South Side Villan
Vital Squad Member
Probably screwing all the teams wives that's why our defence is shit. Jokes aside, lack of coaching experience.
The biggest myth is that he's to blame for our defence, he's assistant manager and not responsible for the tactics which consistently expose us at the back (most of that is Smith) and isn't deployed as a defensive coach (we have, well defensive coaches employed to, well, coach the defenders).
The fact that we're shit is a collective effort across the players, management and coaching. Terry is playing his part in that, but I think it's lazy to consistently bring his name up when talking about the defence.
This is all true. Terry may well be a lousy coach/ assistant manager but I find it curious that a lot of fans that I've seen blame our shite defence on him. We have a manager who is out of his depth and everything we see on the pitch is a derivative of that for the most part.It doesn't really matter where a coach has played or what position it's his depth of knowledge and understanding of how to get that across to players .
Much as it pains me, Nuno, at wolves was a goalkeeper and he's mastered the art of getting his ideas across to his players better than most coaches that have hit the PL for the first time . They play his way and he buys players who fit that way basically it's founded on not giving goals away and breaking with a real purpose but fundamentally it's about defending in depth when you don't have the ball
I'm not saying the defence is entirely to blame, the whole team has been found wanting. But having the worst defensive record in the league and shipping (on average) 2 goals per game suggests a pretty porous back line has some part to play.Not sure the back line is the problem. Konsa has improved. Hause has also improved, although is still learning. The senior centre backs Mings and Engels are reasonably good; they have made mistakes but are generally OK. The defence comes under too much pressure at times and I think you have to look at the team as a whole.
DS is very much the boss. He may discuss things with JT and ROK but the way the team is set up is down to him.
Worst defensive record in the league speaks for itself. Agree the blame lies throughout the team but can’t pretend the actual defence is any goodNot sure the back line is the problem. Konsa has improved. Hause has also improved, although is still learning. The senior centre backs Mings and Engels are reasonably good; they have made mistakes but are generally OK. The defence comes under too much pressure at times and I think you have to look at the team as a whole.
DS is very much the boss. He may discuss things with JT and ROK but the way the team is set up is down to him.
I like the fact JT gets stuck into the opposition bench when they get a bit lippy. I'd keep him here just for that
He will go at some point. It's no secret that he wants to be a manager , so there will be no complaints from me.
I suspect Deano got Shakespeare in because he knew this might happen sooner or later.
I like the fact JT gets stuck into the opposition bench when they get a bit lippy. I'd keep him here just for that