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Is Lowe evolving?

Is Lowe evolving?

Mr. M said:
We don't have the personnel to play like that do we with width, pace and pressing?
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Our wing backs are always told to hug the touchline, we play very wide when attacking, while Browne and Holmes always press well. We do lack raw pace though.

We definitely don't have the quality to play a possession game and play through the opposition.

We could be a decent counter attacking side though when Riis is back and Frokjaer, Millar, and Osmajic are fully up and running.
 
Mr. M said:
We don't have the personnel to play like that do we with width, pace and pressing?
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I think we can play that way, but only for short spells, without too much pace, and broken up by long spells of slowing the game down and timewasting.

I think across the average 90, we try to compress the game into relatively few explosive attacking moments (or, if none of those come along, a few free kicks and corners), and hope we can be clinical and score off them.
 
Rangers be as big and good a job as Lowe could ask for you'd say. Celtic in transition as well means there's probably scope.

A Prem team struggling could come in around Christmas but you could find yourself in a yo-yo situation and while budget at say Palace or Bournemouth would dwarf Rangers, I think you're less likely down the road to get a big job unless you do something special.

But as mentioned I don't think another Gerrard shadow that's doing well early doors in the championship would appeal all that much. Though there's no obvious candidate from the betting.

but yeah while our position is great at the moment and us edging games and a team of solid organised pros could well get us promotion. I'm not at the Moyes, Davies early Neill feel where there were players in those teams i wouldn't have changed for anyone else in the league and felt confident every game near enough.
 
Mr. M said:
We don't have the personnel to play like that do we with width, pace and pressing?
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I think we could do it if needed but not reliably. We have more wide options and more pace with Holmes and Millar but as soon as one of them is suspended or injured we'll be forced back to something similar to last season - simple passes around players that can't do it that comfortably, not much interchanging and basically a requirement to play long.
 
The start has been built on a pragmatic basis - working hard without the ball and being very clinical in attack. I think it is a reasonable basis against a lot of teams and I do wonder the obsession with playing "attractively" creates an unnecessary pressure on us.

It is a results based business and if we can keep picking up points - we have every chance of having a special season. Our fans are right behind the club as always and we need to recognise that not much has changed in terms of chance creation over Lowe's tenure so we may see a delicate balance act trying to be struck between solidity at the back and creating more whilst picking up points. The reintroduction of Whiteman to the starting XI will be imperative alongside McCann - a balanced base of silk and steel. Browne and Holmes add much needed industry but do you need to swap one out to add more flair from Mads or Millar from a central position.

We need a left wing back- I prefer Best over Brady. I don't fancy Millar as a wing-back - Winger absolutely! Can see this area being targeted by a lot of teams as we progress the season onwards - he can't defend but can be pivotal in creating chances. Arguably, a left centre back too as Greg's contract is up in January and Lindsay is not comfortable in a back four - its painfully obvious he can only be the centre of three.
 
I would have Billy back. If nothing else the sheer hilarity of him and riddler working together would be worth the ticket price alone.

Edit this is the only reason I would have him back. Billy now is up there with the allerdyces and the redknapps.

Hard pass in reality
 
SF said:
Please don't make the mistake of giving him a bumper deal like we did with Alex Neil.

We were paying three managers at one point, obviously impacted what transfer business we could do.
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Having had this conversation with The Advisor previously, I suspect they got their hands burnt and won’t go down that route again
 
I love how one idea brings all of this discussion 🙂
Wonder if we would ever go foreign?! I am not talking Scottish either! I mean proper
 
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