After todays result there is no need to rush or be hasty. We can do much better than this inexperienced fella. He still has work to do at Strasbourg, impressive in Conference league but the league form has dropped off badly and he has a decent squad at his disposal.

Every other top Premier League team will love this appointment. They will laugh their cocks off.

Edited January 4Jan 4 by OTL

Don't know much about him or haven't watched much of Strasbourg but have heard good things. However I don't think he is what we need at the moment. I was hoping the owners/directors would have seen what's going on and have a bit of a change of plan. We need a genuine top manager. We need someone to take control. But I honestly don't think we can attract that at the moment and there lies the problem. We will be stuck in this young players - young managers loop for sometime and it's hard to see that it will change without owners/directors admitting their youth only policy isn't sustainable.

As long as he fits tactically and doesn't have Gusto inverting again I'm not really fussed about him not being a big name manager.

8 minutes ago, OTL said:

After todays result there is no need to rush or be hasty. We can do much better than this inexperienced fella. He still has work to do at Strasbourg, impressive in Conference league but the league form has dropped off badly and he has a decent squad at his disposal.

Every other top Premier League team will love this appointment. They will laugh their cocks off.

The even more inexperienced fella tonight just took a point off Guardiola, so I guess we just need to see what Rosenior is all about before we write him off completely on the grounds of inexperience !

Looks like it’s happening. Time to start getting behind Rosenior despite my protests.

You never know he could be a genius. Hopefully

It’s gonna take a huge upturn in results for the fans to get on board with this, the fans currently see him for what he is, a puppet.

He likes to play with a back 3 and, from what I have read/heard, wingbacks play as wing backs.

So, if that is accurate, and with the instruction Enzo must play and his liking of Andrey Santos from their time together at Strasbourg, how would our first 11 look?

I'd guess something like this:

Sanchez

James (Fofana)

Chalobah (Acheampong)

Badiashile (Hato)

Gusto (Neto)

Caicedo (Essugo ha ha)

Santos (Lavia hahahahahaha)

Cucurella (Garnacho)

Palmer (Estevao)

Enzo (Gittens....heh)

Joao Pedro (Delap)

4 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

The even more inexperienced fella tonight just took a point off Guardiola, so I guess we just need to see what Rosenior is all about before we write him off completely on the grounds of inexperience !

The league form is quite a concern earlier in the season they were within a point or three of the top and now they are 7th 14-16 points off the top, with a very competent group of players. He is inexperienced and that coupled with team form / performance, he in a different situation, might be fearing for his job at Strasbourg soon, certainly at the end of the season.

Blue Co. are blowing their own trumpet saying how promising he is, its laughable.

why havent any other clubs come in for this young messiah?

also being at the top of a shortlist of one is not terribly impressive.

but as you say lets wait and see, the indicators dont look great though.

7 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

He likes to play with a back 3 and, from what I have read/heard, wingbacks play as wing backs.

So, if that is accurate, and with the instruction Enzo must play and his liking of Andrey Santos from their time together at Strasbourg, how would our first 11 look?

I'd guess something like this:

Sanchez

James (Fofana)

Chalobah (Acheampong)

Badiashile (Hato)

Gusto (Neto)

Caicedo (Essugo ha ha)

Santos (Lavia hahahahahaha)

Cucurella (Garnacho)

Palmer (Estevao)

Enzo (Gittens....heh)

Joao Pedro (Delap)

The way you've written out the squad is so depressing. Outside of the first 11 there really isn't much to work with is there? Garnacho as a wingback doesn't fill me with excitement. The injury hit backup midfield is just comical at this point. Outside of James, Acheampong and Fofana the defence looks bare (Chalobah is a decent option and Fofana definitely can't be relied on for too many games). And the strikers. I'm not sure they'll hit 15 goals between them.

17 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

He likes to play with a back 3 and, from what I have read/heard, wingbacks play as wing backs.

So, if that is accurate, and with the instruction Enzo must play and his liking of Andrey Santos from their time together at Strasbourg, how would our first 11 look?

I'd guess something like this:

Sanchez

James (Fofana)

Chalobah (Acheampong)

Badiashile (Hato)

Gusto (Neto)

Caicedo (Essugo ha ha)

Santos (Lavia hahahahahaha)

Cucurella (Garnacho)

Palmer (Estevao)

Enzo (Gittens....heh)

Joao Pedro (Delap)

Back 3 just doesn’t suit our team at all will be an absolute disaster.

Just now, dan_cfc said:

Back 3 just doesn’t suit our team at all will be an absolute disaster.

Always feels like a negative cowardly formation. Can’t trust 2 centre backs we need another one just in case. Who needs attacking players when we can keep it save with more defenders.

4 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

Back 3 just doesn’t suit our team at all will be an absolute disaster.

Never know maybe we stop leaking goals for fun?

Our wingers are sh*t wingers maybe they can be decent wing backs?

Have they announced him yet FFS

3 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Always feels like a negative cowardly formation. Can’t trust 2 centre backs we need another one just in case. Who needs attacking players when we can keep it save with more defenders.

I mean we have 2 good attacking players in Palmer and Estevao, and this if Palmer has his head in it.

Would be a nice change to see the back of neto and garnacho.

Edited January 4Jan 4 by Sconnie Blue

39 minutes ago, OTL said:

After todays result there is no need to rush or be hasty. We can do much better than this inexperienced fella. He still has work to do at Strasbourg, impressive in Conference league but the league form has dropped off badly and he has a decent squad at his disposal.

Every other top Premier League team will love this appointment. They will laugh their cocks off.

That's the thing, they're not rushing or being hasty, this is their model, this is what Clear Lake want. They don't want a top manager, they want a coach that follow orders. Maresca was the same thing, as was Pochettino. The moment they stop saying yes, they quit.

Well it looks official let's hope he's a much smarter manager than he looks

34 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

That's the thing, they're not rushing or being hasty, this is their model, this is what Clear Lake want. They don't want a top manager, they want a coach that follow orders. Maresca was the same thing, as was Pochettino. The moment they stop saying yes, they quit.

I think Pochettino and Maresca took the job understanding that it was "head coach" but believing that they could move the bar upwards to "manager" (with more say) based on results etc. Once it became apparent that this was never going to happen, then they upped sticks.

Not sure if Rosenior is cut from the same cloth, but if he is, and he does well, then he might well be the beneficiary of "good timing" as surely BlueCo can't be seen to allow a third permanent appointment in a row to quit on them because they insist on a structure that is impossible to work with ... ?

Shocking appointment.

Expected to manage us against Fulham.

I really don't know anything about him. But I have known probably a dozen or so Liams over the years and on the whole, they have been a grand bunch of lads.

Just looked this up;

• Meaning: The meaning of Liam is often translated as helmet of will, guardian, or determined protector.

This bodes well. Right now our club could definately do with a determined guardian ptotector who has a helmet of will. Unlike Maresca, who was just a helmet.

On this basis I am prepared to give my full support to Liam.

7 minutes ago, just said:

I really don't know anything about him. But I have known probably a dozen or so Liams over the years and on the whole, they have been a grand bunch of lads.

Just looked this up;

• Meaning: The meaning of Liam is often translated as helmet of will, guardian, or determined protector.

This bodes well. Right now our club could definately do with a determined guardian ptotector who has a helmet of will. Unlike Maresca, who was just a helmet.

On this basis I am prepared to give my full support to Liam.

@Liam, @Valerie and I would prefer his brother in charge.

I'm really not happy with the appointment, feels like the embodiment of everything that's wrong with the ownership, but that doesn't mean I won't get behind him and the team, it isn't their fault. As I've said before, Rosenior will be fully aware that he shouldn't be anywhere near this job this early in his career, but you can't blame him for taking it.

Best of luck to the lad, he's gonna need it.

Every analysis video I’ve seen says he likes to invert his RB so Gusto at CAM lives on.

Pretty kind run of league fixtures for him to hit the ground running.

Fulham a

Brentford h

Palace a

West ham h

Wolves a

Leeds h

Burnley h

5 wins from those 7, and i think it will put us in a very decent position.

Rosenior wouldnt be anywhere near this job if it was up to me, but got to support him and hope for the best as usual. Back 3 looked decent 2nd half today, not sure whether we get a signing or two in january, could maybe do with Moreira as a left wing back.

Or maybe he sticks with the back 4, just font want to see square pegs in round holes.