The Ronny Deila Thread

GMS looked a far better player then Armstrong for a while. Hes dipped in form but I wouldnt say hes not good enough. Can still do a job here.

 

I would prefer he took a little of the slack on his own shoulders. The players will not respond well to being humiliated in public.

Something along the lines of....yes the players were below par...I must also take some of the blame myself in hindsight I might have done things differently. A bad day at the office that we will try to ensure does not happen again.

 

I'm undecided on boyata and ciftci I'll give them more time and Allan also deserves time to prove himself. I think gms and Armstrong will be quality for us and janko does have something about him mainly because of his pace.

I think our midfield will eventually be 2 of brown biton and johansen with the 3 in front of gms Armstrong Forrest and griffiths up top. When we lose van dijk well possibly need 2 cb's and definitely need a lb.

 

Saying Janko and Armstrong are the only promising players he's signed is complete nonsense, especially after your first sentence. We have barely seen two of the players mentioned, GMS has started the season poorly but did well last year and Boyata, despite some flaws has already shown that he is going to be a good defender for us.

 

Don't think it is a moot point tbh, it was the same system with the same top six players. Maybe sitting a bit deeper..

We could have went there a defended first maybe with Mulgrew sitting in front of the defence with Bitton and Brown getting a foot hold on the game maybe something like this..

Mulgrew
Brown Bitton Johansen
Forrest
Griffiths​

 

This would have been roughly my reply as well Murphy.

 

The pressure in that performance told. He should have got the whole team a shot of whiskey before K.O

 

That's the problem right there though for me.

I'm fine with signing the odd player from the SPFL but that's now 4 in the last 6 months when only one of them, maybe 2, realistically have a chance of establishing themselves in our team for a reasonable length of time. Those two for me are Armstrong and to a lesser extent, Allan.

When you say we missed the boat on some, those are the likes of Fletcher, Robertson, McCarthy etc. Players that we all knew were going to be good players at a higher level

I think GMS has ability but when we signed him, I wasn't too impressed. He blew hot and cold at United and wasn't always in their strongest eleven. Ciftci was decent enough but by no means a standout. I was happy enough when we signed him mind you, but that's probably because we just needed someone else.

Armstrong is clearly a player who has a good future. Allan seems to have potential to as well.

TL;DR - We should only be signing the players in Scotland who properly stand out

 

Ultimately the buck stops with Ronny, it doesn't help when your captain was * anonymous tho, for whatever reason...

 

What does humiliating the players in public achieve? He can get tore into them in the dressing room throw hair dryers at them for all I care but not for the gratification of joe public

 

They're professionals they should be able to handle it, I like that the manager comes out in the public and says it! It's not like he is lying in what he says.

 

Humiliating? Jesus.

He is using the term "scared" as in we were nervous and anxious. Which we were. The occasion got to us.

 

I'm still backing him, we were poor last night but it's done now. We have still progressed since last year. If we can get to last 16/8 and win a double, it'll be an okay season.

 

Going back quite far here.. Im curious as to why this is the case?

We havnt been great at all so far this season. Our possession play has been very poor. In terms of last tear, we were very indifferent, at times mediocre up until the turn if the year, when we went on a remarkable run of form. So thats essentially half a season.

I find us far more expansive under RD, our defence are always spread apart. Which is why i find other teams are able to exploit gaps. But i dont think we pass the ball any better or are any more attractive to watch.

Under NL we looked a lot more organised, especially defensively. I think NL suffered due to the lack of a striker when Hooper left. Leaving a big ask of Commons to produce the goals.

I think maybe im forgetting many of our poorer NL performances, he had a lot of european hangovers and of course a Hampden hoodoo.

 

Got no problem at all with Ronny saying that. The money they're on, I expect a bit more effort and passion from them.

If they don't like it, * off.