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[AndyWolves]

I'm no way confident in this view so please tell me if i'm wrong, my assumption about Seville though is that they've largely sold their better players and not replaced them? i tend to think that's the reason they're struggling a bit rather than Lopetegui becoming a bad manager

 

[AndyWolves]

The lack of goals is a worry, but the lack of defeats (until this season) is very attractive

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Their top scorer last season was rafa mir with 10 in the league, the sad thing is that would be a decent return if one of our players did that!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

53-54 in 38 games is fine. Would have been the 9th highest in the PL last season. Only just behind United who had Ronaldo doing his final goalhanging hurrah.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I'm no way confident in this view so please tell me if i'm wrong, my assumption about Seville though is that they've largely sold their better players and not replaced them? i tend to think that's the reason they're struggling a bit rather than Lopetegui becoming a bad manager

It does seem to be that's fair.

Also, as said, managers often become tired and stale after 3 or 4 years, it's just the nature of the beast.

I wonder how good his Portuguese is, he was at Porto for a good while, so you'd imagine pretty good.

He gave Neves his debut, which is cool.

 

[WsWolf]

I'm no way confident in this view so please tell me if i'm wrong, my assumption about Seville though is that they've largely sold their better players and not replaced them? i tend to think that's the reason they're struggling a bit rather than Lopetegui becoming a bad manager

Correct. However he did have them in 2nd place with 75% of the season done and they capitulated a bit and finished 4th.

It's not going to be swashbuckling all out attacking football but it's not going to be sat in our own box and countering either. I'd be happy with a possession based game but we really need to improve decision making and movement ahead of the ball to make it work for us.

 

[Mel Evo]

They have lost some better players and he just looks like he's run out of steam. They should have finished much stronger last season too, so although winning the league sounds a stretch they really had a chance of finishing significantly better but the weariness had already set in.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Variations of 433 seem to be what he goes for:

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[AndyWolves]

It does seem to be that's fair.

Also, as said, managers often become tired and stale after 3 or 4 years, it's just the nature of the beast.

I wonder how good his Portuguese is, he was at Porto for a good while, so you'd imagine pretty good.

He gave Neves his debut, which is cool.

So Neves really is Lopetegui's man?

 

[WsWolf]

They have lost some better players and he just looks like he's run out of steam. They should have finished much stronger last season too, so although winning the league sounds a stretch they really had a chance of finishing significantly better but the weariness had already set in.

I'm of the opinion they reverted to their mean after playing above themselves for a large portion of the season. The form was poor and he just struggled to stop the regression.

 

[Kenny]

I'm no way confident in this view so please tell me if i'm wrong, my assumption about Seville though is that they've largely sold their better players and not replaced them? i tend to think that's the reason they're struggling a bit rather than Lopetegui becoming a bad manager

This summer he lost his 1st choice central defence partnership.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

So Neves really is Lopetegui's man?

I imagine Neves was actually initially targeted by Wolves as a nice gift for JL, but when that fell through, we went with it anyway.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I imagine Neves was actually initially targeted by Wolves as a nice gift for JL, but when that fell through, we went with it anyway.

A year's gap, no?

We nearly got Lopetegui to replace Ken, not Lambert.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

A year's gap, no?

We nearly got Lopetegui to replace Ken, not Lambert.

Of course, fair point.

 

[AndyWolves]

Worth a read

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577245873494425600

 

[thisisgil]

I'm looking through the list of frontrunners and feeling a bit

 

[The Bion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577250137025679360

Haven't seen Ferreira's name mentioned before - very unlikely

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'm looking through the list of frontrunners and feeling a bit

Who would you want, in an ideal, but realistic world?

So not Pochettino or Tuchel. They are not coming to manage a team who are 18th after 8 games.

 

[thisisgil]

Who would you want, in an ideal, but realistic world?

So not Pochettino or Tuchel. They are not coming to manage a team who are 18th after 8 games.

I think of the names mentioned, Ange would be my pick.

I'm not sure how far this falls into 'unrealistic' but AVB would be my preference.

I also thought Wayne Rooney did well at Derby given the circumstances and the handful of Derby matches I watched, they played some decent attacking football. So, I'd be cautiously optimistic if that were to happen (it won't).

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

My concern with AVB is I think he checked out mentally some time ago. Openly saying he wanted to retire from football inside a few years (around now), going rally driving, I'm not sure he's engaged enough for a Premier League job.

 

[Jinky]

I think we need a safe pair of hands and some experience. Don't get me wrong, I love a "young and upcoming manager" or "next big thing" rumour like anyone else, but given where we are in the table, how vital it is to start picking points up pretty much immediately, and the fact we have a lot of talented footballers under-performing, I want us to get someone in that is going to address the issues & get some order to the style and play from day one. For that reason, my personal preference would be Julen Lopetegui. He would command respect from the players straight away and he'd get us organised.