by YorkshireRoyal99 »
27 Jan 2022 11:42
Snowflake Royal YorkshireRoyal99 Snowflake Royal We've got 5 centrebacks, two of whom can cover fullback.
If they don't suit the way we want to defend, we shouldn't be trying to defend that way.
It depends if you're trying to build something though doesn't it and what you're trying to build.
This is only Pauno's 3rd (technically 5th) managerial position. I've combined all of his Serbia's youth positions as one just for the sake of this particular argument but, he spent 3 years in Serbia's youth set ups, from U18's through to U20's, as well as just shy of 4 years at Chicago Fire and he's now into his 2nd season with ourselves, he's obviously not got a reputation for being a short-term answer.
Well he needs to adapt to what he's got. If he wanted to build to playing a different way he should have signed someone who suited it in the summer, not Dann who evidently doesn’t.
You can't try to make something that isn't working work by bringing in a panic signing in January during a relegation battle.
You need to play with what you've got and phase in a new style as you replace players not suited to it with ones who are.
Not just pile up more and more players.
He's certainly not much of a medium or longer term answer. Having had one good season with fire and one with us.
And like he's getting a new contract here.
Dann does, he's good with the ball, his range of passing is there, he's a CB built to build from the back.
You also have to understand the restrictions that were in place on the club. It's all well and good saying "go and sign somebody more suited", who? There are obviously plenty of defenders out there, but who can he realistically sign? They had to be either loans/free transfers as well as looking at other areas of the squad that needed players, such as midfield and out wide. He's not at a club that are free to do whatever we want in the window and that's not Pauno's fault.
I understand that you have to work with what you have got, which he is doing and, despite our current form, he is keeping our heads above water which is all we can really expect given how this season has panned out. You can also try and mould players into your system as well, which is likely what he is trying to do, there will always be mistakes with that, either tactically or individually, but it might be for the better long-term, we just do not know these things.
Who is to say that any players that are coming in this month are panic signings?
Nobody can say for certain that he is/isn't getting a new contract here. Are we all just working off a media report saying he won't be getting sacked (unless the situation was unprecedented) but will "almost certainly" be leaving at the end of the season? How can that be believed? That's not to say that it won't happen, but how can anybody be sure that will be the case?