Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:19 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

Chris Wilder has been sacked it looks like. They've had a shocking season, but he's worked miracles there, I think it's pretty disgraceful to be honest.

Very short sited. They’d have had a better chance of coming back up with him still in charge. Oh well, their loss!

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:54 pm  

Trebor1 wrote:

Very short sited. They’d have had a better chance of coming back up with him still in charge. Oh well, their loss!

I thought exactly the same when WBA sacked Slaven Bilic and appointed Sam Allardyce

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:10 pm  

Trebor1 wrote:

Very short sited. They’d have had a better chance of coming back up with him still in charge. Oh well, their loss!

Irrespective of the rivalry between the Blades and Leeds then Wilder is a very good coach/manager IMO
Wilder certainly started at the bottom of the pile when he started his managerial career and worked his way up to managing Sheffield United

He wont be unemployed for very long

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:49 pm  

The Biffs Back wrote:

Irrespective of the rivalry between the Blades and Leeds then Wilder is a very good coach/manager IMO
Wilder certainly started at the bottom of the pile when he started his managerial career and worked his way up to managing Sheffield United

He wont be unemployed for very long

i'm not a fan of him as a person, but has definitely done a fine job with them and probably would have got them straight back up at the first attempt. his stock will remain relatively high leaving now so win for him, he gets a boat load of cash and winds up at another Prem club like a Newcastle or Palace in the summer.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:58 am  

The rumour is that he wasn't happy about an impending appointment of a director of football, so he walked. After some his abysmal work in the transfer market and the money he's waisted, it's no surprise they wanted a DOF. The days of the manager being solely responsible for transfers are long gone, so Wilder needs to get with the times.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:40 pm  

Brilliant point, and even though we didn't have much possession, we still carved out some decent chances. Defensively, we were superb, and didn't give them anything.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:47 pm  

Roberts much better today.
Was It my imagination or did he play Rodrigo in midfield Roberts upfront?
And if Rodrigo wasn`t injured that has got to be one of the dumbest substitutions he has made. Bringing on an out of form Klich for a an international forward especially as Roberts had a decent game in midfield.
Rudiger mom for me.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:53 pm  

I think they changed to 442 as Chelsea were playing a back 3? It was hard to tell at times, both teams were fluid in their formations. Bielsa probably wanted to sure up the midfield late in the game, but there were a couple of times Rodrigo was literally walking around the centre of the pitch when Chelsea were advancing up the pitch, and that's a big no no for Bielsa.

If Bamford is out for a bit, he's going to get more of a run there anyway, so it's the chance he's been waiting for.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Mar 13, 2021 3:37 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

Brilliant point, and even though we didn't have much possession, we still carved out some decent chances. Defensively, we were superb, and didn't give them anything.

Great point. Struijk Llorente very good. Robert’s solid but needs to get a bit more clinical. Fulham and Sheff U next up. 4 points from that and job done.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:33 pm  

The pitch was way less slippy than previous weeks, to be fair