Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)
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Bye bye Bilic
I don’t see how the owners have a choice after this result
We were shambolic tonight.
This is the best squad we have had in ages and we can’t stop a Brighton team with Murray in it from scoring 3 goals.
OK lets get Murray ;doh That Knockaert was good in the championship so maybe two except if we had bought either of those two in the window I would have been distinctly underwhelmed. On paper we are head and shoulders (no joke intended Joe) above them but.....0-3 ouch.
It can only be down to one person. He carries the can and not just for this match.
This is the best squad we've had for a long, long time but there is no shape or style to our play, and the buck had to stop with the manager.
For me, the board have to face a stark reality; the "morality" of letting Slav see out his contract, or Premier League survival, because I fear they can't have them both.
Looking at the goals in isolation- 1st-the defence isnt organised and gets distracted by a runner at the back, 2nd Antonio casually meanders back so Obiang gets dragged out wide 3rd Lanzini goes off the pitch for treatment leaving us down to 10 and overloaded at the back post which leaves Zaba in a tough position. Basic individual decision making which affects your teammate- address the runner at the back post if they are free, Antonio bust your gut to defend and get back into position so Obaing can stay in his, Lanzni, if you want treatment go down on the pitch as we are making the sub so the ref stops the game, etc, etc. Basic fundamentals of any self respecting pros which shouldnt have to be coached or told to do so.
Understandably there's are lot of heat and tension post match but for all the doom and gloom the PL table is still very very congested and it would be a complete over reaction for WHU to bring in a new manager; for so long WHUs managerial record and values used to be something to be so proud of but the ethos under G+S has made us a laughing stock. The underlying importance of a manager, which is so often disregarded in the modern era, is to problem solve, to analyse and address, to take direct action to get an effect; so Bilic, as he has done so many times at WHU, deserves support to realign things and get the team going in the right direction which has has done frequently for us.
The case for bringing in a new manager is also historically pretty bare; sure there will be an instant reaction as is the case in most appointments but then all the other issues and knock-on effects will rise again as they always do at WHU as we have consistently built around short-termisms. Slaven needs to make some big calls about the personnel and the dynamics, he needs to read the rot act because, as stated above, alot of the elements behind the poor performance were basic and individual- Antonios performance over the 90 was extraordinarily substandard for any league.
I also believe we'll get a hiding in both.
If Bilic goes its likely that Jurcevic, Terzic and Rak will go with him leaving either Dicks, Woods or Westley as caretaker until we can find a replacement
But a manager should can and must effect a game once the players have crossed the white line.
Personally I think the time for change has come and is in fact well overdue. On paper there’s more than enough quality in our squad. Bottom line is our manager isn’t getting them to play anywhere near their potential and this problem has existed for a long time now.
Take Payet and the Upton Park euphoria/emotion out of his first season and it would be going just like this one and last season, IMO.
Time for a change.
When the OS posts pictures of training sessions it generally seems to be jogging or exercising. I'm not confident any of our "coaching" staff have any actual tactical nous at all so can't really set plans for opposition teams and from what I've seen of them pitch side during matches none of them show any kind of animation or frustration at what's going on during the game. I know losing your rag doesn't really help but it might send a message to the players that they're not happy.
With the way things are going in modern society with Cambridge Uni warning students there may be sex and violence in Shakespeare plays and Glasgow Uni warning theology students they may get upset when they read about the crucifixion but surely we are not taking the players sensibilities into account to the extreme by not telling them that they are playing rubbish (substitute more apt word at your leisure)