QUOTE(Rotuham @ May 18 2012, 01:17 AM)
Kenny never had a game plan like rafa did.Two defensive midfielders protecting the back 4.All play goes toward supplying the lone striker with the ball.
Under kenny,everyone could move about.Sometimes you can find carroll as the last defender and sometimes you can see skrtel dribbling on the right wing.Under rafa there never was such thing.Everyone were rigid in their positions.
The interchanging game under kenny was good when everyone was on the same wavelength but when things don't go our away,the players will look clueless and all over the place.
There is a fine line between versatility/moving about and all over the place.
Real under mourinho play attacking football.However when they play barca mourinho deploys defensive tactics to counter barca.Kenny wouldn't do those stuff.He tells the players to ''keep doing what we have been doing.''
That suggests he has no different approach to different opponents.He had no plan B in case things were going wrong.
Kenny's idea was there which was to pass and move but just not quite the players to execute.Tactics also involve the players that you deploy.He bought poor players to implement his ideas.As a result,his pass and move couldn't bear fruits and our results suffered.
In short,the idea was there but the execution failed miserably.
And that's where Steve Clarke comes in as part of the team. AFAIK, the few people that KD brought in was Clarke and Keen. And was there anyone else? No. But he could, but he didn't. How he found Clarke is something I'm interested to know.
I doubt that KD hasn't got a plan. If its tactical prowess he's proven that he could change shape, as he's always played according to the shape that the opposition plays. Only that he insists on blooding the youngsters, and despite it probably being the bad choice, I can still understand why.
Had all the balls went into the net instead of hitting the woodwork, I still doubt you'll want him, so yeah there you have it KD is out.
At first, KD knew he had to sort out the defense, and the defense he got it sorted out. In fact, our fullbacks have been very well utilized. Slow as KD may be in stamping his style, but he got that right and we all would have been more than happy to see what he can do for the mid / attacking front in training this season.
But only 1 season. And he's already out.