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Coaching Speculation - The global search to hire Mark Rudan

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Posted March 20, 2018 09:54 · last edited March 20, 2018 09:55

reg22 wrote:

Bullion wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

He would be a target I would consider for sure.

One thing that I think we have to be mindful in going after these coaches is this:

Ernie Merrick was a successful caoch at Melbourne and showing the same at the Jets. He was less successful at the Phoenix. Seeing how good he is, why would a coach of any note want to touch the job when they consider how a good coach previously went.

I'm tired of that Ernie comparison. He has changed his setup at NUJ so you can't narrow down the difference in results purely to the WP or Wellington/NZ.

I've been thinking about this too and I'm sorry that you're tired of hearing about it, because here I am about to post some more about it (sorry!)

At Melbourne, Merrick played high and narrow, at Newcastle he plays high and narrow. At the Phoenix he started playing high and narrow, but found himself frequently burned with Sigmund and Durante lacking the required pace to play a high line. He publicly stated he wanted to play high but couldn't, so the Phoenix became deep and narrow.

Definitely playing with more width and playing with a striker, even putting Champness and Hoffman there when Roy O'D has been unavailable, and playing with wingers. Just on the weekend over 50% of their attacks were down their left wing, you can even check out the heat map:

https://www.a-league.com.au/match/wellington-phoen...

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reg22 wrote:
Bullion wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:

He would be a target I would consider for sure.

One thing that I think we have to be mindful in going after these coaches is this:

Ernie Merrick was a successful caoch at Melbourne and showing the same at the Jets. He was less successful at the Phoenix. Seeing how good he is, why would a coach of any note want to touch the job when they consider how a good coach previously went.

I'm tired of that Ernie comparison. He has changed his setup at NUJ so you can't narrow down the difference in results purely to the WP or Wellington/NZ.

I've been thinking about this too and I'm sorry that you're tired of hearing about it, because here I am about to post some more about it (sorry!)

At Melbourne, Merrick played high and narrow, at Newcastle he plays high and narrow. At the Phoenix he started playing high and narrow, but found himself frequently burned with Sigmund and Durante lacking the required pace to play a high line. He publicly stated he wanted to play high but couldn't, so the Phoenix became deep and narrow.

Definitely playing with more width and playing with a striker, even putting Champness and Hoffman there when Roy O'D has been unavailable, and playing with wingers. Just on the weekend over 50% of their attacks were down their left wing, you can even check out the heat map:

https://www.a-league.com.au/match/wellington-phoenix-v-newcastle-jets-a-league-17-03-2018/928053#!/stats