So now Luzon is official, here's the next challenge!
I've seen a fair few comments from both Liege fans and Charlton fans banging on about Luzon and Bulot, Ben Haim and Buyens.
For him to hit the ground running and for us to secure our first win since Reading away this needs to work along with Henderson back and buying a number 9.
Now I've only seen rumours so far, nothing definitive and I suspect there won't be an issue with Ben Haim.
We all know we need our midfield to improve so will that be with Buyens playing a new role or Buyens on the bench?
If Luzon can't work with them then it's a car crash! But if he can then we have the makings of a decent midfield given we have Cousins and Gudmundsson plus this new kid from Spurs.
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(Matthew said in the 1st half we played the way Luzon had wanted).
Bodes well for the future.
Edit; as mentioned above GL can't afford not to get on with players he's worked with before because we are so thin on the ground especially with experienced players, so it's almost Hobson's choice for him.
But is this not something that we can all see happening in the near future and almost inevitable that something will, i really do fear an internal explosion within the club which could take years to fix.
Is this a price worth paying for one person?
To me the big question is the midfield and upfront... Can Luzon get the best out of Bulot, Buyens, Jackson, Cousins, Harriott and Gudmundsson?
And, given that M.Duchatelet has dropped him in virtually overnight it stands to reason that Luzon will get additional players to bolster one of the weakest attacking forces in the division.
I'm looking forward to a change in playing style because, let's face it, it hasn't been too inspiring over the last eight years.
Hopefully jacko can bring the players in line for our club again.
I have worked at places where i do not particularly like my manager but i never used that as an excuse to go to work half heartily.
Players are in a privileged job and they imo have a certain responsibility to us the paying fans, if they do not want to give us 100% they can feck right off.
Maybe they don't want to give 100% for Luzon and do want to feck right off as soon as they can find another club.
Some of them, maybe.
I don't know but I did see nearly all the same players play out of their skins v Cardiff when down to 10 men.
Gossip was they, the players, told Bob how they were going to play that 2nd half so maybe they felt they had something to prove and tried that little bit harder.
Or we were down to 10, losing 1- 0 and so had nothing to lose either way so went for it.
Whatever it is something isn't right at the moment and Luzon, Matthew and the players need to get whatever was in their heads v Cardiff 2nd half back into them.
Then with some luck and a few new/returning players we'll be fine. imho
We can't do much except hope that Mathews, Luzon and Jackson can lead the squad back to the performances we all saw earlier in the season.To me that's all about getting the midfield to work...and for Vetokele to find his shooting boots.
Luzon has to get the best out of Watt, Vetokele and the other players mentioned to give us a chance of getting this club back on track.
Unlike Peeters and Powell, Luzon has worked for M.Duchatelet before so hopefully there will be clear communication about what is needed. Nobody wants us to sink into a relegation battle but this will surely happen if we fail to beat Rotherham.
The problem with the "Network" is we are being given players who are probably some of the best the lower echelons of the Network have to offer but they just are not good enough for the Championship. I can't see what RD would have to gain switching players who he knows are not good enough between clubs. I suspect his network of scouts say they are good enough because in their own leagues they probably shine, but the top half of the Championship is getting so much stronger these days that is almost on par strength wise with the middle to bottom half of the Premiership.
I also can't see what RD would have to gain from knowingly not investing in quality players, but his network of scouts must be convincing him that they have the players from within. If we aint' good enough then we go down and he loses money. Having said that bringing in this Spurs youngster is an interesting move and a Spurs friend of mine says they have high hopes for him in the future. Whether we see him over Bikey and Ben Haim is a different matter entirely.
I still don't like the way the club is being run don't get me wrong and if he sold us tomorrow i would be delighted (unless it was to Simon Jordan), but i certainly don't believe his intention is to ruin us. He is doing what he thinks is right. I don't agree with him and neither do a lot of us. I also don't agree with Luzon being given the job over better more qualified candidates. Time will tell and i just hope that the players he previously had problems with bury the hatchet and start performing. Especially if further strengthening doesn't happen.
The ambition to "not get relegated this season is the same as last - we need to be more ambitious.
Bulot back in a week or three so we will have to see what Luzon does then.
We will another three games, of that I am certain.