Did Ole get it wrong today?

I see many comments again about tactics being wrong, wrong players on the field +++.

Starting Lineup

1 David Marshall
28 Kévin Theophile Catherine
4 Steven Caulker
27 Cala
35 Fábio
19 Don Cowie
8 Gary Medel
18 Jordon Mutch
7 Peter Whittingham
29 Mats Møller Dæhli
10 Fraizer Campbell

1 change from the team that did good against Stoke and Soton. Those who wanted the same 11 is also many of those who complain about Kimbo every game so todays lineup was a improvement for most of the whiners.
And looking at this it is probably our strongest side for this match as Cowie fits much better against an aggressive Sunderland midfield than Kimbo does.
Another thing that makes it even better for the haters is that he used Malky tactics today so we cant hang him for changing the squad and making 7 changes.

My verdict is that Ole got the lineup and tactics right today.

Then it raises another question.

[size=150][size=150][size=150]WHY DID WE LOOSE?[/size][/size][/size]

Cala got the red card, we can discuss it all we want but it was given and we had to adapt to it. I felt it was a wrong desicion to give penalty but the red looked ok.
But the biggest reason we lost today was KTC who i feel was responsible for 3 goals.

He lost 2 challenges against Wickham and had a extremely poor trip up the field where he gave the ball away with a horrible pass that ended in a counter attack goal.

And the final reason we lost, we aint good enough..Easy as that.

We have now had 2 managers that have failed to produce results. It aint bad luck or bad refs anymore.

My opinion is that we cant put this on Ole today. He cant go out there and help KTC or tell Cala to not get a red card.

What do you guys think about todays lineup and KTC?

The team got it wrong today. Ole had his hands tied behind his back after having a defensively inept KTC and Cala's mistake. I would have rathered him just accept a 2 nil defeat than go all out and concede 4 but can't blame him for still trying to get something

The players themselves ultimately can take the blame. They didn't want it enough same old story all season.

The team got it wrong today. Ole had his hands tied behind his back after having a defensively inept KTC and Cala's mistake. I would have rathered him just accept a 2 nil defeat than go all out and concede 4 but can't blame him for still trying to get something

What you said there is what i feel is the biggest difference in Malky and Ole.

Malky would probably been smarter result wise and maybe gotten a 1-2 result in the end which is honorable being 10 men.
Ole decided to give it all we had and still go for the points, he then suffered a 0-4.

But in the end it gives us 0 points.

Today is the players fault, Ole cant help that they dont have what it takes to win these important games.

It doesn't matter whether we lost 2-1 or 4-0 we still would have lost. Ole was right to go for it we needed the points

I see many comments again about tactics being wrong, wrong players on the field +++.

Starting Lineup

1 David Marshall
28 Kévin Theophile Catherine
4 Steven Caulker
27 Cala
35 Fábio
19 Don Cowie
8 Gary Medel
18 Jordon Mutch
7 Peter Whittingham
29 Mats Møller Dæhli
10 Fraizer Campbell

1 change from the team that did good against Stoke and Soton. Those who wanted the same 11 is also many of those who complain about Kimbo every game so todays lineup was a improvement for most of the whiners.
And looking at this it is probably our strongest side for this match as Cowie fits much better against an aggressive Sunderland midfield than Kimbo does.
Another thing that makes it even better for the haters is that he used Malky tactics today so we cant hang him for changing the squad and making 7 changes.

My verdict is that Ole got the lineup and tactics right today.

Then it raises another question.

[size=150][size=150][size=150]WHY DID WE LOOSE?[/size][/size][/size]

Cala got the red card, we can discuss it all we want but it was given and we had to adapt to it. I felt it was a wrong desicion to give penalty but the red looked ok.
But the biggest reason we lost today was KTC who i feel was responsible for 3 goals.

He lost 2 challenges against Wickham and had a extremely poor trip up the field where he gave the ball away with a horrible pass that ended in a counter attack goal.

And the final reason we lost, we aint good enough..Easy as that.

We have now had 2 managers that have failed to produce results. It aint bad luck or bad refs anymore.

My opinion is that we cant put this on Ole today. He cant go out there and help KTC or tell Cala to not get a red card.

What do you guys think about todays lineup and KTC?

I am allways happy to read your balanced posts. You must be a support leader somewhere!? Poor Cala! The nerves really got to him today and showed from the start. The red card and penalty was right, and after that we didnt have a chance. We could have stayed back and try to save face, but gave it a go with 10 men. Could work, or it could get ugly. Maybe 3-5-2 would have made a difference, but after the last two games the only change that was needed was done. Kim got his rest.

The team got it wrong today. Ole had his hands tied behind his back after having a defensively inept KTC and Cala's mistake. I would have rathered him just accept a 2 nil defeat than go all out and concede 4 but can't blame him for still trying to get something

What you said there is what i feel is the biggest difference in Malky and Ole.

Malky would probably been smarter result wise and maybe gotten a 1-2 result in the end which is honorable being 10 men.
Ole decided to give it all we had and still go for the points, he then suffered a 0-4.

But in the end it gives us 0 points.

Today is the players fault, Ole cant help that they dont have what it takes to win these important games.

Malky was quite clueless away from home but knew how to set up and frustrate sides at home, when it should have been the other way round. Under MM we should have been more expressive at home but frustrate sides away.

Ole has tried to do something that he just simply can't with the current squad in getting us to play attacking football but leaving us defensively open

nothing wrong with tactics in this game, you cannot account for silly mistakes at back for both goals and thats what cost us in the end and generally over the season how many goals have been given away by bad defending?? and thats been same for both managers.

The players themselves ultimately can take the blame. They didn't want it enough same old story all season.

This^^^^

Too much dead wood,