It’s a tough one for me, you look at the league table and you go yeah he’s doing a good job. Have a chance again for the title this season you would think.
However you watch the games and it just lacks that something. Odd team selection, subs ect. Can be quite negative sometimes when you just want more.
For me it’s who would you have instead, there’s is that motto of if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. But last season I think it showed he lacks that final touch to really challenge for the tittle. I think this season would be the same under him.
I think that we would be crazy to lose Lope. Who would do a better job without breaking the bank?
Yes we maybe boring at times but he gets the results.
With all due respect, but I think you are dumbing down the entire discussion with those sarcastic ‘Lope out’-comments. Lope will be celebrated as a hero if he gets us the title, no matter how he does it. Questions are raised because of the way this Sevilla-team is playing and thus being looked upon by others. How many of us would have followed this team to this day if we back in the day turned on our telly and saw a couple of the recent matches?
A team is more than points. And of course we should be demanding much more of the team, eapecially considering how high we praise the players and material. I would think twice before hiring Mourinho to manage my beloved team, solely because of the way he behaves and because of the way he takes games on - no matter how many points he gets.
I mean it’s funny and all, but let’s see how far this goes. We said at the start there are easily 9 winnable games coming, and after that it will be the real challenge. half November-December
Yeah long way to go. Still I’m encouraged by our home performances so far with YEN to comeback as well. As for away we are solid and tough to beat. The final piece of the puzzle we lack is being braver away from home. Like for example at Mallorca next let’s see what happens. Hopefully we go to try win from the start but time will tell. Won’t be easy game but hopefully we can win again to keep the momentum going.
We were chatting about this with Edi after shooting the podcast and we came to the conclusion that neither of us would have became fans of Sevilla if it wasn’t for the exotic and spectacular football of the 2005-2009 era.
It’s all down to an individual’s perspective on football anyway. Someone is happy with the results only, someone wouldn’t care much about the result as long as we play decent football. But we’ve shown that we can both play attractive football and get results, it’s just that you need courage to play like that, fix the defensive errors and just stick to that philosophy.
It’s an overall positive vibe when we win matches by playing like today, or like vs. Valencia.
Agreed about Mourinho too. Last reports saying he bashed his B team after losing 6-1 to Bodo Glimt. It was a terrible display, but you simply cannot say stuff like: “Some of you can’t even start for a Norwegian team” or “some of you couldn’t even start in Serie B”, even if it is true. It hurts the players, the atmosphere in the team and everything else - it kills the spirit.
Thankfully we don’t have that issue with Lope and it’s just a change in the overall approach that is needed, not anything drastic.
I bet SurreySevilla wouldn’t mind Mourinho as a coach , but he’s also a fan of , Inter, Bayer Leverkusen and a bunch of other teams, so I don’t take him very seriously when it comes to Sevilla anyway
Mourinho and Lope may have comparable styles of play, but personality wise I’ve always thought Lope has come across okay whereas I’ve never liked Mourinho and his arrogance!
There are many cases, but off the top my head I can mention Capello who was sacked even though he won the league with RM, with the ‘style of play’ being cited as the main reason for his termination.
So it’s not that the trophies account for everything in football. I’d be very happy to the extent that I’d die peacefully if we ever win La Liga and/or CL in my lifetime, but you simply can’t do that with conservative football because you’d struggle against teams that you should have annihilated otherwise. I would honestly understand playing like that if we wouldn’t have the players to play differently, but it’s the contrary in reality.
Also some might confuse it with Simeone’s Atletico, but it is definitely not the same. While Atletico focused on strengthening the defense and playing it safe, they were also very ruthless and highly productive when going forward, and they have mastered set pieces (both defending them and scoring from them). So they’ve played with a clear purpose and Simeone instilled the winning mentality in the club. Before Simeone they were mostly pathetic as we’ve discussed here before.
So as long as Lope does similar things to Simeone where we solidify the defense (as we’ve generally did) but play with a clear purpose to win the match and not go for the draw most of the time, he’ll win me over. Attacking football with as little defensive errors as possible is also welcomed, especially in the type of matches like today.
But i’m glad with what I saw today.
, Inter, Bayer Leverkusen and a bunch of other teams, so I don’t take him very seriously when it comes to Sevilla anyway 