Farke has done brilliantly to get us into the autos conversation, but all three teams are flagging and we need a reset to secure one of those final berths. Farke is still getting used to managing a big club and with respect to Norwich and Gladbach, this is his biggest role to date. There are some aspects of our team, our supporters, and our expectations that will be new to him, so here are a few pointers to help us in the last few games.
1) Make the crowd proud. Go hard, go fast, go early. Once the crowd is on board, players enjoy their game more, and goals just happen. If we score first, we don't lose. Let's give it a go.
2) Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred. We don't complain in public. So no more comments about refereeing decisions, player fatigue, injuries, internationals and fixture congestion. Farke's whinge about refereeing decisions was just embarrassing.
3) Shots on goal. We had one against Sunderland. Here's a suggestion for when Ampadu, Gruev, Gray or Kamara get a clear sight of goal: for fu©k's sake, put your laces through the ball. Rutter excepted.
4) Corners and free-kicks. Put them in the box. That's where goals are scored. The more often the ball goes in there, the more likely we are to put it in the back of the net.
5) Plan B. Always good to have one in case Plan A isn't working.
6) Time to shine. Don't bring on subs in the last ten minutes. Give them at least half an hour. Give them time to show us what they can do.
7) Spread the load and share the love. It's ok to change the starting eleven. Joseph, Anthony, Gnonto, Piroe and Joseph have all got pedigree at this level and they are not fatigued. Rest some of the key players who look scared of their own shadows. Nothing relieves fatigue more than the belief that another player might steal the glory from you.
8) Drop the dead donkey. Enough said.
How to win promotion
posted on 11/4/24
Sorry, but calling Gladbach a small club shows you know very little about German football!..
posted on 11/4/24
Made me chuckle - big club in the 70s
5 Bundesliga titles
1 European Cup runners up
2 Uefa Cups
posted on 11/4/24
Rev, big club in the 70s, but still big enough!..
You can click it as far forward as you want, I'm only saying that they're not a small club, their stadium holds about 54.000 for Bundesliga games, but can hold 59.749 Plätze!..
https://www.google.com/search?q=borussia+m%C3%B6nchengladbach+fans+in+stadion+vlog&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=d7f4d38b2bdb0858&ei=GQQYZsGMK6CPxc8PnqWEwAQ&oq=borussia+m%C3%B6nchengladbach+fans+in+stadion&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiKWJvcnVzc2lhIG3Dtm5jaGVuZ2xhZGJhY2ggZmFucyBpbiBzdGFkaW9uKgIIBDIHECEYChigATIHECEYChigATIHECEYChigATIFECEYnwUyBRAhGJ8FMgUQIRifBTIFECEYnwUyBRAhGJ8FMgUQIRifBTIFECEYnwVIgPwBUPkaWNyUAXABeAGQAQCYAZIBoAHPCqoBBDEyLjO4AQHIAQD4AQGYAhCgApYMwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIFEAAYgATCAgUQLhiABMICCxAuGK8BGMcBGIAEwgIOEC4YgAQYxwEYrwEYjgXCAgYQABgWGB7CAggQABiABBiiBMICBRAhGKABwgIEECEYFZgDAIgGAZAGCJIHAzguOKAHgmM&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e9cce56a,vid:WWvp_o_2RmM,st:0
And yes they can fill it!..
posted on 11/4/24
1/ think they try for a happy medium approach particularly against low blocks. Go hard and concede to counter and your doubling what you need. Against Sunderland we had all the balll yet our keeper made all the saves.
2/ No issue here. We are well down on key penalty decisions this season. Managers like to apply pressure to future referees.
3/ your asking players with terrible goal scoring records to shoot more. The issue isn’t the players but the fact we signed too many who simply don’t score goals.
4/ 126 corners since we last scored from one. Most go in the box. We simply don’t have players able to attack the ball but size and skill wise. I’ve advocated getting Cresswell on the pitch for the last 10 if we need a goal.
5/ sadly lack in chess pieces. Our changes are like for like to suit a style. We don’t have a big lump to bring on up front or different types of players. Limited options.
6/ agree
7/ agree
posted on 11/4/24
Germany - I should have made it clearer, BMG are still a big club as far as I'm aware, it was the OPs comment off the mark comment about them that made me laugh.
posted on 12/4/24
Sorry, LufcGermany, but when did BMG last win anything?
posted on 12/4/24
How to win promotion?
right now, we need to get lucky, not in our hands.....
posted on 12/4/24
Sorry Rev, I thought you was pointing out they were big in the 70s and didn't think you was pointing it at the OP!.
kammy, you're saying that the Leeds job is the biggest Farke has had, I'm saying at Gladbach Farke was managing in a bigger/fuller stadium that was more often than not packed out!..
Tell me the last time we won something big not including the Championship, because most in the Premiership will say that is nothing, and that means we're not as big as we think we are!..
I don't look at what people have won to make them big, if you do that than there are a lot of clubs about that are a lot bigger than us!..
posted on 12/4/24
Farke is not still trying to get used to managing a big club.
He's been here nearly a year, he knows what he is doing, the players all know the score, really dont think this is a factor here.
All top 3 are faltering its not just us.
posted on 12/4/24
I think the term we're looking for is Historic Legacy, including European, and the fact that both BMG and Leeds have it, as well as the potential to one day climb to the top with the respective massive support again.