Contrast it to Slot who also has his philosophy and playing style, but also constantly emphasizes that it’s the manager’s job to adapt tactics to the players he has - something Amorim is clearly struggling with. Criticize FSG all you want, but they made a crucial right decision that was far from straightforward at the time - Amorim had significantly more hype in the media than Slot.
Although having a preseason with a squad that came third the previous season is very different to taking over a seriously struggling side midseason.
Yes, but it was predictable and makes me question Amorim’s judgement. Just like the ill-timed trip to West Ham.
Sure, but Klopp made the same kind of judgement call in joining us and changed our playing style to his straight away. It was obvious from his first game.
He introduced a more pressing style, but he did not force fit the players into a new formation. It probably took until Salah joined and Coutino left that he finally settled on his 4-3-3 formation for the long term
Yeah, but fortunately Klopp already had some future pillars of his new team at Liverpool – Firmino, who he admired back in Germany, a consummate pro in Milner; Lallana and Hendo to an extent, even Lucas... The forward line and back 5 had to be completely rebuilt, but at least there was something to latch on to. And Michael Edwards had similar ideas about football, at least it looked so at first.
Changed our style yes, but didn't force implement his preferred formation.
I think the trends have shifted and that uncompromising breed of managers is generally on the way out rather than on the upswing – not too many Guardiola copycats remain gainfully employed. Kompany at Bayern is a weird exception; even Arteta shifted to pragmatism. I think the new breed of top managers (including Slot) absorbed Guardiola and Bielsa's ideas, but learned to marry them with certain amount of flexibility and pragmatism.
