19 Jun 2015 18:22:03
Evening Ed's
Any news on IF we are to bring in another coach along side Pepijn Lijnders.
I also wanted to ask if this review was targeted at the head of Performance and opposition analysis? I see although qualified in their respective roles and everyone has to start somewhere they where brought in by Rodgers working for Reading n Swansea.
Cheers,
N

{Ed001's Note - I do expect an assistant and another coach brought in to replace Pepjin in the academy at the very least. Not sure what the second part is actually asking, sorry.}

1.) 19 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015 20:02:46
Looking at the breakdown of our staff below the obvious bench warmers and although they are qualified in their areas I see Rodgers recruited them from Reading and Swansea so I'm getting at are they as good as what we require at this level, has this been looked at by FSG in the whole across the board review.

{Ed001's Note - some will be, some won't. Not all were from Swansea or Reading, we got some from Spurs, for instance.}

2.) 19 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015 20:23:14
Yeah agreed although I was referring too head of performance and opposition planning

{Ed001's Note - oh got you, sorry, I am tired and distracted tonight working on other stuff for the sites. Skim reading is obviously not a skill I am capable of! The head of opposition analysis should have been sacked for his inability to figure out what Basel were doing. So you certainly have a point with him, obviously not that good at analysis when it was well known exactly what they did in European football. Looking at how our players seem to lack the basic fitness to play regularly without needing holidays etc, I have to question the role of head of performance too now you mention it. It is hard to understand how the review has not come to the same conclusion....}

3.) 19 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015 20:47:55
Nailed it Ed. Both came from Reading and Swansea albeit one did study abroad when he came out of football early and had roles with the New Zealand squad.

{Ed001's Note - it is quite worrying now I am thinking about it, surely the opposition analysis role should have been the first to go? We clearly haven't a clue how to set up our tactics to beat an opponent, and that has to be at least partly down to him.}

4.) 19 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015 21:26:02
What role did pepjin get promoted to ed and what is your opinion of him as a coach, I don't know much about him except a couple of articles I've read

{Ed001's Note - I believe he is going to be taking Mike Marsh's role as first team coach. I am told by people who have seen his work and worked with him that he is a top class coach and we got lucky poaching him from Porto. They think he has a bright future as a manager one day. Porto try and appoint the best coaches they can find for their youth set up, they very much emphasise youth development. Which is why they grabbed him from PSV Eindhoven. I like his thinking, he wants to create individuals who work within a team framework, but to have their own strengths and be able to act off their own initiative. We really need some players able to do so, as it was clear during the last few games of the season that our players have little. Most of them were constantly trying to get instructions from the bench when we were losing, rather than just sorting it out for themselves on the pitch. I lost count of the number of times I saw a player looking bewilderedly at the bench during the Stoke game trying to figure out what they were meant to be doing.}

5.) 20 Jun 2015
20 Jun 2015 00:32:17
Agree on the opposition analysis (if had anything to do with how we set up against Basle, Man Utd, Villa etc. ) as seemed bizarre at times that we couldn't spot our own weaknesses against other attacks.

6.) 20 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015 23:50:53
That's encouraging to hear. Thanks for the details. Any idea about AM and who would you like it to be. Cheers.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know who it will be, but it does seem Ed002's suggestion of Bolo Zenden is the best around.

By the way, in reply to zimbo, a member of the coaching staff has mentioned how they couldn't figure out the system Basle were using, which is why we couldn't sort out how to beat them. In fact, according to him, it was only after studying the two games afterwards, that the staff figured out how they kept swapping between 4-4-2 and 3-4-3. That is when we set up to try the 3-4-3.}

7.) 20 Jun 2015
20 Jun 2015 09:56:14
Cheers for the reply ed,appreciated 👍

{Ed001's Note - you are welcome mate.}

8.) 20 Jun 2015
20 Jun 2015 10:30:57
How much exactly was he paid to figure out our opposition tactics using tapes of the games afterwards? Lol
Never mind getting a job in football again, he should be lucky stacking shelves in a supermarket with that kind of forward thinking.