No, no, our 67 year-old man markers will come good, they just need to get some games into their legs...
arty:
I was drunk and angry when I posted
That being said, I believe that all of our coaches pick a format/tactic that suits them and then they try to make players fit into that as best they can.
LB has been a problem for the whole qualifying campaign and it took until this friendly for Bilic to attempt something new. Why was Pranjic not tried sooner so that he could properly adjust to the role? Why was Corluka never tried? Or Srna? Srna has played LB for Shakhtar in the past when needed. We had three options and instead he put a CB there.
Then there's the issue of Srna and where he's best suited. Why not at least try him out at RB and see if the team performs better that way?
Now we have the Eduardo injury and he throws two non-box strikers in a 4-4-2 and wonders why it didn't work out? Why is he wondering? I think Orkan mentioned in another thread how Olic has excelled at Hamburg because of the 3 striker formation they use. Why was this not even attempted as a possible answer to losing Eduardo. No, instead it was just the same formation and make it fit.
Whether it's Bilic, Kranjcar or Baric, they all did similar things. This is a problem in our game and it needs to change.
The biggest concern is that these things were never even attempted.
arty:
:howler:. I think there's been instances when even courts of law have found that murder was excusable when someone was drunk and angryI was drunk and angry when I posted
I think that's the case with a lot of coaches, not just ours. In a way it's natural that we all have our own conceptions about what constitutes good football 'style' wise. Pro coaches are no different, but I think the really good ones tend to show a fair bit of flexibility.
I think the NT is reaching a point where change in personnel is starting to come about mainly because our prospects are improving and our old guard is dropping off. That wasn't the case during the qualifiers when we were winning and winning well. I think it would've been a problem if Bilic tinkered too much during the qualifiers. Both our wings were working, we were scoring goals and for the most part our defence was working.
Great post!:howler:. I think there's been instances when even courts of law have found that murder was excusable when someone was drunk and angry
I think that's the case with a lot of coaches, not just ours. In a way it's natural that we all have our own conceptions about what constitutes good football 'style' wise. Pro coaches are no different, but I think the really good ones tend to show a fair bit of flexibility.
I think the NT is reaching a point where change in personnel is starting to come about mainly because our prospects are improving and our old guard is dropping off. That wasn't the case during the qualifiers when we were winning and winning well. I think it would've been a problem if Bilic tinkered too much during the qualifiers. Both our wings were working, we were scoring goals and for the most part our defence was working.
These days however things look like they're changing and already we're seeing Bilic pushing through change (ironically the same changes that many here were calling for which should give some measure of comfort). Pranjic has been included, Simic dropped and Vukojevic, Knezevic and Budan all given realistic expectations. Everybody knows positions are up for grabs.
Bilic still has two friendlies and then he gets three weeks alone with the boys. That's where he'll get his chance to further show his stuff as a coach. Interestingly it was during that same phase that Cico fell to bits. I somehow doubt Bilic will.
