Originally posted by 70sQPR
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Nourry has played Football Manager and used stats rather than scouts, advised by numbers not by the coach.
If true, it's not worked at all.
Marti does not have a worldie CV of success, but he's a better coach than the displays we are putting out.
Players need to fit into a style of play, gaps on the pitch and, importantly, a squad, a dressing room. These signings looked good on paper but if Marti had anything to do with them other than perhaps saying hey Christian I need a striker, then he's as naieve as Nourry. He's obviously had at least some say.
But, i say again i don't think the heart was ripped out of this team over the summer, the players lost of note were Begovic, Hayden, Willock and Dykes, the rest were bit players. We do have injuires to Chair and Colback also, to be fair.
Willock has been replaced by Dembele, he's a good player.
Dykes has not been replaced, his work rate was high, but we as unlikely to score without him as with him.
Asmir is a big loss, we need to get Joe Walsh in, i'm not confident with the French lad in goal, he's a flapper and he's not learnt how to communicate with our defence in my opinion.
It is in Marti's power to field a team close to last year, as soon as Dembele is back, put Walsh in goal, Frey will also play a part, Saito is a decent addition, and Colbak will be welcomed back, Varane has potential.
I don't want to ditch Marti, i really think he's good, just FFS stop complicating things, look at whats not working and fix it instead of trying to create something you can't. If you've been given the wrong players for the style of football you want to play, change the players or change the style.
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