Think this is a big step forward for not only the club but for the manager Si....he learned his lesson I think realizes he does not know everything; where at times in the past he came off like he thought he did.
Agreed, something a lot of us were banging on about last season with the "defensive coach" stuff. It's great to see organisation in our defence improving game by game. I thought we were ok v Bournemouth, but tempered that with it being Bournemouth, Stoke was decent but the mistakes were still just around the corner. Last night, although they scored a goal that shouldn't have been disallowed and could have had a penalty plus Giroud missing a gilt edged chance I thought our defending was massively improved on last year.
It's fair to say a lot of that has to do with Gomez and Clyne who truly are magnificent players but there's also a clear message being drilled into them. Carra highlighted the organisation and that was very clear thoughout the game. We know Brendan has taken that step back from coaching and therefore the credit must go to of course his tactics but proportionally to his coaches too.
I may have slagged him off to high heaven but I'm more than happy to be tucking into my first course of humble pie and hopefully many more to come for the season ahead, well in old SOD
(Plus of course Gary Mac and Pepjin).
Do you think Brendan's taking a step back on the training field these days? Is he watching from the sidelines more?
Think this was confirmed by himself mate in one interview regarding the coaches, can't think of where it was so can't provide a link but yes, he's adopting a more managerial than coaching role.
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