KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum How long do you think is 'enough time'?

We all know that it takes time for a manager to make his mark and shape the team to what he envisions...but as we are an impatient lot, how long should this be? 6 months?

We've seen roys visions for the club so far on how he wants the team
to play, that took me 4months

Because every team is having ups and downs at th moment its possible we can stay near the pack but to be honest the negetive tactics will be our downfall if we carry on for another six months, that scares the hell out of me! roy for six months! my only hope! if he"s here that long is the other teams slip up for that long too.

I think we may have seen the best we're going to from Roy. He may prove us wrong and buy a couple of stars in January but I don't think he will. I'd personally like to see us cut our losses with him now but don't see that happening. Can't see him being here past this season but hopefully will be gone sooner.

How much time depends on the manager and what he's trying to achieve. Let us say Roy had us playing 4-4-2 from day one, and wanted the senior squad (and therefore the reserve squad by necessity) to adopt it as plan A, then it would take at least 6 months for the players to find their feet in new roles, because everything changes for pretty much everyone. But he didn't do that.

So instead we must accept that the players will need only to learn a few minor things about differences in their roles from previous seasons, and since they are professionals and players with international experience, this should not take more than a few weeks of training every single day to master.

Furthermore, as he keeps reminding us, Roy has 35 years of managerial experience, so he has surely learned the most efficient manner of transferring his ideas and knowledge to the team during that time. Again, this should not take half a season of training every single day. What we see on the pitch week in and week out is what they are practicing each day at Melwood. Make up your own mind whether they're practicing the right stuff.

Since our standard of play went downhill at the start of the EPL season and hasn't improved in the months since, one can only say that Roy isn't likely to get us playing like champions during the next month and a bit to the transfer window. Pick the tactics to suit the team; get that wrong and heaven help you. Can't help the feeling Roy is more in need of divine intervention than time.

Divine intervention eh;

LOL!

[quote=Rafarendum]Lets see what he does up until January. I expect us to be within touching distance of 4th place. If we are, keep him longer, then make a decision at the end of the season. [/quote until January? squeaky bum time

So going on your philosophy Sir Alex Ferguson would of been out the door by xmas at the start of his reign, which would of made your judgement the biggest blunder of all time. I think we are all lucky that we take your opinions with a pinch of salt and have a good laugh about them, looking forward already to your next Topic post.

you might be right mate but going on what your saying rafa did and won alot more that fergie did in his 1st 3 years.

i think its horses for courses and for me roy is not the man to lead our club. he was brought in to steady the ship and in his words put smiles back on the players faces, which i and many more took as he will play attacking football. what did he do? the exact same as rafa, didnt buy a striker or bring in any width and played more defencive than we ever did do and carried on playing players out of position.