If you could become the manager of your favourite club for three seasons, whom do you want to replace of ? what changes would you bring to your club?
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Experts of last DAILY TOPIC: Do you think football fans have to know everything about rules, tactical and skills?
3/4 of the players on this site don't much more than the names of Messi, CR7, and Salah...lol. It obvious from their posts they never played the game at any meaningful level, and don't actually understand the game they say they love. You have to understand the game to appreciate what the players, ALL players, not just CR7, Messi, and Salah do. There would be alot less snide, annoying, and generally ignorant posts, if some of the "fans" actually knew what they were talking about.
The fans shouldn't know every complicated things but should only know the basic things like different formations, positions, formats of a particular tournament etc for understanding the game
Most of the fans even don't know what's high pressing, high line defending etc
As I have seen alot of fans here only posting about a particular player and just post a meme etc
But it's not necessary as long as you know the basic rules you can get the idea what is going on the field
Even most of the fans just watch matches for Ronaldo and Messi etc and only big games like El Clasico which alot of people called them "Plastic Fans"
As a football fans it's important to watch every match of your team and not just support one player but support the entire team
As long as you know the basics it's fine but if you want to analyze the game more you should know the different tactics of a manager or a team and the style of play of a team like Team A is really a defensive teams and likes to play counter attack while team B loves aggressive and attacking football etc
There are two type of fans and that’s for sure. There are those who have played the game(like myself) and have to have a top knowledge of the rules of football and those that know very little about the rules,but just like watching games. All this is fair and square until someone who obviously knows little about the finer points of say the offside rules, yet still they are the loudest ones pretending that do know about these offside rules. If somebody claims they are a serous footfall supporter, and they go on to post gobbly gook, the real supporter has no business pointing out their obvious Discrepancies. If people are too lazy to learn the rules then that’s their business.
To me, I believe Football fans have to know everything about Football rules, tactics and skills.
I am a Madrid fan and I always try to learn everything about football rules, tactics and skills so that a referee's decision shouldn't confuse or anger me.
I always like arguing about football because am versed with football rules, tactics and skills.
so Is always good for Football fans to know everything about football rules,tactics and skills so that they should not argue about certain decisions taken by the ref, be able to determine fouls and be able to appreciate good football.
Dhairya_Rawal
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Everybody is talking about bringing reinforcements of huge amounts.... But, in reality, as a manager you have no control over it.... As a manager, you need to show what changes in the system you'd m rather than the changes in the squad.... Like I'd like go back to 4-3-3 in Barca or try and bring more players from the academy who know the club well.... This is what a manager has full control over not the transfer market.... It's utter stupidity that people are bringing players as if they're playing some video game and then others are liking their comments as well!!!
Shubham_3157
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I would become the manager of man utd , my favourite team. the changes that would love to make would be , I would sell young. he has had a great season this year but he is not a trusted player for me plus he is getting old. I would bring in David alaba as a replacement for him from bayern for not more than 50m if possible. next I would try bringing a replacement for Juan Mata. he is a good player but there are better in the world. the next we need is a promising central defender and a holding midfielder. that will would be either rafael Varane or uktiti for 49 - 65 m. for a midfielder , I love Bayern's tolisso , Vidal and Thiago , but I am not sure whether Bayern will sell even one of them so I'll go to kovacic of Madrid or Koke of Atletico. I know both of them sound very difficult but if I offer 40-60 m along with Herrera, it seems possible. next I will be sellimg all the not I'm choice defence such as young , darmain , blind ,jones etc. this will provide Dundas as well. also I will have Shaw and lindleof as second choice. in the formation I am playing 4-2-3-1. that is the best. also I'm ready to play Sanchez as a central striker in Lukaku's position and place rashford I'm his position whenever necessary.snachex is experienced in the that position back at arsenal. he would be comfortable there. our would like that :-
calebsonadamz
69
Im a chelsea die hard fan and soccer is also my talent..I can defend and also attack so im best in midfield especially as a CDM and my favourite midfielfer is Fabregas..Me becoming a Chelsea manager would see us switch back to mourinhos favoured 4-2-3-1 because we have a good number of midfielders and the only creative one is Fabregas and as a result if he fits back as a CAM the team can do really well!! the mighty Kante needs a fellow offensive partner and none of our midfielders are so close to even matic and as the chelsea board we would rob Leicester again by signing W.Ndidi who is so offensive and a good tackler the remaining midfielders would have to work hard though I would send out Bakayoko on loan because I believe he can bevone a good player as he is very young.Going forward I would recall Charly Musonda from Celtic and try bringing the best out him for our forwards I believe we are very okay !! Defensively,Marcos Alonso suits in both the 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 but It cant work out for him in the 4-2-3-1 because is poor defensively.We haven't seen much from Emerson so I would recall Kennedy from Newcastle and continue pursuing Alex Sandro from Juventus!!! I would still go for Azpilicueta at RB with Christensen and Rudiger at CB as Empandu whose future looks so bright challenges for a spot in Midfield and defense and I would also sign Toby Alderweireld from Tottenham to challenge in that CB position as I dobt trust Captain Cahillat RB I would sign Trippier from Tottenham as tge experience of Azpilicueta might be needed in CB at times I would sale Victor Moses,Davide Zappacosta and David Luiz I can recall Charly Musonda from Celtic and Batshuayi from BVB I would sign Trippier and Toby Alderweireld from Tottenham,Alex Sandro from Juve,Eriksen from Tottenham and Wilfred Ndidi from Leicester Tactically,Our game can be attacking both centrally and Wide but usually wide with long passes and attacking full backs when in position,our fullbacks go forward as the two CDM's take over and when not in position,our defending will have to be offensive enough to support counter attacks and immediate long passes!!!!
ktongos
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it would be Asernal Fc.1.I'll ask for a new fitness coach 2.ask for a director of football to deal with all player related issues including buying and selling players so I can concentrate on what happens on the pitch.3.get a new defensive coach cos we concede too many easy goals mostly from lack of concentration. 4.buy two new CB's n send holding n chambers on loan,use kosceiny less to get best result cos of his recurrent injury issue, let mustafi know if he performs badly he will be benched.5.buy a proper DM to help shield the back four.6.buy a more productive winger like mahrez. my team will play a normal defensive line with high pressing mentality, my DM will have no interest in scoring goals or goin forward but only shield the back four and breaking up opposition play.my FB's should be ready to put in more efforts and must be workaholics with a more offensive mentality but should be ready to run back to defend when our opponents attack esp counter a attack. my wingers should also be ready to put in enough defensive work to help the FB's, my CM should act a a link between attack and defend like xhaka with less defensive work but must defend when necessary. DM will cover my CM.my attack in midfielder like ozil will have far less defensive duties he would be task to supply the forward/s with enough goal scoring chances and my forward should be a speedster with skills and score goals and must be ready to defend when necessary. my bench should be strong enough to start for any club or most. my team will play high press with the task of reclaiming the ball as soon as possible when we loose possession and should always put pressure on opponents to make mistakes.we will play more direct, try to work into the box,use crosses and shoot more from outside the box.possession play will only be used when trying to close out games late on.
Alóysīús Paschal Luc
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If am Chelsea manager I would change the present formation which is 3-4-3 to 4-3-3 and will use Giroud as the first choice since he is in top form. Secondly I will like to replace bakayoko with a sharp midfielder like Vidal or ningolan which will help to boost the attacking forward reducing much job for kante. Thirdly, I will bring back musonda, Kennedy, boga, and loftus cheek because this is my future promising player and also giving them time of play to improve and I will also like to watch hudson-odoi playing for the first team because he is still young and is very dangerous in attacking position. All they need to improve is just playing time, so that I shall give them to prove to me how good they are
Dundee
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Arsenal fans: I would take Wenger as far away from England as possible Man Utd fans: I would change our team to an offensive team😎 Liverpool fans: I would win our first silverware in decades PSG fans: I would buy Messi and Ronaldo for 600 mill each R. Madrid fans: I would sell Benzema and sign a proper striker Barca/Juve fans: I would turn back time to make Iniesta/Buffon younger Swansea city fans: No comment
Armathon24
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If I could been a Barca manager,I would let Cillessen leave. And buy a young goalkeeper. Denis Suarez,Andre Gomes out. And buy some new talented players. I would focus on Barcelona A team. Choose some players so I can save money to buy world class players. How do you like it guys??? Please comment.
Vidinos
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Firstly, i would bring new keeper (Navas is just bad) Of course De gea.I would bring Lewandowski in and benzema out.And i would change bale for salah and isco for pogba( who is allstars midfielder but he cant show it because of jose)Secondly i would focus on la liga and Cl.Thirdly I would build statue before enter of santiago for Cr7
lawie32
50
that is my formation below i don't need any defensive midfielder, i will sell gomes, iniesta is old, do messi is also getting old, buh i believe dybala can replace him for me pique is also getting old, i will buy alex sandro at juventus, suarez is also replace by griezman, i will sell poulinho, my bench player are d.suarez, vermalen, and the rest i believe xavi simone will be mature by then..... NOW TELL ME HOW AM NOT GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL
Trevorn
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Finally an interesting topic. if I were to become real Madrid's coach I would've made the following transfers: 1st- as much as I love benzema and his creativity in the forward, I would have to let him go. I would've look to buy a young striker who actually score goals for example Anthony martial. If I don't go for the young player then I would look to buy lewandowski(he scores goal almost in every match). 2nd- The midfield is tooooo(ooooooooo) overload. Some of those players would've have to go. I would have sent almost all of them on loan term loans(kovacic,Vazquez,ceballos,llorente) and keep my star players like asensio,isco,modric,casimeiro and kroos. By next season Rodriguez would come back and I would keep him and play him amongst the stars. 3rd-My defence is great so I wouldn't make any adjustment to it. instead I would rotate my inexperienced players(Vallejo, Theo,archraf) with the professionals like Ramos,varane,Marcelo,carvajal and nacho. When big matches come around I play my a squad without doubt until the young players come up and show me that they are ready for big matches. Finally goalkeeper position- I would definitely look for a better goalkeeper than navas. YES he's a great keeper and all but he makes little mistakes that cost us big(example against juve). De gea or Courtois would be my replacement for him. I respect him to the fullest though. Oh and also I would look for Neymar in future when Ronaldo decide to hang up his boots.Also, by the time modric and those old men decide to retire, I have my young experienced players to replace them.
Sandking1256
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well my fav. club real madrid have particularly many sinkholes in the squad. 1st of the the goal keeper . well its no good to talk about after i saw what he did against the relentless juve in the qf 2nd leg 2. i would like to bring in more if the younger talents who are renowned and tactically fit. 3rd is the defence , we have sergio ramos who's like 30 & varane is 24 but both are world class . problem is that we don't have that depth in the defence. vallejo is in his early 20's and is not world class. we want someone like M.DE LIGHT (sorry if i spelled it wrong)& many more. Toby anderweirald is available i suppose therefore i think we should go for him. Daily blind is too ready to leave man utd i would try to sign him .he has shown some promise when he played under Van gaal. 4. ARSENAL 5. In in the attack some players are not up to the mark in recent seasons like Bale , Benzema i would push for some intresting talents like Anthony martial , Christian pulisić , Timo werner etc. 6. Goalkeepers are really hard to get nowadays but we have got to have 1 world class goalkeeper to keep a cleansheet . The likes of leno , courtois , kevin trapp , alisson , kepa has a very good reputation i would again try for his signiture
Michealson007
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am a real madrid fan so I'll talk about my team..I wouldn't make much change in the team I love the team I would just change my starting 11 and add enforcement buy 2 players Salah and de gea..I would play Ronaldo and Salah on top for goals and reason why I bring in asensio is to play left wing to assist Marcelo so he can reduce on overlapping to cover up defence.esco would assist modric in play making..
fizcelmpry
40
well I would mould paulinho into a central defensive midfielder and bring Griezmann create space for dembele and motivate him get Arthur play yerry Mina in small laliga games and occasionally in big games. hire scouts to Brazil and Italy. focus on all competitions especially Champions league and laliga. bring young players and develop them. play coutinho in iniesta's position and sometimes as a left winger in case of injury. stabilize both attack and defence and make all team defend. manage resources and have a good relationship with Batomeu. get a left back ready in case Alba injures. study all laliga teams closely and their tactics.make players hungry. and win every possible 🏆. etc
Armathon24
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If I could be Manchester united manager,I would like to sell: Darmian, Ashley young, Carrick, Fellani. And buy some best Midfielder. I would choose attacking football. Not bus of Mourhinho. I would sell Romero and buy a replacement goalkeeper.
Ciobcilnpz
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if i could be given that opportunity of managing Manchester United this is wat I would put in place, first and foremost i would sell smalling,young,lindlof and Darmian ....De gea (the rigid wall) would be assigned to keep his net, and the defenders that show them the exit could have replaced them with , Ramos, D.silva (the Brazilian solid defender) alves which I know his aging condition but for sure we can have him at least one year and get something good out of him and David alpa (Austrian guy) that is my full defence, come to the midfielders, kroos, thiago alcantra and pobga that formation will abvioisly provide pobga a free role and my forward and attacking boys are nymer from the right forward position, cavani as striker and pale on the left side ,,, undoubtedly every trophy will be ours
Deteptuyz
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I am an arsenal fan and you could say how much the arsenal team is in need for a change. if I had to become the club's manager, I would certainly buy a quality defender & a holding midfielder who plays hard ball with physique. I would keep up the momentum if we have or rotate players who are ambitious enough and thrive to make an impact on the game. I would push players to increase their work rate and show some class and toil with the opponent to force them make mistakes and take advantage of it. I would advice the team to play a clean game. And shake up the team during training to see which partnerships works and which doesn't. also taking injuries in concern I would rest the players then and there to reduce the fatigue and increase the hunger to be on the pitch. I would regularly attend trainings personally and see what the team is capable of and what changes need to be made. also, judging by the fact that opponent teams try and adapt to play arsenal at their weakness I would eliminate the weakness and give the opponents something they've never seen in each game. I'll make use of each players'unique traits such as dribbling, pace,passing, defending etc.. at the very best. I'll make players to focus on the drill they've had week in and week out.
fizcelmpry
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at Manchester I believe mourinho should have one more season but I would get Alex Sandro from juve and get Erickson from Spurs and umtiti from barca. sell Martial and Luke Shaw and blind get a right back and right winger play Mata on right midfield matic as central defensive midfielder and POGBA as left midfielder. talk to Sanchez and help him to start scoring and become world class. see how lukaku improves. and stabilize both attack and defence. get Dybala if Sanchez fails to improve. and before I get Dybala I would play rashford and see how he plays regularly. get pastore or motta from psg for more competitive in midfield. the right back is a replacement for Valencia in case his injured. convince de gea to stay and expand Old Trafford as they are planning. win all possible trophies and make the league and Champions league priority. play lingard as a right winger or central attack midfielder. develop youngsters. etc study pep's and klopp 's team closely and and premier league teams.
Terz
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MANCHESTER UNITED While I think Mourinho has been criticized atimes unfairly, its part of the pressure of coaching the biggest team in the world. Changes I will bring include the purchase of Wilnajdum also a central back will be added preferably Umtiti and Danny Rose which I will pursue vehemently. Our defence is good especially with De Gea and bailey out back so after the addition of these two players the most difficult change which is a tactical one will be done. The tactical change will be to improve the speed and urgency with which we attack, we attack well but not with required urgency. SPEED/EXPLOSIVENESS while MAINTAINING DEFENSIVE COHESIVENESS So basically MAN UTD defense plus LIVERPOOL attack play