't let many in because we look after the ball, we don't score many because we don't take risks