IS RDM the man to take CFC Forward?

[Jase 43,479]

Ridiculous.

Especially the one proposed against Swansea, Shakhtar and West Brom.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Especially the one proposed against Swansea, Shakhtar and West Brom.

you must love that " " alot,, hahahaha.

[Jase 43,479]

you must love that " " alot,, hahahaha.

Yes, I get bruises on my forehead a lot.

[Spike 12,049]

A lot of people seem to think that formation = strategy and tactics.

The formation is 4-2-3-1.

A part of RDM's stragtegy is that he might employ 3 Attacking Midfielder or 1 Attacking Midfielder and 2 Defensive Wingers. This coincides with the 4-2-3-1.

However one his tactics is that Oscar man marks the oppponet's Midfield Playmaker. Another is that Mata might drop deep and dictate play instead of playing in the 'Hole'.

The formation is the formation. Easy stuff.

Strategy is the larger picture, the modus operandi to achieve a certain goal.

Tactics aim to achieve more specific goals. Like man marking a certain important player, or drifting out wide to blur the lines of attack.

Look at Barcelona v Chelsea last season. The strategy was to contain them as much as possible and hit on the counter-attack. Some of the tactics employed was Didier Drogba playing almost in the back four and Fernando Torres staying up high to beat the offside trap. The formation was still the 4-2-3-1 but the strategy to win and the tactics employed to counter specific threats are completly diffferent to those used against Arsenal or Norwich.

[Tomo 21,733]

@,

All that suggest's is Robbie is a very clever man altering his tactics depending on our opponent's strength. If AVB did that more often he would still be manager here.

Yes there be the occasional tactical fuck up (ie QPR) but in general im more than happy with what i have seen from Robbie in the tactical side of things.

Based on whether Robbie is the man to lead us long term, there does seem to be a lot of fate in how Robbie has got where he is today.

Roman delaying AVB's sacking hoping he will turn it around, he sacks AVB a week after Hiddink (who would have almost certainly got the job if he was free) took the Anzhi job.

Roman has gone through numerous high profile manager's in an attempt to win the Champions League but who finally delivers it? the Chelsea legend who really got the job by default.

Robbie was never a Roman man so to speak, if Robbie does end up being the long term manager craved as this club then it is to quote Neville written in the stars.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Yes he is!

He has shown to know when to play what players and in the correct manner to get the result, albeit a little wrong with Ramires on the wing - but so far, so good. Only one hiccup against Madrid, and a few low points in QPR game but we are top of the table, and have a attacking sense that will scare anyteam - future looks good for Chelsea Football Club, and the man in the seat has only impressed. He has the media personality also, and deals with the pests in a manner which doesn't downgrade anyone nor looks to put himself into the circus act.

Mr Suave!

[communicate 2,703]

A lot of people seem to think that formation = strategy and tactics.

The formation is 4-2-3-1.

A part of RDM's stragtegy is that he might employ 3 Attacking Midfielder or 1 Attacking Midfielder and 2 Defensive Wingers. This coincides with the 4-2-3-1.

However one his tactics is that Oscar man marks the oppponet's Midfield Playmaker. Another is that Mata might drop deep and dictate play instead of playing in the 'Hole'.

The formation is the formation. Easy stuff.

Strategy is the larger picture, the modus operandi to achieve a certain goal.

Tactics aim to achieve more specific goals. Like man marking a certain important player, or drifting out wide to blur the lines of attack.

Look at Barcelona v Chelsea last season. The strategy was to contain them as much as possible and hit on the counter-attack. Some of the tactics employed was Didier Drogba playing almost in the back four and Fernando Torres staying up high to beat the offside trap. The formation was still the 4-2-3-1 but the strategy to win and the tactics employed to counter specific threats are completly diffferent to those used against Arsenal or Norwich.

I agree that formation is not tactic. One thing that people forget is how team selection affect how a team play because players have their natural tendencies and they are not robot where the manager just move them to where he want.

I believe mata going deep is because we don't have anybody to deliver the ball from midfield so as natural playmaker he will go deep and pick up the ball, I am not sure you can credit RDM for this.

Although I definitely will give him credit for employing mikel+ramires against arsenal where we stiffled cazorla and asking oscar to mark pirlo/arteta

[communicate 2,703]

@,

All that suggest's is Robbie is a very clever man altering his tactics depending on our opponent's strength. If AVB did that more often he would still be manager here.

Yes there be the occasional tactical fuck up (ie QPR) but in general im more than happy with what i have seen from Robbie in the tactical side of things.

Based on whether Robbie is the man to lead us long term, there does seem to be a lot of fate in how Robbie has got where he is today.

Roman delaying AVB's sacking hoping he will turn it around, he sacks AVB a week after Hiddink (who would have almost certainly got the job if he was free) took the Anzhi job.

Roman has gone through numerous high profile manager's in an attempt to win the Champions League but who finally delivers it? the Chelsea legend who really got the job by default.

Robbie was never a Roman man so to speak, if Robbie does end up being the long term manager craved as this club then it is to quote Neville written in the stars.

I am not sure we can compare RDM this season to AVB last season. We are absolutely loaded this season with quality+different players in every position so RDM can easily tinker his team for different opp. However I agree that RDM is more reactive maanger than AVB.

[robdog 2,084]

[Beirut_Blues 306]

fukken brilliant robdog hahaa

[robdog 2,084]

fukken brilliant robdog hahaa

Actually thank both @manwereCFC @Markyc118 on twitter - I got the pict from them

[Jase 43,479]

It's still early days mate. Still early days...

[klopfzeichen 78]

It's still early days mate. Still early days...

I agree. The picture will be clearer at the end of the season.

[Jase 43,479]

I agree. The picture will be clearer at the end of the season.

More like after our next 10 games.

[meetdoscar 335]

BlueMaster wrote:

We'll find out more about RDM's management with the team in the next 10 games as we play:

Tottenham (A)

Shakhtar Donetsk (A)

Man United (H - Premier League)

Man United (H - League Cup)

Swansea (A)

Shakhtar Donetsk (H)

Liverpool (H)

West Brom (A)

Juventus (A)

Man City (H)

All of them are pretty tough for their own reasons.

My Opinion: The Ideal worst case scenario for me is;

Get a minimum of 13 points from 18 from the six league games.

Get a minimum of six points from the three champions league games.

Win the one match in the capital one cup against ManU.

I'd luv to see us win them all but that will surely be a record and records are hard to make. So if RDM exceeds my ideal minimum scenario ill put him on same level as mourinho in my diary of great managers

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[Milan 17,854]

Just a random thing that hit my mind in the bed this morning - under Carlo, in the Double winning season, we gained 18 points from the first 7 league games (and did not have a proper opponent, apart from the home game with Spuds). And under RDM? 19 points from the first seven league games (with Arsenal away game).

[gary gordon 1,777]

I would have liked a few more games against lesser teams to perfect our attack. Sure we are carving up but i think we needed a few more games against lower tier teams.